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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.…

Heart Patients In Swat Being Denied Treatment Under Health Card

SWAT: As the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa claims to promote its flagship Sehat Card Plus health initiative as a game-changer for poor, patients in Swat and other districts of Malakand division find themselves abandoned in their most desperate hours. Despite having state-of-the-art cardiac facilities in several private hospitals in Swat,…
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Girl Distressed By Matric Result Ends Life In Dir

LOWER DIR: A 15-year-old girl purportedly distressed by her matric exam result took her own life in the Gandigar Payeen area of Upper Dir the other day. According to police, the student, identified as Anmol, had secured 1010 marks out of 1200 in the recently announced SSC results by Malakand…
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Child Dies After Inhaling Toxic Fumes In Kurram

PARACHINAR: An eight-year-old girl died and four other children were hospitalised after inhaling toxic fumes inside a storage room on 29-July-2025. According to hospital and police sources, the room had been sealed for a long time and contained pesticide chemicals used to protect stored grain from insects. The accumulation of…
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Seminary Teacher Held For Assaulting Student

MANSEHRA: The police on 29th July arrested a seminary teacher for assaulting a 12-year-old student after forcibly confining him at his home for two days in the Lassan Nawab area here. “We have arrested the accused cleric, who assaulted a seminary student,” SHO Lassan Nawab police Akhtar Nawaz told reporters.…
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Three New Polio Cases Reported In KP, Sindh

ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, has confirmed three new polio cases. According to official sources, two cases were reported from the districts of Lakki Marwat and North Waziristan in South Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one from District Umerkot in Sindh.…
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Protecting Students

FARHAN did not want to go to his madressah. He refused, for a few days, and told his family that he was afraid. His family believed the best course of action was to send him back to a place where they felt he would learn enough to serve him well…
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Justice Sought For Madrassa Student Killed By Teacher

Roy also thanked the K-P police chief for arresting the teacher accused in Farhan’s death KARACHI: Renowned social activist and Zindagi Trust founder Shehzad Roy has called for justice in the tragic death of 14-year-old Farhan, who was allegedly beaten to death by a teacher at a madrassa in Swat…
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Immunization Crisis Deepens As Girl Dies Of Diphtheria At PIMS

ISLAMABAD: A 14-year-old girl from Nankana district has died of diphtheria at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, while two more children one from Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and another from Swabi remain critically ill in the isolation ward, highlighting Pakistan’s deepening immunization crisis, federal health officials confirmed on…
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New Mother and Child Healthcare Centre Inaugurated in Jamshoro

HYDERABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 25-July-2025 inaugurated a newly built mother & child healthcare centre at Jamshoro’s Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS), a milestone in the province’s efforts to improve maternal and child health care, and a symbol of Pakistan-Japan friendship. The project,…
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