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Five-year-old Girl Murdered After Rape

GUJRANWALA: A five-year-old girl was killed after being raped at Kamoke. Eman Fatima was playing in a street when she went missing. Receiving information about it, Wahndo police reached the spot and arrested Hassan on suspicion. During preliminary investigation, Hassan told the police that he abducted the girl and raped her. Later, he killed her and buried her in his…

Reconciliation Between Family Of Murdered Maid, Main Accused

KARACHI: In a shocking development, the family of Fatima Furiro, a minor girl found dead under suspicious circumstances at the Haveli of the influential Pir of Ranipur last year, has reconciled with the main accused, Asad Shah Jeelani. Adding to this, other eyewitnesses and close relatives of Fatima Furiro have…

Maryam Introduces Aghosh Programme For Women

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

Local Production Of Iron, Folic Acid Supplements May Curb Anaemia In 15m Pakistani Girls

ISLAMABAD: The local production of Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFAS)…

Lahore Mother accused of Killing her 3 Children sent on 5-day Physical Remand

LAHORE: A woman, accused of killing her three children a day earlier, was handed over to police custody on a five-day physical remand on April 24. On Thursday, the police claimed that three children who were found murdered at their house near Lahore’s Shah Jamal Colony were killed by their mother over…

Measles Claims Third Child’s Life in Naudero in Three Days

LARKANA: A five-year-old boy has died from measles in a village near Naudero, bringing the total number of measles-related deaths in the area to three within just three days. The deceased, Ali Abbas, son of Noor Muhammad Soomro, was a resident of Nau Gath on the outskirts of Naudero. The…

Pakistan Among Top Five Countries in Reducing Child Deaths: WHO

Pakistan was ranked among the top five countries worldwide for absolute reduction in child deaths, owing to vaccination efforts, Radio Pakistan reported on April 22. In a statement issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Pakistan had averted 2.6 million child deaths from preventable diseases. The country had also eradicated smallpox,…

Woman Kills Minor Son to Save Second Marriage

OKARA: A woman was arrested on April 21 for allegedly strangling her seven-year-old son to death from her first husband to save her second marriage. According to the complainant, minor’s father Irfan Ali, he received a call from his former father-in-law, who told him that his son Ali Hamza was…

Mpox Cases Rise to 25 as Two More Test Positive in Sindh

KARACHI: Two more patients have tested positive for mpox — one in Karachi and the other in Khairpur — on April 14, raising the provincial tally to 25 with, nine deaths this year. Sources told Dawn that all the cases are being linked to local transmission. According to a statement released by the health…

Two Children Mauled by Stray Dogs in Khanewal

KHANEWAL: The growing attacks of stray dogs in Khanewal and surrounding areas has left residents alarmed after two children were severely injured in an incident, with one shifted to Multan in critical condition. The incident occurred in Nanakpur village where two boys eight-year-old Abdul Hannan and ten-year-old Shahzaib were on…

Boy Dies by Suicide over Exam Failure in Karachi

KARACHI: A teenage boy took his life after being scolded by his father for failing in the school annual examination, police said on April 9. Airport SHO Kaleem Khan Moosa said Turab Haider, 16, a student at a private school, had failed in the exams and his father, a serving…

AJK Seminaries Directed to Install CCTV Cameras Under New Child Protection Policy

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government on April 9 introduced a comprehensive child protection policy for seminaries, making the installation of CCTV cameras, complaint mechanisms, and teacher certification mandatory across the state. The policy, announced by Minister for Religious Affairs, Auqaf and Information Chaudhry Muhammad Rafique Nayyar, follows…

Kotli Seminary Incident Exposes Gaps in Oversight, Child Protection

MUZAFFARABAD: The alleged sexual assault and death of a young seminary student in Kotli district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has exposed serious gaps in oversight and child protection mechanisms in religious institutions in the region, with police acknowledging that similar incidents often go unreported or fail to reach…

Death Toll Rises to 11 in Balochistan as Rain Lashes Much of Country

• Five of the victims die in Qila Abdullah, Kakar Khurasan • Flooding in Kabul River, urban centres likely • Widespread rain forecast across Punjab QUETTA / PESHAWAR / LAHORE: The death toll in rain-related incidents has reached 11, while over a dozen people have been injured in different areas of Balochistan,…