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Cases of Sexual Assault in Karachi

KARACHI: According to a report published by Daily Dawn, more than 500 women and underage girls were sexually assaulted in Karachi alone during the year 2023 which also saw 4,042 cases of physical assault on them, the police surgeon said. A spokesperson for the charity told Dawn on 31 Dec…
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Unicef Seeks Urgent Funding for Pakistan

According to report published by Daily Dawn, Unicef is urgently appealing for $135.6 million from global donors to meet the pressing humanitarian needs of over 5.5 million individuals in Pakistan, with a focus on assisting 3.4 million children. The call for funding, outlined in a new Unicef report, aims to…
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Girls’ School Set Ablaze in Bannu

BANNU: According to report by Daily The News, unidentified miscreants torched a girls’ school in Meryan Tehsil of Bannu district on 29 Dec 2023 night. The Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Kotka Mumbati Barakzai was targeted in the overnight incident. The building suffered a significant damage and the science…
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Reforming School Exams in Pakistan

The school exam is the cornerstone of any educational system which is responsible for assessing the academic performance of students based on a prescribed curriculum and textbooks, certifying that the students have met certain standards, and evaluating the education system’s performance for the purposes of accountability. School exams exert a…
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Unspoken Barriers

RECENTLY, at a history conference on academic freedom held at SZABIST, a session was devoted to analysing the culture of silence that has come to prevail in our academia. It was attributed to the penchant of the powers that be to clamp down on the free expression of opinion by…
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Toolkit: Juvenile Justice System

The Juvenile Justice System Act 2018 (JJSA) was enacted on 22nd May, 2018 in Pakistan with the object to provide an effective criminal justice system and enable social reintegration for juvenile. However, children below the age of 18 are not dealt properly and the stakeholders are not well conversant with…
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Resurging Poliovirus Threat

ISLAMABAD: The Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations on the international spread of poliovirus has warned that re-infection of epidemiologically-critical areas and historical reservoirs in Pakistan and Afghanistan represent a significant risk to the gains made during the last 18 months. The emergency committee, in a statement issued in…
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Lahore, UK Courts tussle over siblings custody

Courts in the United Kingdom and Lahore are “involved in a complex legal tussle” to decide what should happen to the siblings of Sara Sharif, whose death sparked an international manhunt, BBC reported. Sara Sharif’s body was discovered at her home in Woking, southern England, on August 10. A post-mortem examination found she had sustained “multiple…
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Urgent Call to Action: Why Child Marriage Must End Now

The video titled “Urgent Call to Action: Why Child Marriage Must End Now” draws attention to the importance of ensuring a happy and nurturing childhood for every child. It emphasizes the need for equal opportunities for girls to learn, play, and thrive, contributing to the development of a strong and…
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Transformative Education: Mobile School

KARACHI: An experiment in homeschooling, which was started for underprivileged children some 37 years ago by renowned infectious disease specialist Dr Naseem Salahuddin, has borne its fruit as many of her students, who had begun their studies from the lawn of her house, have successfully joined different professions and careers…
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UNICEF’s National Ambassador for Child Rights, Saba Qamar, highlights the impact of child marriage on young girls’ futures and calls for unified action to protect children.

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