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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…

Injectable Polio Vaccine Debuted in Punjab

Provides better protection than oral variety Children up to 15 to be immunised as older kids now identified as key to transmission Drive to be extended to other high-risk urban centres, such as Karachi, Hyderabad Police rescue polio team detained at private school ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Health authorities in Punjab on November…

SHC Orders Probe into ‘Delivery of Substandard Medicines’ to Differently-abled Children

HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Sindh High Court at Sukkur has ordered an inquiry into substandard medicines for persons with disabilities. The bench directed the Sindh chief secretary and the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPD) to ensure implementation of the relevant Act of 2018 in letter and spirit.…

‘Malnutrition Causing Loss of Billions to Economy’

TOBA TEK SINGH: Malnutrition is inflicting loss of billions of rupees to the national economy through decreased productivity, higher healthcare costs and lost future earnings due to impaired physical development. Education and awareness about nutrition at the grassroots level will help address the issue at the massive scale for a…

Dengue Continues to Haunt People as Number of Cases Reaches 4,836

PESHAWAR: Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever continues to affect people amid hopes as health experts believe that decline in cases will happen only after rain when temperature will dip below 15 degrees Celsius. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday recorded 45 more dengue cases, taking the overall tally of infections in the current year…

Eight Children Test HIV Positive in Karachi’s SITE Area

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection has been detected in eight children, tested at the Kulsoom Bai Valika Hospital in Karachi. The hospital officials have blamed the quack doctors, practising illegally, for the infection and demanded of the Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC) to take action against such unauthorised medical practitioners.…

Sindh Launches Sensor Scanner Stick for Visually Impaired

Sindh has developed a sensor-equipped scanner stick for the first time to assist visually impaired individuals. The province is home to more than six million children with special needs and other people with physical and mental disabilities. Advanced medical technology is also being used to create devices aimed at empowering…

Boy Dies, Two Hospitalised After Eating ‘Toxic Snacks’

GUJRAT: A seven-year-old boy died on October 31 and his two siblings were in a critical condition, allegedly after eating poisonous crackers (papad) a couple of days back, at Alipur Chattha town of Wazirabad district, on Friday. Reports say that three minor brothers – Kazim, Qasim and Hashim – ate…

Two School Boys Arrested for Gang Rape

SARGODHA: Three boy students of a private school gang-raped over dozen of students and made their videos to blackmail them. Two of them were arrested by the Satellite Town police after the regional police officer took notice of the complaint of the mother of a gang-rape survivor boy on social…

WHO to Train 140,000 Workers in Pakistan For Vaccination Campaign

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that it is partnering with the Pakistan government to train over 140,000 health workers for the upcoming nationwide measles and rubella (MR) vaccination campaign, which aims to protect 35.4 million children aged six to 59 months. The preventive drive, scheduled from Nov…

Minister Objects to Polio Sampling, Seeks Third-party Audit

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Health and Population Welfare Khwaja Imran Nazir has stirred up a controversy, raising a question mark on the existing environmental polio sampling process, and stressed upon the authorities for the introduction of legislation to find out the reasons as to why Pakistan has still not been…