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Punjab CM Launches Initiatives For Special Children

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has introduced a series of groundbreaking initiatives aimed at improving the lives of special children across the province. These initiatives encompass healthcare, education, employment, and safety measures to ensure the well-being and empowerment of children with disabilities. As part of these efforts, 40,000 special children have undergone health screenings, leading to the diagnosis…

Special Persons To Have Access To Best Learning Facilities: Official

ISLAMABAD: Special Education Director General Asif Iqbal Bhatti on 12th March said that the National Library and Resource Centre will be turned into a hub of learning activities for special persons. He said that the facility would be equipped with Braille-based devices, Chrome books and other latest IT accessibility tools.…

Polio Virus Found In Samples Collected From 10 Districts

ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in environmental samples collected from 10 already infected districts. According to a lab official, sewage samples collected from Gwadar, Sibi, Khuzdar, Dukki, Hub, Lasbela, Noshki,…
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Vulnerable Vaccinators

THE campaign to eradicate polio from Pakistan cannot succeed unless the safety of vaccinators and security personnel on the front lines of this battle is guaranteed. According to one count, over 200 polio workers and police personnel have been martyred in the field since the 1990s. The latest tragedy occurred…
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Down Syndrome Child Becomes CM For A Day

Honouring their aspirations, CM Shah invited each child to sit in his chair one by one In a heartwarming initiative, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah welcomed 22 children from the Karachi Down Syndrome Programme (KDSP) to the Chief Minister’s House. The visit, organised on the Chief Minister’s invitation,…
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Three More Polio Cases Take Tally To 59

ISLAMABAD: Polio cases continue to rise as the country reported three new cases on 2nd December, bri­n­ging the tally so far this year to 59. According to an official, the Regional Reference Lab­oratory for Polio Erad­i­ca­tion confirmed the detection of one case each of poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Dera Ismail Khan,…
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Miraculous Surgery: Conjoined Twins Separated Successfully

KARACHI: In a groundbreaking medical achievement, a team of doctors at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) in Karachi successfully operated on two-month-old conjoined twins, Naila and Shumaila, hailing from Naushahro Feroze, Sindh. The surgery, which lasted for ten hours, was a collaborative effort between specialists from NICH, NICVD,…
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Less Than 5% Of Deaf Children Attend School

Less than 5% of deaf children of school age in Pakistan attend school ISLAMABAD: Less than 5% of deaf children of school age in Pakistan attend school, reflecting the significant barriers they face in accessing education. Globally, the situation is similarly dire, with the World Federation of the Deaf estimating…
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Sindh Reports Over 43,000 Polio Vaccine Refusal Cases In One Month

• Murad orders action against concerned DCs, SSPs and health officers • Officials say around 69pc of 10.6m children under five in province are fully immunised • Six Sindh districts performed poorly during October campaign, meeting told KARACHI: Over 43,000 cases of vaccine refusal were reported last month in the…
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CM Orders Developing Park In Clifton For Children With Disabilities

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah visited the Ujala Centre, a facility dedicated to children with autism and other disabilities, on World Children’s Day, and announced the development of Ujala-II through a partnership between the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPD) and the Ujala Centre in Defence…
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Shehbaz Vows To Eradicate Polio

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reiterated the government’s resolve to make Pakistan a polio-free country on November 20. He said the federation and all the provinces were taking steps to eradicate polio. He said all the provinces had been taken into confidence over the polio eradication measure, and together, they…
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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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