A two-and-a-half-year-old girl, Haya Fatima, was killed by a stray bullet while playing on the roof of a residential building in Lyari’s Moosa Lane area. According to the Baghdadi police, the incident took place at Ali Arcade, a seven-storey building. The victim, who lived on the seventh floor, was playing…
ISLAMABAD: Due to high-quality polio vaccination drives conducted across the country in the past few months, the tide is turning in Pakistan’s battle against polio as environmental samples from 34 cities have tested negative for the Wild Poliovirus 1 (WPV1), indicating that the virus is no longer circulating in these…
Islamabad: After installing IT labs in 50 government schools across the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has planned to extend the initiative to 30 more educational institutions in the region within two months. An official highlighted the significant strides the ministry is making…
KHAIRPUR: The mother of an underage maid who was allegedly murdered by an influential Pir in Sindh’s Ranipur town in 2023, Pir Asad Shah Jeelani, has “reached a settlement with the accused” and sought dismissal of the case. Shabnam, the mother of the murdered maid, submitted a written statement about…
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 03-February-2025 launched the February 2025 National Immunisation Days campaign by administering polio drops to children at an official ceremony at the CM House. The initiative aims to immunise over 10.6 million children under five across the province and reaffirm the provincial government’s…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has launched its first nationwide polio vaccination campaign of 2025, aiming to immunise more than 45.4 million children under the age of five. Starting from February 3 to 9, the campaign will mobilise over 400,000 frontline workers to reach children in every part of the country. According to…
PESHAWAR: The Educational Testing and Evaluation Agency (ETEA) has successfully conducted the Computer-Based Test (CBT) for the award of scholarships to students of 6th and 7th grades from government schools across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Officials said the initiative reflected the commitment of the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa towards ensuring a…
A court has dismissed the bail application of a man in a case pertaining to alleged abduction of a teenage girl from Karachi. Azhar Ali was booked for allegedly kidnapping a 15-year-old girl from Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal and trafficking her to Naushehro Feroze last month. He moved an application before Judicial…
The Karachi administration on 01-February-2025 launched a direct outreach campaign to engage parents who had refused polio vaccinations for their children in recent drives, in an effort to bolster polio eradication efforts. The initiative aims to ensure full parental cooperation, so no child is left without the crucial vaccine. In…
“In this country, we’re not even counted based on accurate data, let alone having the opportunity to list our issues,” lamented Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah during a youth conference on 01-February-2025. Titled ‘Challenges and Solutions for 21st Century Youth’, the conference was organised by the provincial sports…
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