Zoha Faiz

SLGA To Be Amended To Make Birth Registration Mandatory: CS

The Sindh Local Government Act (SLGA) is going to be amended to make birth registration mandatory, Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah announced during a meeting he chaired on 26-March-2025. Shah emphasised the critical role of birth registration in ensuring children’s rights, and their access to vital services such as immunisation,…
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CII To Deliberate On Mothers Milk Registry Today

ISLAMABAD: Senior child specialists from the Sindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology (SICHN) Karachi on 25-March-2025 urged the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) to approve the establishment of Pakistan’s first human milk bank, rebranded as the “Mothers Milk Registry,” to save thousands of premature babies who cannot survive without…
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President Zardari Hosts Iftar Dinner For Orphaned Children

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has urged children to prioritize education, calling it the key to success. He said that children were our future and they must focus on their education and work hard to become successful individuals. The president expressed these views during an Iftar dinner hosted by him…
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SHC

SHC Dismisses Bail Plea In The Child Molestation Case

The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a child molestation case. The applicant, Nazar Hussain, was arrested by the Zaman Town police for molesting a seven-year-old boy in the Korangi area on August 9, 2023. A counsel for the applicant submitted that he…
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Throat-slit Body Of Girl Found In Graveyard

LAHORE: Body of a 14-year-old girl with her throat slit was found in Shah Gohar Pir Darbar graveyard in the Baghbanpura area on 23-March-2025. According to police sources, the victim was unidentified, so far and no documents or belongings were found near her body that could help determine her identity.…
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Fasting Among Children May Cause Growth Problems

The weather has started becoming hot while the fasting duration, from ‘sehr’ to ‘iftar’ is over thirteen-and-a-half hours and in the existing conditions, according to paediatricians, frequent fasting among children particularly below 11 or 12 years of age may not be recommended. Studies have revealed that because of having smaller…
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Education Dept Aims To Institutionalise Sindh Children’s Parliament

The secretary of the Sindh School Education and Literacy Department (SE&LD), Zahid Ali Abbasi, has said during an interim review and way forward session that while every stakeholder is engaged in the betterment of education, the children themselves were previously often left out. The introduction of the Children’s Parliament Sindh…
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Alarm As WHO faces $95m Funding Gap In Pakistan’s Health Sector

Islamabad: The World Health Organisation has sounded the alarm on Pakistan’s health crisis, emphasising that a $95 million funding shortfall threatens critical healthcare programmes. The UN agency, dedicated to safeguarding global public health, warned that without urgent action to address the funding crisis, millions of lives in Pakistan would be…
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