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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…

Video of Teacher Assaulting Student in Gujar Khan Sparks Police Action

RAWALPINDI: In the Gujar Khan area of Rawalpindi, a video showing a school teacher brutally beating a child has gone viral on social media, prompting police action. The accused teacher has been taken into custody. Authorities say the incident occurred nearly a year ago. According to police, the video shows…

The Age Of Consent And The Borders Of Belief

ICT Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025 marks a pivotal step toward a…

Maryam Introduces Aghosh Programme For Women

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

NEOC Chief Calls For Efforts To Eradicate Poliovirus

QUETTA: The National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) coordinator has stressed the need to launch effective anti-polio campaigns and improve routine immunisation to eradicate the poliovirus. Only three to four effective anti-polio campaigns are required to eliminate the virus fully, Anwarul Haq, a retired army captain, said while chairing a high-level…

Nature-Based Education

Disconnection from nature is a catalyst for the present environmental crisis and several physical, mental, and emotional illnesses. With mental health challenges on the rise in the US and climate change on the brink of becoming irreversible, there is an urgent need for educators who can help restore our sense…

PHC Education And Training

LET me first clarify that while the title of this article might give the impression that we are educating and training our medical students about quality Primary Health Care (qPHC), we are not. Recently though, some important policy developments have taken place, which are paving the way for sustainable education…

Teaching Hospitals To Help In Timely Detection Of Polio Cases

PESHAWAR: Emergency Operation Centre in collaboration with medical teaching institutions (MTIs) is strengthening surveillance for the timely detection of polio cases and vaccination of children visiting out-patient departments with their parents as part of a plan to eradicate the crippling childhood ailment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “We are collaborating with MTIs…

Poliovirus Reaches Dadu, Found In 8 More Districts

ISLAMABAD: Poliovirus continues to spread across Pakistan and the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad has confirmed the detection of Type-1 Wild Poliovirus (WPV1) from one new district Dadu and eight other previously-infected districts. This brings the total count of infected districts…

95% Of Children in Pakistan, BD Exposed To Second-hand Smoking: Study

KARACHI: A study co-authored by researchers from the Department of Community Health Sciences and Medicine at the Aga Khan University has revealed an alarming prevalence of second-hand smoking (SHS) exposure among children in Pakistan and Bangladesh, with 95 percent of children affected. SHS occurs when non-smokers inhale the exhaled tobacco…

Girls School Blown Up in Waziristan

MIRANSHAH: Suspected militants destroyed a portion of a government-run girls’ school in a village of Mir Ali tehsil in North Waziristan tribal district, local police said on 22 July. They said that militants had planted explosives in the Government Girls Middle School in Zairki village and triggered a blast with…

Vaccination Drive Planned In Pakistan, Afghanistan To Curb Polio

QUETTA: A simultaneous vaccination campaign will be launched on both sides of the Pak-Afghan border next month as officials blame cross-border movement for the dozen cases of the virus reported from Balochistan this year. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries where polio is still endemic. Since January 2024,…

Polio Paralyses Two Kids in KP, Balochistan

A child in Zhob district of Balochistan whose parents had refused to get him vaccinated against polio, bringing the total number of polio cases in 2024 to nine in Pakistan, Pakistan’s Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) officials said on 20 July 2024. “An 18-month-old male child from Union Council Hassan Zai…

Poliovirus Cripples Another Child in Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: Another child has been paralyzed by polio in the Zhob district of Balochistan, bringing this year’s total number of polio cases to nine. Additionally, sewage samples from one new district, Hangu, and six previously infected districts have tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). With the latest addition,…