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Child Dies After Falling Into Well In Karachi

KARACHI: A six-year-old boy died after falling into a 200-foot-deep well, believed to date back to the British era, in the Garden area on July 8, rescue services officials said. Rescue-1122 Spokesperson Hassaan Ul Haseeb Khan said the boy, Khalid Junaid, fell into an improperly covered well in Ghas Mandi,…
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SHC Orders Steps For Protection, Rehabilitation Of Minor Girl

The Sindh High Court on July 8 directed the Child Protection Authority and the SSPs of Khairpur and Jacobabad to ensure welfare, safety and rehabilitation of a nine-year-old girl who left the home of her parents along with her elder sister due to cruelty. The direction came on a petition…
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Man Slays Grandson To Implicate Rivals

GUJRAT: A man on 7 July killed his 10-year-old grandson to implicate his opponents in Sech Kalar area in Wahndo police precincts, Gujranwala. Police claimed to have traced and arrested the suspect within eight hours of the incident. Reports said police had found Shoaib (10) slain in an open field…
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Unicef To Design Peshawar Children’s Hospital

PESHAWAR: The Unicef has pledged to design the Peshawar Children’s Hospital in a way that it will look like a children’s park instead of a hospital, according to an official. “Being a 100pc Children’s Hospital, all its buildings will wear a fantastic look when its interior designing is finished. The…
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HIV Crisis

From Taunsa, to Ratodero and now Karachi. It seems like there is not a town or city left in Pakistan where the country’s children are safe from HIV, one of the most dangerous diseases in the world. Last week, the Sindh labour minister reportedly confirmed that at least 78 children…
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Man Booked For Rape, Blackmail Of Minor Girl In Bahawalpur

BAHAWALPUR: Dhanote police in Lodhran district registered a case against a man for raping a minor girl and blackmailing her with objectionable videos. According to police, the FIR against the suspect was registered on the complaint of the victim’s mother. According to the complainant, her victim’s daughter had gone to…
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25m Pakistani Children Are Out Of School: CSA Report

LAHORE: More than two years after Pakistan declared a National Education Emergency, the country continues to struggle with one of the world’s largest out-of-school children crises, as over 25 million children remain outside classrooms despite constitutional guarantees of free and compulsory education and repeated policy announcements at federal and provincial…
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Four Minors Raped In Separate Incidents

SAHIWAL: Four separate incidents of rape of minors were reported in the region within the past 24 hours. In the first case, a 10-year-old boy, a resident of Chak 7/12-L, was taken by his two friends to an orchard where they allegedly raped him and fled leaving him unconscious. In…
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Three Girls Killed In Quadcopter Attack In KP

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Three girls were killed and four other family members wounded in the early hours of July 5 when a quadcopter drone dropped munitions on a home in the Nar­gasi area of Birmal tehsil in Lower South Wazi­ristan, local sources said. The strike hit the residence of Mohammad Gul…
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