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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,…

Federal Health Minister Urges Action As Vaccination Refusals Hindering Polio Eradication

Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal has expressed serious concern over vaccine…

Role of Parents and Schools for Child Protection

Ms. Mehak Naeem, Member Punjab at the National Commission on the Rights…

Man Arrested For Raping Sister

OKARA: A man was arrested by police on the charge of raping his sister at Chak 18/4L on October 11. As per FIR, the 24-year-old man used to harass his unmarried sister who complained to her mother but she did not believe her daughter. A day back, the suspect overpowered…

32 Affected Across Pakistan: 20 Polio-hit Children Miss Routine Immunisation, 5 Skip Drops: PEI Officials

ISLAMABAD: Of the 32 children affected by polio this year across Pakistan, 20 had not received even a single vaccine as part of routine immunisation, while 5 had not received a single dose of the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) during door-to-door vaccination drives, Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) officials 10-October-2024 said.…

4 More Children Crippled By Poliovirus In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s polio eradication initiative authorities on 8 October reported four new cases of children paralysed by poliovirus, bringing the total number of cases in the country this year to 32. The cases were detected in districts of Jacobabad, Karachi-Malir and Dera Ismail Khan, further highlighting continued circulation of the…

Bodies Of Farmer, Three Children Found Hanging From Tree

UMERKOT: The bodies of a 32-year-old man and his three children aged between four and eight were found hanging from a tree near Palli Morr (turning) within the jurisdiction of the Bodar Farm police station of Umerkot district late on the evening of October 4. The police collected the bodies…

Two More Polio Cases Reported From Zhob, Tank

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s fight against polio has encountered fresh setbacks with the confirmation of two new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in children from the districts of Zhob and Tank. Health officials now report a total of 28 cases in 2024, raising concerns over the country’s expanding public health…

Alcoholic Gets 14 Years In Prison For Assaulting Teenage Daughter

KARACHI: A sessions court on Tuesday sentenced a man, said to be an alcoholic, to 14 years in prison for raping her teenage daughter. Additional District and Sessions Judge Ghulam Mustafa Laghari, who is also presiding officer of the Gender Based-Trial Court (Central), found Muhammad Mukhtiar, 40, guilty of raping…

15-year-old ‘Killer’ Inspired By Crime Series Arrested in Quetta

QUETTA: SSP Serious Crimes Unit Zohaib Mohsin announced the arrest of a 15-year-old suspect named Mushtaq Hussain, alias Mehdi, in the murder of a young boy, Arman Ali, on September 20. The boy was found brutally killed and partially burned in Hazara Town. He made the announcement in a press…

Over 11,000 Children Miss Polio Vaccination In Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: Over 11,000 children could not be administered polio drops by the end of the eight-day anti-polio drive in Hyderabad district as most of the children were reportedly not present at homes. A report in this regard compiled at the end of this month’s anti-polio campaign, conducted with the collaboration…

Man Kills Two Daughters Over Divorce Issue

TOBA TEK SINGH: A man strangled his two minor daughters at Allama Iqbal Colony in Faisalabad on 22nd September 2024. D Type Colony said 28-year-old Muhammad Akmal’s wife Zainab Bibi (24) was demanding a divorce from him, saying that she wanted to live in Toba along with her mother Surayya…

Divorce Cases Drive Up Parent-Child Meetings

RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi district courts are witnessing a significant rise in parent-child meetings, largely due to the alarming increase in divorce cases. These meetings, once held bi-weekly, have now become a daily occurrence, with 25 to 37 families arriving at the judicial complex each day to see their children. Previously,…