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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,…

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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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Biological Fathers Must Support Kids Born Out Of Wedlock, Rape: LHC

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ruled that biological fathers are financially responsible for children born out of wedlock or as a result of rape, provided their paternity is established. Justice Ahmad Nadeem Arshad issued a 15-page detailed verdict on a petition, filed by Muhammad Afzal, directing the trial…
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Addict Strangles Minor Daughter Over Drug Money

TOBA TEK SINGH: A drug addict allegedly strangled his five-year-old daughter in Jaranwala tehsil, Chak 240 GB, after his wife refused to give him money to buy narcotics. The wife of suspect Zakir Hussain told police that the suspect, in a fit of anger, grabbed his daughter Aliya Bibi and…
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THE SCREEN-TIME TRAP

It’s a common scenario. A parent wants to do some chores or wants some free time for his or her self and the child may be causing disruptions or being clingy. Finding no other way to distract the child, the parent gives his/her smartphone to the child to keep them…
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Rapist Of Daughters Gets Life Jail

BAHAWALNAGAR: Additional District and Sessions Judge Sarfraz Ahmad sentenced a resident of Koryan Wali village to double life imprisonment on 14th March for raping his daughters. A case was registered against him on Feb 2, 2024. According to the FIR lodged at Saddar police station by the rape survivors’ mother,…
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