Javeria Khan

Measles Death Toll Climbs to 13 in Villages Near Hyderabad

Villagers decry govt inaction, say outbreak ignored due to rural location HYDERABAD: A four-year-old girl suffering from measles passed away in the village of Qadir Bux Solangi near Husri town this week, raising the death toll to 13 children across three villages in Hyderabad division in the past few weeks.…
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Rally Held For Kidnapped Bheel Girl

HYDERABAD: Fourteen-year-old Radha Bheel, who was allegedly abducted from the jurisdiction of Husri Police Station, remains missing even after 14 days, prompting her family, social activists, and members of the minority community to stage a protest rally and demonstration. The rally began from Siddique Mallah village and culminated in a…
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BISE Peshawar Cracks Down On Cheating

PESHAWAR: A report has been released detailing the steps taken to ensure transparency and prevent cheating during the ongoing matriculation examinations under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Peshawar. The report covers six districts: Peshawar, Charsadda, Upper Chitral, Lower Chitral, Mohmand, and Khyber. According to the report, the…
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Two Bajaur Schools Run With One Teacher

These lone teachers are forced to manage all academic and administrative responsibilities singlehandedly. BAJAUR: Despite the provincial government’s lofty claims and the allocations of billions of rupees to the elementary education sector, many government schools in the Bajaur tribal district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa remain without adequate teaching staff. Residents of Charming…
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Inter Exams Put Off By Nine Days

Officials attribute the postponement to a change in XI results due to grace marks, absence of the board chairman KARACHI: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) annual examinations of XI-XII for the year 2025 have been delayed. The pre-engineering, pre-medical and science general group exams that were to start…
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Right to Children’s Identity in Pakistan

The right of children to identity is globally recognised, with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasising its critical importance. As a signatory to this convention, Pakistan is committed to upholding and protecting this right. Yet for many children in the country, access to legal identity…
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Inept Exam Boards

In many countries, exams are minimally supervised, but penalties for getting caught are extremely high The integrity of education boards across Sindh has come into question in light of recently uncovered irregularities and controversial decisions regarding marking in exams. Meanwhile, reports of rampant cheating by students raise questions not only…
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Five-year-old Girl Raped, Murdered, Dumped In Drain

Body of the victim was found in Gujjar Nullah KARACHI: Endemic sexual violence targeting young girls shows growing perversion and frustration in society. In the latest disturbing incident, a five-year-old girl was murdered after being subjected to sexual abuse in Liaquatabad. The body of the girl, who went missing from…
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Child Crime and Charity

The greater part of the Juvenile Justice System Act, 2018, which repealed the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000, deals with the reintegration of the child offenders in society instead of shunning them as an outcaste. Philanthropy can prove helpful in achieving this goal of juvenile justice as demonstrated in the…
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Uncertainty Grips Students As Grace Marks Decision Delayed

Lack of a chairman at BIEK stalls exam planning and grace marks notification KARACHI: The future of thousands of students in Karachi hangs in the balance due to the delay in issuing a notification regarding grace marks for students who failed in the HSC first-year exams. Approximately 100,000 students preparing…
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