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80 AJK, GB Girls Schools To Get Latest IT Equipment

ISLAMABAD: In a significant development aimed at enhancing digital educational opportunities for marginalized girls, the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training in collaboration with Unesco Pakistan has announced the deployment of advanced IT equipment in 80 government girls’ schools across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). The…
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Man Arrested For Minor Boy’s Murder in Orangi Town

The Orangi Town police have arrested the man suspected of attacking a woman and her two minor children. The woman’s son had succumbed to his injuries during treatment. Officials said the suspect is an ice addict, adding that he was apparently interested in the injured woman. They said the suspect…
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400 Monitors Hired To Identify Obstacles To Anti-Polio Efforts

Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi chaired a meeting regarding the polio eradication held at his office on 26-October-2024, and emphasized ensuring all children received polio drops. He was also briefed on children of government employees as well as employees of private organisations are avoiding polio vaccinations—a total of 6,148 children…
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Orangi Attack Suspect Had Also Attempted Sexual Assault

The gruesome Orangi Town incident, in which a minor boy was killed, and his mother and minor sister were injured on 23-October-2024, has taken a new turn. The injured woman has claimed that the perpetrator was her husband’s cousin, who had attempted to sexually assault her. She said that when…
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Suspect Sent To Jail In Boy’s Torture Case

A judicial magistrate on 22-October-2024 remanded a suspect in judicial custody in a case pertaining to wrongful confinement and torture of a minor boy. Suspect Muhammad Deen was arrested on 21-October-2024 after a video of him beating the nine-year-old boy with his hands tied at his laundry shop went viral…
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Poliovirus Spreads To 71 Districts, Says PM’s Focal Person

Four children have lost their lives out of 39 affected by polio, while the majority of the remaining children have been paralysed for the rest of their lives. This was stated by the Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Polio Eradication Ayesha Raza Farooq 21-October-2024. She urged parents to vaccinate their…
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Four Women Of A Family Found Murdered In Lyari Flat

In a shocking incident in the Lyari area of Karachi, the mutilated bodies of four females — a middle-aged woman, and her daughter, granddaughter, and daughter-in-law — were discovered in a residential building on 19 October 2024. Police suspect that someone from the family, or among the relatives or neighbours…
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Polio Cripples 4 More Children In KP, Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s battle against polio has taken a devastating turn with four new cases confirmed in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), raising the total number of polio infections this year to 37, according to Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) officials on 18-October-2024. The latest victims, all young children, include a 30-month-old…
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Forced Marriage Of Under-age Girl Thwarted

LAHORE: Raiwind Police thwarted forced marriage of a 12-year-old girl and arrested multiple individuals involved, including the girl’s mother, the groom, witnesses, and Nikah registrar. According to a police spokesperson, the operation was initiated after receiving a report from M Sharif, the elder brother of the girl. Sharif informed the…
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