With over 220,000 children missed in the February anti-polio campaign — including nearly 43,000 children who were not allowed to have polio vaccine administered and over 177,000 children who were not available when vaccination teams tried to reach them — Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has called for…
Islamabad: A significant meeting was held at the office of the Parliamentary Secretary for Education here on 17-April-2025 to deliberate on Pakistan’s future direction in the fields of education and artificial intelligence. The discussion focused on integrating AI into the national education system and fostering international collaboration for advancements in…
ISLAMABAD: Despite limited progress overall, some regions of the country did show significant gains in reducing childhood stunting between 2011 and 2018, two major national and global studies published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition have revealed. In parts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, stunting rates declined at…
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination (NHSR&C) reported to the National Assembly that from 2018 to 2024, the average number of children vaccinated with the polio vaccine in the nationwide campaigns annually has ranged from 39.3 million to 44.9 million. In a reply to a question…
KARACHI: Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal said on 13-April-2025 that there is no valid justification to refuse polio drops to eligible children in Pakistan, especially when the Taliban regime in neighbouring Afghanistan is supervising a door-to-door anti-polio immunisation drive. The minister disclosed that 85,000 people in Pakistan refused polio…
A road traffic accident (RTA) in Baldia Town claimed the life of a four-year-old boy on 12-April-2025, while a motorcyclist injured in a hit-and-run incident near the Golimar pedestrian bridge a day earlier breathed his last during treatment. In Baldia’s Abidabad area a speeding water tanker ran over four-year-old Affan…
ISLAMABAD: A total of 11,074 cases of murder, 2,142 cases of gang rape, 4,472 cases of Zina and 34,688 cases of kidnappings/abductions took place countrywide in 2024, reveals officially reported crime statistics available with The News. Punjab reported the highest number of cases of murder, gang rape, attempt to murder,…
TOBA TEK SINGH: A private school owner allegedly raped a daughter of a widow at Kamalia on 10-April-2025. Reportedly, Siddiqan Bibi of Jhonnayshah Wala claimed in her FIR that her daughter was a sweeper in the school of accused Muhammad Rehan situated at Madinabad. On the day of the incident,…
A road accident near the Mauripur Chawal Godown claimed the life of an eight-year-old boy on 08-April-2025. The incident occurred when a trailer struck the child while he was crossing the road. The boy’s body was taken to the hospital for necessary formalities. Police identified the deceased as Raheel, son…
HYDERABAD: On the directive of Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah, over 5 million sets of textbooks are being prepared for the 2025-26 academic year. The Sindh Textbook Board, Jamshoro (STBB) has begun the process of distributing curriculum books for the new academic session. In a statement, the provincial…
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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