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SPARC State of Pakistan’s Children Report

“State of Children Report” is an annual publication produced by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), a non-governmental organization based in Pakistan. The report provides information on the situation of children in the country, covering various aspects such as health, education, violence against children, juvenile justice system, etc. The report is widely cited by…

The Age Of Consent And The Borders Of Belief

ICT Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025 marks a pivotal step toward a safer, progressive Pakistan KARACHI. Child rights organisations and advocates, along with concerned citizens, have warmly welcomed the passage of recent legislation on child marriages, describing it as a landmark step toward protecting the rights and well-being of children.…

Video of Teacher Assaulting Student in Gujar Khan Sparks Police Action

RAWALPINDI: In the Gujar Khan area of Rawalpindi, a video showing a…

Maryam Introduces Aghosh Programme For Women

LAHORE: Under Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s first-ever Aghosh program, pregnant women…

Karachi Sees 27% Vaccine Refusal On First Day Of Anti-Polio Drive

Deploring that 27 percent of people refused to get their children vaccinated against polio on the first day of a special fractional Inactivated Polio Vaccine (fIPV) drive in Karachi on 15 August 2024, Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) officials vowed on 16-August-2024 that they would manage to convince parents and vaccinate…

Assessing Inequality Of Opportunities To Child Health and Nutrition

The bright future of any society is always associated with its upcoming generation. Children are the future prosperity of any nation as they are productive workers of tomorrow. The main objective of this study is to estimate the opportunities available for children under the age of 5 years and their…

Vaccination Centres Inaugurated in Peshawar, Mardan

PESHAWAR: Health Minister Syed Qasim Ali Shah on 14 August 2024 inaugurated the country’s first 24/7 Vaccination Centres at Maulvi Ameer Shah Memorial Hospital in Peshawar and the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital in Mardan. A handout said the inauguration ceremony was attended by Medical Superintendent Dr Akram Shah, District Health…

Punjab Facing Polio Virus Risk Due To Population Movement

LAHORE: Chief Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Uzma Kardar has said that Pakistan and Afghanistan’s future as polio-free countries are interlinked, reiterating that until the situation improves in Afghanistan, Pakistan cannot eradicate the virus. She expressed these views during her visit to the Emergency Operation Centre of Punjab where she…

NA Body Concerned Over Rising Polio Cases

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services on Tuesday highlighted on the urgent issues of vaccine distribution and the troubling resurgence of polio cases in the country. The committee at a meeting, chaired by Dr. Mahesh Kumar Malani, assessed the working and performance of the Federal Directorate…

6,500 Nomad Children To Be Vaccinated

BAHAWALPUR: The Bahawalpur district health authorities would launch a vaccination campaign to protect over 6,500 registered nomad children against polio, measles, and other diseases. According to the district health officer (DHO), under a crash programme, the registration of gypsy children has been completed and the vaccinators of the health department…

Needle-Free Injectors To Be Used For Polio Vaccination In Next Drive

In a concerted effort to combat the poliovirus, which has been detected in environmental samples throughout Karachi, around 1.037 million children between the ages of four months and five years will be targeted in the next campaign, officials said on Monday. They said the children would be vaccinated with a…

Polio Crisis Deepens As New Case Takes Pakistan’s Total To 12

ISLAMABAD: A day after two more children were found affected by the poliovirus in Balochistan, a six-year-old boy in the Chakwal district of Punjab has been paralysed by the Wild Poliovirus 1, raising the total polio cases to 12 in Pakistan this year, officials said on Saturday. “The Regional Reference…

Free Healthy Meals for Sindh Schoolchildren, Says Murad

KARACHI: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on 31st July 2024 supported the Sindh government’s plan to offer free breakfast /lunch and milk to schoolchildren under its School Meal Programme (SMP). WFP Country Director Coco Ushiyama called on Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah here at the CM House and…

Breathing Poison

How many of us would willingly put our children in a room with toxic air? Ideally, none. But in reality, we are guilty of, and perhaps blissfully unaware of, pushing our children towards harm’s way. The latest research shows the shocking impact of passive smoking on school-age children in Pakistan…