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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…

Two More Children Succumb to Pneumonia

Tragedy strikes again as pneumonia claims two more young lives, bringing the total number of childhood deaths to 318 this year. In just 24 hours, 605 new cases of pneumonia were reported, with Lahore accounting for 177 of those cases. The province has seen a sharp rise in pneumonia cases…

Safeguarding Children to Prevent Pneumonia through Essential Precautionary Measures

A recent spell of rainfall has helped improve the quality of air through cleansing that may have a beneficial effect on public health particularly on the subject of controlling the incidences of respiratory tract infections and asthmatic complications but for children and infants, the case may be different because the…

Depressed students

In this day and age it is very easy for students like myself to hand over our minds and bodies to depression. It is something which is seemingly increasing day by day among young people. In today’s world students are prone to go into depression as there is a lot…

Government Survey Exposes Disturbing 11.1% Workforce Among Children in KP

The recently conducted Child Labour Survey 2022-23 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has shed light on a critical issue plaguing the province. The survey findings, unveiled during a special ceremony in Peshawar, revealed that hundreds of thousands of children in the province are trapped in the clutches of child labor. According to…

Pneumonia Persists as a Grave Threat to Children

The pneumonia outbreak in Punjab continues to spread, claiming 12 more lives in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 220 since January 1st. According to official data, 1,077 new cases have been reported in the province during the same period, with a majority of the patients…

Poliovirus detected in sewage samples from 9 locations

According to the News, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health Islamabad has confirmed the detection of Type-1 Wild Poliovirus (WPV1) in nine environmental (sewage) samples collected in December 2023. The poliovirus was detected in the environmental samples from Multan, Karachi South, Karachi Malir,…

Japanese grant of $3.62m to fight polio in Pakistan

The Japanese government has announced $3.62 million grant to procure essential oral polio vaccines as part of its continued support for polio eradication efforts in Pakistan. Pakistan will use the funds to procure more than 21m doses of vaccines to support polio campaigns in 2024. According to a statement issued…

Balochistan remains polio free since 2021

According to a news report by Daily Dawn on 8 Jan 2023, despite facing numerous challenges, Balochistan, despite facing numerous challenges, has successfully maintained its polio-free status for nearly three years since the last case was reported in January 2021. Despite encountering positive environmental samples, the region’s resilient efforts have…

Estimated 100,000 children with type 1 diabetes go undiagnosed

In Pakistan, an estimated 100,000 children with type 1 diabetes go undiagnosed due to a lack of awareness among parents and healthcare professionals, according to senior endocrinologists and health experts who spoke at a press conference held at the National Press Club on 6 Jan 2024. The experts emphasized that…

Resurging Poliovirus Threat

ISLAMABAD: The Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations on the international spread of poliovirus has warned that re-infection of epidemiologically-critical areas and historical reservoirs in Pakistan and Afghanistan represent a significant risk to the gains made during the last 18 months. The emergency committee, in a statement issued in…