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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…

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)…

Maryam Introduces Aghosh Programme For Women

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

App ‘Khushi Ki Baat’ Launched To Improve Mother-child Health

LAHORE: Population Welfare Department Director General Saman Rai has said that the launch of the ‘Khushi Ki Baat’ app is a very significant step for the government to improve results related to the health of mothers and children across the province. According to a handout, issued here on 19 July…

Two Of Five Children Die After Falling Into Manhole

Two children died after falling into an uncovered manhole in District Malir’s Memon Goth on 17 July 2024, while three others were rescued in an unconscious state. The children had set up a Sabeel in the Khosa Goth area of Memon Goth for Ashura. The manhole’s cover was already fragile,…

Poverty Compels Man To Bury Ailing Baby Alive

NAWABSHAH: A man was arrested on 7 July 2024 after he allegedly confessed to having buried his week-old ailing baby alive for not being able to afford her treatment. Media reports suggested that neighbors of the man, Tayyab alias Machar Rajper, had informed the Kandiaro police of Sanghar district about…

Over 68,000 children under five died due to air pollution in 2021: report

ISLAMABAD: As many as 68,100 children under the age of five years died in Pakistan in 2021 due to high exposure to air pollution. This figure was revealed in a report titled `Latest State of Global Air 2024`, released in partnership with Unicef. It stated that air pollution was the…

Death of child sparks protest in Bajaur

BAJAUR: The death of a child after he fell into a ditch caused by illegal excavation of sand from riverbed sparked protest by the residents of Yousaf Abad area here on 19 June 2024. The protesters, including political and social activists, kept the main Khar-Munda Road blocked to vehicular traffic…

Girls education remains a challenge in militancy-hit Bara

KHYBER: The deplorable condition of most of the public sector primary schools for girls, shortage of teaching staff and inaccessibility of students to educational institutions beyond primary level have been cited to be three major hurdles to promotion of female education in the militancy-affected Bara tehsil of Khyber tribal district.…

Children’s mortality rate in Sindh

ISLAMABAD: Mortality rates associated with critical illness in children at Sindh government hospitals stand at 1.2pc, compared to the average of 6.3pc across 46 sites in 19 low-income countries, the latest research conducted by a US-based global health network regarding quality of paediatric emergency rooms (ERs) reveals. The one-year point…

Improving energy resilience in Pakistan can avert 175,000 child and adult deaths

A new UNICEF study finds that investing in resilient energy would also add US$ 2.3 billion to Pakistan’s economy, bring a triple return on investment and boost education. ISLAMABAD/ NEW YORK, 31 May 2024 – A new UNICEF study shows that powering more health facilities with resilient energy in Pakistan could…

Parents, brother held for murdering girl in Shangla

SHANGLA: The police on 31st May arrested the parents and a brother of a girl along with his wife for allegedly murdering her at home. The police made the arrests after the medical report revealed that the girl was allegedly murdered at home. Alpuri police station SHO Bakht Zahir Khan…

Boy killed after resisting sexual assault

LARKANA: A teenage boy was killed reportedly when he resisted two suspects` attempt to subject him to sexual assault in Jogi locality in the jurisdiction of Ratodero police station on 23rd May 2024. Police had arrested a man, who was suspected to be involved in the murder of the 13-year-old…