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The Role of Parents in Shaping Pakistan’s Education Future

PAKISTAN’S education system faces significant challenges on two fronts. Firstly, there is a staggering number of out-of-school children, estimated at 26.2 million. This means that a sizeable portion of the children are not accessing any formal education. Economic factors, cultural barriers, and inadequate infrastructure are the primary reasons. For instance, in some areas, cultural norms may prioritize work or domestic…

Enhanced Form B Introduced With Security Features For Children Aged 10+

ISLAMABAD: On the instructions of Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, it was decided on 01-January-2025 to introduce Form B with special security features for children above the age of 10 for the first time in history. As part of these new security features, fingerprints and photographs of children aged 10 and…

Role of Parents to Protect Children

Adults and parents have a responsibility to create a world without child…

Farq to Parta Hey

Children are greatly influenced by their surroundings. The actions of adults, rather…

Out of 85,000: 34,000 Cases Of Polio Drops Refusal Reported In Karachi: Kamal

KARACHI: Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal said on 13-April-2025 that there is no valid justification to refuse polio drops to eligible children in Pakistan, especially when the Taliban regime in neighbouring Afghanistan is supervising a door-to-door anti-polio immunisation drive. The minister disclosed that 85,000 people in Pakistan refused polio…

Mother Can’t Be Denied Child Custody After Remarriage

LHC rules welfare of child must always take precedence over all else LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ruled that a mother’s remarriage cannot be the sole basis for denying her custody of a minor child, emphasising that the welfare and best interests of the child must always take…

Every Day, 675 Newborns, 27 Mothers Die In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD/UNITED NATIONS: Around 675 babies under one month of age and 27 mothers die every day in Pakistan from preventable complications—amounting to over 246,000 newborn and nearly 11,000 maternal deaths annually, alarming statistics by United Nations and World Health Organization (WHO) reveal. On the occasion of World Health Day 2025,…

Man Burns Pregnant Wife, Two Minor Sons To Death

HYDERABAD: A pregnant woman and her two minor sons had died in a fire at their home in Goth Wali Muhammad Mangrio, District Mirpurkhas, on 03-April-2025. The case took a new turn on 03-April-2025, when the woman’s husband admitted to burning them to death. The woman’s brother Gordhan Bheel filed…

Children’s Growing Interest In Toy Guns Raises Concerns

Sale of toy weapons increases manifold during Eid holidays in Pindi RAWALPINDI: The indulgence of children in the purchase of dangerous toy weapons, playing games like ‘thief and police’ in the streets of Rawalpindi during Eid holidays has raised questions for parents and authorities. These games involved fake armed encounters…

Teenage Girl Confesses To Killing Father In Deepalpur

DEEPALPUR. The mystery behind a murder case in Deepalpur’s Kari Wala Jagir has been unravelled, revealing that the victim’s own daughter was responsible for his killing. The revelation emerged after police investigations found that the 14-year-old accused shot her father and staged the crime as a robbery. The motive behind…

Divorced Parent Re-Unite with Children

RAWALPINDI. Up to 392 divorced couples have so far met with their estranged children As Eidul Fitr approaches fast, special Eid reunions between divorced couples and their children, who have been separated, have been continuing at the Court Complex with the permission of family courts since the 18th of Ramazan.…

Child Custody and Visitation Rights: A Guide for Parents in Pakistan

Navigating child custody and visitation rights is a critical aspect of family law that affects many parents and children in Pakistan. In this episode, you’ll get a comprehensive overview of child custody laws, including how custody decisions are made and the factors that influence these outcomes.…

Fasting Among Children May Cause Growth Problems

The weather has started becoming hot while the fasting duration, from ‘sehr’ to ‘iftar’ is over thirteen-and-a-half hours and in the existing conditions, according to paediatricians, frequent fasting among children particularly below 11 or 12 years of age may not be recommended. Studies have revealed that because of having smaller…

Mother, Stepfather Held For Killing Minor Boy

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The police have arrested the mother and stepfather of a six-year-old boy, whose body was recovered from a graveyard here in the small hours of 20th March. Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Hafiz Mohammad Adnan said on March 21 that the boy was murdered by his stepfather, with…