KARACHI: The body of a 12-year-old boy, who went missing after falling into a water pipeline two days ago, was recovered from the Saadi Town area on the morning of April 26, Rescue 1122 reported. According to a spokesperson for Rescue 1122, the victim, identified as Zahid, fell into the…
RAWALPINDI: A pair of siblings, a 9-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl, went missing under mysterious circumstances from the Lailyani Rajgan area of Gujar Khan police station, Rawalpindi. The children have been missing for three days. The police have registered a case of child abduction and started an investigation. The father…
MIRPURKHAS: HYDERABAD The multi-billion-rupee corruption scandal at the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Mirpurkhas, appears to be engulfing more officials as the Anti-Corruption Establishment widens the scope of its investigation. The ACE Mirpurkhas has summoned five officials – including a deputy secretary of the Sindh Universities and Boards…
Pakistan was ranked among the top five countries worldwide for absolute reduction in child deaths, owing to vaccination efforts, Radio Pakistan reported on April 22. In a statement issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Pakistan had averted 2.6 million child deaths from preventable diseases. The country had also eradicated smallpox,…
Another exam paper scandal has surfaced in Karachi in which individuals running multiple WhatsApp groups, monetising access to Matric and Intermediate papers, were arrested. Such incidents have, for the umpteenth time, exposed how examination systems in Pakistan are designed, managed, and ultimately compromised. The details matter. Organised groups were selling…
The recently concluded nationwide anti-polio campaign is being called a resounding success by those directly involved in the vaccination drive. The National Emergency Operations Center reports that over 44.7 million children under five received the vaccine, a figure just shy of the 45 million target, representing over 99% coverage. A…
QUETTA: The Balochistan government on April 21 said it was making headway in education by bringing out-of-school children back into classrooms and reopening long-closed institutions. Speaking at an event at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti, along with senior officials, shared progress on the ongoing campaign.…
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi on April 20 chaired a high-level meeting at the Chief Minister’s House to review ongoing reforms in the education sector and deliberate on proposed initiatives aimed at transforming the province’s learning landscape. The meeting assessed progress on current reforms and held detailed discussions…
BARA: Girls’ education in Khyber district, particularly in Bara tehsil, is confronting serious challenges. While a large number of educational institutions exist on paper, the severe shortage of basic facilities, teaching staff, and modern learning opportunities has badly affected the entire education system. According to official statistics, there are 420…
The other day, a private educational institution offered me an opportunity to guide its students on how to solve the question paper in board exams to achieve maximum marks or at least how to avoid deduction of marks because of lack of right and relevant information. The selected students, the…
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