Javeria Khan

Woman Abandons Newborn In Fields

An unidentified woman gave birth to a newborn baby girl and left the infant alive in the fields. Once discovered, the baby was shifted to a hospital by the police. A police spokesperson said a passer-by reported to Rescue 15 after seeing a newborn girl lying alive in the fields…
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CM Launches 2nd Phase Of Schoarship

ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Monday inaugurated phase-II of Pakistan’s largest educational initiative, the ‘Honhaar Scholarship Programme’, covering expenses of 30,000 students annually and 120,000 students over the next four years, marking a historic step in the country’s educational landscape. Speaking at a ceremony held at FAST National…
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Polio Drops Ineffective On Malnourished Children: Pechuho

Sindh Health Minister Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho has revealed that polio drops are ineffective on children suffering from malnutrition and diarrhoea. To address this issue, the government has decided to give injectable vaccines to such children during the polio eradication campaign. She was addressing a press conference at the Sindh…
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17 Year Old Allegedly Raped

Lahore. A 17 year old girl was reported sexually assaulted in Shadman Lahore, after being lured in under false pretext of a job offer by a suspect identified as Ali Raza. According to the police the suspect persuaded the teenager who had been living with her maternal uncle in Lahore…
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Security For Polio Drive Tightened

Lahore. Police have deployed  1000 cops for the security of  66,648 polio teams. The polio workers will administer teams for 2.2 million children. Over 381 upper subordinates and more than 1000 policemen have been assigned to ensure the safety of polio teams. In addition, 498 motorcycle units and 83 mobile…
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Missing Child Reunited With Family

The Shehzad Town Police Team successfully reunited a missing five-year-old child , Rohan, with his family on December 26. A public relations officer told media that the child had gone missing on the eve of December 14.  Despite the family’s extensive search efforts, they could not locate him.  Left with…
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Parents Urged To Get Thier Children Vaccinated

PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhary formally launched the seven-day anti-polio campaign by administering anti-polio drops to children at the Police Services Hospital in Peshawar. Health Secretary Adil Shah, Peshawar Division Commissioner Riaz Mehsud, Deputy Commissioner Sarmad Salim Akram, and other officials were also present. Talking to the media,…
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Reforming Seminaries

Religious schools, or madrasas, have been integral to the cultural and educational landscape of the subcontinent and the broader Muslim world for centuries. At the time of the independence, around 250 madrasas existed in Pakistan. Since then, these religious institutions have experienced exponential growth, with tens of thousands of them…
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Rape And Low Conviction

Pakistan’s low conviction rates for sexual assault highlight the urgent need for legal reform and victim protection. Sexual assault remains a massive problem in Pakistan, where a worryingly high offence rate pairs with an abysmal conviction rate, creating a recipe for disaster. Reliable data on sexual assault and related crimes…
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Down Syndrome Child Becomes CM For A Day

Honouring their aspirations, CM Shah invited each child to sit in his chair one by one In a heartwarming initiative, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah welcomed 22 children from the Karachi Down Syndrome Programme (KDSP) to the Chief Minister’s House. The visit, organised on the Chief Minister’s invitation,…
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