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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 above will now be mandatory for Form B. The issuance…

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,…

Polio Team Attacked In Diamer

GILGT: A monitoring team involved in the ongoing anti-polio campaign in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) came under fire in the Tangir Shekho area of Diamer district on 02-June-2025, a day after a new case of polio detected in the area. No casualties were reported in the incident, which officials say was triggered…
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Fazl Rejects Child Marriage Bill, Announces Protest Across Country

PESHAWAR: Rejecting the Child Marriage Restraint Bill, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman on 01-June-2025 said that ease was being created for the promotion of adultery in the country, while the process of nikah was being made difficult under the pretext of so-called legislation. “There is no restriction of…
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Govt Urged To Prioritise Child-centred Policies For Sustainable Future

QUETTA: Media professionals issued a powerful call for the government to prioritise the protection and preservation of the country’s future potential through child-focused interventions. These include improving child survival, enhancing cognitive development through nutritional support, ensuring equal educational opportunities, and promoting child-responsive budgeting. A key strategy for achieving these outcomes…
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CII Rejects Child Marriage Restraint Bill As Contrary To Islam

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Tuesday rejected the Child Marriage Restraint Bill, 2025 which fixes minimum age for marriage at 18, terming the legislation passed by the National Assembly and Senate against Islam. “The CII at its meeting termed the Child Marriage Restraint Bill which was moved…
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One And Half Year Old , Beaten To Death By Father

The police registered an FIR of murder against the father on the complaint of the mother RAWALPINDI: A man killed his one-and-a-half-year-old innocent daughter by beating her in the area of Chaklala police station. The police registered an FIR of murder against the father on the complaint of the mother…
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Two Sisters Raped, Tortured In North Karachi Home

KARACHI: Two sisters were subjected to a sexual assault in their home in North Karachi, police and doctors said on 27th May. Police Surgeon Summaiya Syed told Dawn that both the girls, aged 15 and 8, were brought to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) by their maternal and paternal…
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Mother Turns Out Killer Of Her Two Children

GUJRAT: A woman turned out to be the killer of her two minor children in the Rangpur locality of the city as A-Division police on 27th May claimed to have resolved the mystery of the double murder case. The suspect confessed to strangling her five-year-old son and three-year-old daughter to…
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Villagers Briefly Boycott Anti-polio Drive

PESHAWAR: Villagers on Kohat Road briefly boycotted the anti-polio vaccination campaign to protest the 18-hour loadshedding in their areas. The villagers had announced boycotting the polio campaign against the 16-hour power breakdowns. On May 25 they boycotted the campaign when it was kicked off across the province amid strict security.…
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Honour Killing Case: Man Arrested For Murdering His Daughter

LAHORE: Lahore authorities arrested a man accused of murdering his 16-year-old daughter in an alleged honour killing case. The incident occurred when the suspect, identified as Umar Daraz, allegedly stabbed his daughter to death for expressing her desire to marry a man of her choice. The Lahore Police Operations Wing…
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