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Skeleton of Missing 3-Year-Old Girl Found in Orakzai Mountains

ORAKZAI: The skeleton of a three-year-old girl who, went missing last month, has been discovered in mountains in Orakzai district. Authorities have arrested four main suspects in connection with the abduction and brutal murder of three-year-old Muqada in Upper Ghalju in a case that has shocked the local community. The…
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Education – Opening Doors

Pakistan’s education system has long suffered from a chronic absence of structured career counselling, forcing students to make life-altering academic choices at the tender age of 14 or 15, often based on parental pressure, peer influence or sheer guesswork. Against this backdrop, the Inter Board Coordination Commission’s decision to allow…
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Exploitation Thrives as Painted Children Work at Karachi’s Signals

KARACHI: Child street performers, some as young as eight, spend hours at city intersections and traffic signals with their faces and clothes painted gold. To catch the attention of passersby and earn money for their families or handlers, these children stand robotically still, appearing to any empathetic observer as little…
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Oil Depot Near School Faces PHC Challenge Over Safety Risks

PESHAWAR: A constitutional petition has been filed in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) challenging the operation of an oil depot in Taro Jabba, Nowshera, citing serious risks to the lives of schoolchildren. The petition names the federal and provincial governments, the Chairman of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA),…
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Sindh Issues Winter Vacation Schedule for Schools, Colleges

The Sindh Education Department’s Steering Committee on December 11 announced that all public and private educational institutions across the province will remain closed from December 22 to 31 for this year’s winter break. The spokesperson added that schools will reopen as normal on January 1, 2026, while supplementary examinations conducted…
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Child Stunting Declines in Pakistan, Finds Survey

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on December 10 that approximately 3.9 million beneficiaries have been enrolled in the ‘Nashonuma Program’ over the past five years to address the issue of stunting. Responding to questions during the question hour, Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Syed Imran Ahmad Shah…
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Schools’ Security Audit Under Way

LAHORE: Punjab Cabinet Committee on Law and Order’s Chairman Khawaja Salman Rafique has said that a school safety campaign has been launched in the province. A security audit of educational institutions across the province is also being conducted, he said while presiding over a meeting. The school education department has…
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