Zoha Faiz

Divorce Cases Drive Up Parent-Child Meetings

RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi district courts are witnessing a significant rise in parent-child meetings, largely due to the alarming increase in divorce cases. These meetings, once held bi-weekly, have now become a daily occurrence, with 25 to 37 families arriving at the judicial complex each day to see their children. Previously,…
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5,000 Reluctant Families Convinced To Vaccinate Children

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has reiterated his government’s commitment to eradicating polio. In a meeting with a delegation of Rotary Foundation headed by its Chairman Mark Maloney, the CM said, “In the wake of cross-border travel from neighbouring countries, Sindh continues to face risk of poliovirus.…
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Ghost Schools

KARACHI: Apropos the letter “Ghost Teachers” published on September 19, 2024, the issue of ghost schools is another sad reality in Pakistan’s education system. These schools exist only in name, with buildings left abandoned and teachers still collecting salaries without fulfilling their responsibilities. However, the problem goes beyond just missing…
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School Principal, Hostel Warden Held For Molesting Children

QUETTA: Police on 18 September 2024 arrested a private school principal and a warden allegedly involved in child molestation. Police told The Express Tribune that the accused had subjected five children to sexual abuse in the Dera Allah Yar town of Balochistan. Moreover, the local authorities have sealed both the…
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Public Schools Lack Technological Facilities

LAHORE: Anticipating the abrupt shift of the global economy towards complete digitalization, several developing countries in the Global South started heavily investing in the Information Technology (IT) sector several years ago, in the hopes of directing billions of dollars towards their economies in the future. From cities across the region,…
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Parents Pardon Son In Daughters’ Murderer Case

MUZAFFARGARH: A local court in Muzaffargarh acquitted the accused who slit the throats of his three minor sisters after the parents of the deceased girls pardoned their son. The accused admitted to the crime during a police interrogation. However, after nearly one year of his arrest, Additional Sessions Judge Chaudhry…
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Woman Kills Daughter, Commits Suicide

HYDERABAD: A woman allegedly killed her teenage daughter before committing suicide at her residence located near Nara Jail in Hyderabad on 13 September 2024. The SHO SITE police station Imran Rasheed Shaikh told the media that initial investigations suggest that the deceased 45-year-old Bakhtawar gave sleep-inducing pills to her daughter.…
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Vision Problems On The Rise In Children

Al-Shifa Trust screened approximately 175,000 students over the past year in 550 free eye camps held in underserved areas nationwide. About 50% of the children screened had vision issues, with many experiencing hazy vision and some suffering from congenital cataracts, said Al-Shifa Centre for Community Ophthalmology (ACCO) Deputy General Manager,…
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Sindh Has Lowest Early Childhood Education Registration

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has sought a comprehensive report from the Sindh chief secretary on the implementation of the Sukkur Bench order on a petition against the non-implementation of the policy of provision of early childhood education. A hearing in this regard was held before a two-member bench…
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‘Unstable’ Woman Throws Daughters Into Water Tank

KARACHI: An allegedly mentally unstable woman tossed her three young daughters into an underground water storage tank before jumping in herself in a tragic incident that happened in Bakhtawar Goth, Sukhan, on 12-September-2024. The mother and two of the girls drowned, while the third daughter managed to survive, according to…
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