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Afternoon School Programme Extended

Ongoing initiative will now be called ‘Afternoon Schools Programme’ RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has decided to maintain and continue the “Insaf Afternoon School Programme” initiated during the tenure of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s Sardar Usman Buzdar as the chief minister. The word “Insaaf” has been removed from the project, and it…
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Peshawar Clamps Down On Exam Cheating

During the operation, authorities recovered over 1,000 pocket guides commonly used for cheating. PESHAWAR: The Peshawar district administration on Monday carried out inspections of stationery and photocopy shops in Hashtnagri, Warsak Road and other areas to curb cheating during the matriculation exams starting today and to ensure transparency in the…
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Hundreds Of Candidates May Miss SSC Exams

Board’s online system crashes, students unable to submit forms HYDERABAD: Annual examinations of Secondary School Certificate (SSC-I and II) are scheduled to begin today (April 7) but hundreds of candidates were unable to submit their examination forms as the board’s online form submission system was down for several days. The…
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Four-year-old Girl Murdered In Vehari

Missing victim’s body discovered in street VEHARI: A four-year-old girl was murdered after allegedly being abducted on her way to a madrasa in Basti Chand Mari, Vehari. Her body, bearing marks of assault with a sharp object, was found dumped in a nearby street, sparking outrage and grief across the…
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Year After Year, Sindh’s Exam Boards Fail Our Children

No other province in Pakistan suffers this scale of examination mismanagement year after year. As the examination season begins, chaos and confusion once again take center stage – thanks to the staggering incompetence of Sindh’s examination boards. With the first paper set for April 7, thousands of students remain without…
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Thalassemia Thrives In Absence Of Premarital Testing

Despite the passage of 12 years, the law to prevent the genetic blood disorder could not be implemented KARACHI: A stitch in time saves nine. The true meaning of this saying would be best understood by the hapless parents of children with thalassemia, who in their expediency to avoid one…
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Missing Kid Found Dead In Field

The police registered a case and formed teams to apprehend the killers. MUZAFFARGARH: A six-year-old child beggar who had gone missing a day earlier was found dead in a field in the Jatoi area of Muzzafargarh district. According to police sources, the child belonging to an impoverished family had gone…
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Sindh Encourages Establishment Of Bookbanks

To make the process more effective, the Sindh Textbook Board has formed several monitoring committees. Karachi/Jamshoro: The Sindh Textbook Board has started the distribution of textbooks for the academic year 2025-26 on the directions of Sindh’s Minister for Education Syed Sardar Ali Shah. He said that the distribution of textbooks…
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Rising Education Costs Burden Families

As new academic year begins parents struggle with skyrocketing fees, uniform costs RAWALPINDI: The new academic year in Punjab is set to begin on April 7, while the results for annual exams from nursery to eighth grade will be announced today, April 4. Significant changes have been made in the…
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Children’s Growing Interest In Toy Guns Raises Concerns

Sale of toy weapons increases manifold during Eid holidays in Pindi RAWALPINDI: The indulgence of children in the purchase of dangerous toy weapons, playing games like ‘thief and police’ in the streets of Rawalpindi during Eid holidays has raised questions for parents and authorities. These games involved fake armed encounters…
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