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Private schools directed to implement freeship law

Karachi: At least 10 per cent students, both boys and girls, are getting free education at over a thousand schools surveyed by provincial government officials in Sindh. Moreover, many students enjoy 25 to 50 per cent discounts at private educational institutions, said a report of Directorate of Inspection and Registration…
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Child Sexual Abuse Material Suspect Held

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber crime circle had apprehended an accused for his alleged involvement in sharing child pornography content online. As per reports from officials, the suspect, identified as Hasan Amin, was apprehended during a raid in the federal capital. He was found to be sharing objectionable photographs…
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Illegal Shelter homes threaten minors

Whenever the country is hit by an economic crisis, news media starts brimming with reports of children abandoned by parents, inside garbage cans and at shrines, out of which only a lucky few end up in the custody of trusted orphanages or doting adoptive parents, the rest however, are left…
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Learning speech therapy in school

Communication is a big part of being human, starting from gestures to the many languages we use today. Over time, we got better at communicating with graphics, alphabets and modern electronic media. However, Pakistan recently faced a challenge – not having enough qualified professionals in Speech Language Pathology (SLP). Out…
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Daanish Schools: An achievement for our education system

Pakistan has a population of approximately 235 million, out of which at least 26.2 million children are of school-going age but still out of school. Among several other challenges that Pakistan faces as a developing country, the education crisis is one of the major ones that encompasses issues like access…
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Remand extended in sexual abuse case

A magisterial court has extended the physical remand of an accused, implicated in a sodomy case involving a minor, by three days. The extension comes after the police requested additional time to conduct further tests on the accused. Accused Qari Abubaker was once again brought before the Shahdara police, seeking…
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Man slays wife, 7 children

In a tragic incident on the second day of Eid, a father in the Madwala Township of Alipur, Dera Ghazi Khan, brutally slayed eight family members, including his wife and seven children, before fleeing the scene. Upon receiving reports from reports from local residents, Madwala police Chowki and SHO of…
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Three detained in Child Murder Case

The Jamshoro district police have detained three suspects in connection with the murder of an eight-year-old Asia Mughal whose dead body was found in the ruins of an old house in Mahmood Shah Colony area of Kotri. Besides rounding up the suspects for interrogation, SP Muhammad Tahir Nawaz formed a…
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Swarms of Beggars descend in Hyderabad

As the month of Ramzan is near to its end, Hyderabad witnesses a notable rise in the presence of professional non-local beggars. The surge also includes innocent children often accompanying the beggars. Reports indicate that a significant portion of these beggars hail from other cities and even outside the province.…
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Missing Priya Kumari

Child abduction in Pakistan is not an unfamiliar and unlamented nuisance. It is only a matter of the magnitude of visibility each case receives. Dozens of unfortunate children gone missing are never able to make it to headlines for one or the other reason, while those that do, may not…
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