Talha Chughtai

Child Marriage: a Persistent Form of Gender Inequality

Child marriage is not a tradition we can afford to romanticise. It is a violation of childhood, consent and opportunity. Defined as any formal or informal union where one or both parties are under 18, child marriage remains one of Pakistan’s most persistent forms of gender inequality. Despite legal prohibitions,…
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NA Toughens Law Against Child Abuse

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on May 12 gave the nod to the Anti-Rape (Amendment) Bill 2026, which declares sexual assault, physical abuse and child exploitation non-bailable offences. Under the provisions of the anti-rape amendment, law enforcement agencies must ensure child victims undergo medical examination by a certified forensic expert within…
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Households Continue to Exploit Child Labour in Punjab

While Pakistan observes International Domestic Workers Day each June to highlight the rights of domestic workers, the situation in Punjab remains troubling. Despite the passage of the Domestic Workers Act in 2019, it has yet to be fully implemented, leaving over 10 million workers, including children, vulnerable to abuse, exploitation…
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DGK School Roof Collapse kills Four Children

LAHORE: At least four children were killed and 20 others injured after the roof of a classroom at a private school in Punjab’s Dera Ghazi Khan collapsed on May 7. According to a preliminary report issued by the district administration, the injured included 16 students, two teachers and two labourers.…
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Father Allegedly kills Teenage Daughter

RAWALPINDI: A father allegedly shot dead his 16-year-old daughter in the name of honour in Dhoke Noor, an area falling under Wah Cantt police station in Rawalpindi. City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Khalid Hamdani took notice of the incident, while police registered a case on the complaint of the state.…
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Capital Grapples with School Dropouts

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Education has been informed that 17,000 children across 30 union councils in the federal capital are currently out of school, while Cambridge has acknowledged the leak of a Mathematics examination paper and has been asked to submit a detailed report on the matter.…
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Education Corruption

The expanding corruption probe into Sindh’s education boards has laid bare a rot that goes far deeper than initially feared. What began as an investigation into irregularities at the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Mirpurkhas, has now spiralled into a province-wide scandal, implicating senior officials and the administrative hierarchy…
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Children Face Rising Mental Health Issues

PESHAWAR: Twelve-year-old Aalyan, a sixth-grade student from Peshawar, is suffering from severe psychological trauma after losing his mother in a house fire, a tragedy that has left deep emotional scars. What began as shock and silence has now developed into clinical depression, worsening his mental and physical health. Aalyan has…
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2 New Polio Cases Confirmed in K-P as Total Reaches Three in 2026

The National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC) confirmed two new cases of wild poliovirus in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on April 29. The cases were reported in Bannu and North Waziristan, where access constraints continue to aid poliovirus transmission, posing a continued risk to children’s well-being. Pakistan has reported three polio…
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