child rights

School Principal Arrested For Alleged Abuse Of Teachers, Students

SHEIKHUPURA: A school principal has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing several teachers and students in the Mirza Virkan area of Sheikhupura, reported Ary News. The case came to light after videos of the victims went viral on social media and WhatsApp groups. Following the emergence of the videos, the B-division station police conducted a raid on complaints of…

Grace Marks by Sindh Government

In a move as surprising as it is contentious, the Sindh provincial government has decreed a generous 15% grace mark for students who faltered in their class XI examinations last year. The decision, prompted by an investigative committee report on the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi’s controversial results, comes as…

Three school education depts merged into one authority

LAHORE: The Punjab government on 14 June 2024 established the Punjab Education,…

Girls Clinch Top Two Slots In BSEK General Group Exams

KARACHI: Female students have grabbed first two positions in the Class XII…

Hospital at Centre of Child HIV Outbreak Caught Reusing Syringes in Undercover Filming

Mohammed Amin was eight when he died shortly after testing positive for HIV. His mother says his fevers were so bad that he insisted on sleeping in the rain, and he writhed in pain “like he’d been thrown in hot oil.” Not long after, his sister Asma was also diagnosed…

500 Low-performing Govt Primary Schools Outsourced in KP

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elementary and Secondary Education Department has outsourced 500 low-performing government primary schools in the province to private partners. In the second phase, another 1,500 such schools will be outsourced and the paperwork has already started on it, officials in the education department told Dawn on condition of anonymity. They said…

Key Education Bodies in Islamabad Being Run Without Permanent Heads

ISLAMABAD: All three major educational organisations in Islamabad, including the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), the Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (Peira) and the Directorate of Special Education, are being run under interim arrangements. These important organisations currently have no regular heads , leading to a situation that raises questions…

Minor Girl Recovered 48 Hours after Kidnap from Bus Stop in Sahiwal

SAHIWAL: City Police claimed to have recovered an 11-year-old girl 48 hours after she had gone missing from the E-Green Bus Stop at Jogi Chowk while standing with her maternal aunt on April 8. Station House Officer (SHO) Rai Nasir said the girl had allegedly been kidnapped by a woman…

Unsafe School Commute Endangers Children

LAHORE: The lack of school transport in Punjab is becoming a serious issue, as a large number of public and private educational institutions still fail to provide buses for students. Despite clear orders from the Lahore High Court directing schools to arrange transport to ensure safe travel for children, the…

Two Held for Unleashing Dog on Teenage Girl

BAHAWALPUR: The Vehari Daniwal police claimed to have arrested two suspects on April 10 for allegedly unleashing their pet dog on a young girl in the Bhatta Ikram locality the other day. According to a Vehari Police spokesperson, Raashida Bibi claimed in her complaint that Zahoor and Asad unleashed their…

Rape Convict Awarded Life Imprisonment, Rs1.2m Fine

LAKKI MARWAT: A child protection court sentenced a rape convict to life imprisonment on two terms and 23-year rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs1.2 million. The verdict was pronounced by the additional sessions judge-II Lakki Marwat, who was also the presiding officer of the Child Protection Court. A…

Boy Dies by Suicide over Exam Failure in Karachi

KARACHI: A teenage boy took his life after being scolded by his father for failing in the school annual examination, police said on April 9. Airport SHO Kaleem Khan Moosa said Turab Haider, 16, a student at a private school, had failed in the exams and his father, a serving…

AJK Seminaries Directed to Install CCTV Cameras Under New Child Protection Policy

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government on April 9 introduced a comprehensive child protection policy for seminaries, making the installation of CCTV cameras, complaint mechanisms, and teacher certification mandatory across the state. The policy, announced by Minister for Religious Affairs, Auqaf and Information Chaudhry Muhammad Rafique Nayyar, follows…

ECC Approves Rs2.8B for Child Vaccination

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the federal cabinet has approved a summary submitted by the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination for a Technical Supplementary Grant (TSG) amounting to Rs2.8 billion in favour of the Federal Directorate of Immunization (FDI). The committee was informed that the…