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Women, Her Kids Poisoned To Death

PESHAWAR: The bodies of a woman and her two children have been found in the Zaryab Colony area of Peshawar. It is suspected that all three were poisoned. The police have transferred the bodies to the morgue for a postmortem examination and have begun searching for the husband to determine…
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Rape Victims Abandoned On The Doors Of Justice

KARACHI: What was she wearing? What did she say? Why was she outside the house? These are just a few of the seemingly innocent questions debated by the flagbearers of morality in the aftermath of nearly every other rape case. Amidst such shameless victim blaming, for a survivor of sexual…
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Schools In Ruins Post Privitisation

RAWALPINDI: The ill effects of privatising government schools in the face of massive protests have started manifesting. A stark example is the Government Primary School in Omanga village, Gujjar Khan Tehsil, Rawalpindi district, which was handed over to the Government Primary School Education Foundation in 2016. The institution was discreetly…
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Security Guard Shoots 7-year-old Boy At Lahore Farmhouse

The FIR states that the 7-year-old boy went to the farmhouse to drink water while playing cricket. A child who went to drink water at a farmhouse was shot dead by a security guard. As reported by Express News, the police stated that the shooting incident took place in the…
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In The Shadow Of Injustice: Rape Culture and Protests

Govt insists no rape occurred at a Lahore college but the protests in response are fueled by years of injustice Karachi/Lahore: In a country where popular political leaders have publicly passed judgements on the character and veracity of rape victims, perhaps it is no surprise that sexual violence against women…
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Section 144 In Punjab as Student Protests Spiral

LAHORE: The Punjab government closed all education institutions, including public and private sector institutions on Friday (today), after student protests that started in Lahore earlier this week against the alleged rape of a student spread to other cities and towns of the province on October 17. According to an official…
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Karachi’s Youth Cut Off From Playgrounds

Despite hundreds of sports arenas available across city, the majority are accessible only to the fee-paying elite KARACHI: “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” The following adage is often used to highlight the importance of physical activity and recreation for the overall growth and well-being of…
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Fabricated?

The recent incident involving the alleged rape of a college student in Lahore has spiralled into a troubling saga of misinformation, protests and official inquiries. Following social media reports claiming that a young female student was sexually assaulted at a girls’ college in Gulberg, protests erupted, reflecting widespread outrage and…
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Fourth grader ‘Raped By Watchman’ On Campus

PESHAWAR: When parents send their offspring to school, the last thing they expect is for their child to be sexually assaulted on campus by the school watchman, but that is exactly what occurred in Swabi to a fourth-grade girl student. The incident has sparked outrage and protests in the province’s…
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Girls Clinch Top Two Slots In BSEK General Group Exams

KARACHI: Female students have grabbed first two positions in the Class XII (Science General Group) annual examinations 2024, according to the results announced by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Tuesday. BIEK Chairman Prof Amir Hussain Qadri said that Maniha Noor Rifat, a student of Aga Khan Higher…
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