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One Week On, Blast-hit School Awaits Repairs

While students and staff suffer, officials say Rs100m plan drawn up for reconstruction KARACHI: More than a week after a fireworks warehouse explosion on MA Jinnah Road, repair and restoration work at the adjoining Government Girls Secondary School Jacob Lines No 1 has yet to begin, leaving over 1,000 students…
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Uncle Arrested For Drugging and Raping Niece

KARACHI: A man was arrested for allegedly raping his 18-year-old niece after drugging her and six other family members, including children, by serving them a sedative-laced drink at a family gathering on Friday night. According to police, the incident took place after the suspect, identified as Amir Shaikh, visited his…
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Schools To Get Fixed Calender

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has formed a high-powered committee to prepare an academic calendar following the directives from Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench Senior Judge, Justice Jawad Hassan, on Thursday. The judge termed the extension of summer vacations across Punjab as undesirable, saying that the High Court would resolve this…
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Newborns Body Found

LAHORE: Police claimed to have solved the mystery surrounding the discovery of a newborn’s body from a garbage drum in Gulshan-e-Ravi, arresting the prime suspect involved in the crime. A police spokesperson said SSP Investigation Muhammad Naveed had taken notice of the incident after the infant’s body was recovered earlier…
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School Heads Warned Against Data Fudging

Provincial inspection team discovers manipulated enrolment record LAHORE: A special inspection squad deputed on the orders of Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat has discovered manipulation in official record related to school enrolment. The squad led by School Education Secretary Khalid Nazir Wattoo and Education Task Force Chairman Mazammil Mehmood…
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Teachers Protest Privatization Plan

PESHAWAR: The provincial government’s apparent lack of interest in the education sector has left crucial positions, including the Director of Education and Chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Peshawar (BISEP), vacant for several months. Meanwhile, the government’s plan to privatize around 1,500 schools and 57 colleges has…
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Hindu Students Shine in Board Exams

Total of 4,740 candidates appeared in the Pre-Eng exams Mirpurkhaas. The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Mirpurkhas announced the results of the annual examinations 2025 for Class XII (Pre-Engineering and Science General groups). In the Pre-Eng group, the first position was secured by Prashant, son of Bhawani Shankar,…
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Teachers Penalized For Poor Matric Results

The Education Department, acting through the district administrations, has issued show-cause notices to teachers and heads of government schools that recorded poor results in the Class IX (Matric Part I) examinations. Across the Rawalpindi Division, Deputy Commissioners (DCs) have begun summoning staff from underperforming schools for personal hearings – a…
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Minor Rescued From Perilous Road Stunt

Passenger pulls five-year-old back inside car ISLAMABAD: A minor boy narrowly escaped a ‘stunt-oriented’ road mishap on Srinagar Highway between G-9 and G-10 on Thursday. The child, approximately five or six years old, was seen hanging dangerously out of a Baleno car window. Only his legs remained inside the vehicle…
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Child Abuse and Islamabad

Recent data published by the interior ministry has revealed that our capital city has had 200 cases of child sexual abuse registered between January 2021 and June 2025. While the high number of cases is a major crisis in its own right, what makes it even more harrowing is that…
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