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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…

Man Burns Pregnant Wife, Two Minor Sons To Death

HYDERABAD: A pregnant woman and her two minor sons had died in…

Poliovirus Spreads To 71 Districts, Says PM’s Focal Person

Four children have lost their lives out of 39 affected by polio, while the majority of the remaining children have been paralysed for the rest of their lives. This was stated by the Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Polio Eradication Ayesha Raza Farooq 21-October-2024. She urged parents to vaccinate their…

Polio Cripples 4 More Children In KP, Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s battle against polio has taken a devastating turn with four new cases confirmed in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), raising the total number of polio infections this year to 37, according to Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) officials on 18-October-2024. The latest victims, all young children, include a 30-month-old…

Forced Marriage Of Under-age Girl Thwarted

LAHORE: Raiwind Police thwarted forced marriage of a 12-year-old girl and arrested multiple individuals involved, including the girl’s mother, the groom, witnesses, and Nikah registrar. According to a police spokesperson, the operation was initiated after receiving a report from M Sharif, the elder brother of the girl. Sharif informed the…

Sara: Father Admitted Killing Daughter

The body of a 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl whose death sparked an international manhunt was found with burn marks believed to have been made by an iron, a prosecutor told a London court on October 14. Sara Sharif was found dead in bed at her family home in Woking, southern England,…

Call To Implement Child Marriage Ban

KARACHI: A pivotal consultation meeting was held at Dadu deputy commissioner’s office to address the implementation of the Sindh Child Marriage Act 2013. Key stakeholders including representatives from district government departments, various NGOs and community members, attended the meeting, chaired by Secretary of Human Rights Department Tahseen Fatima. Chairman of…

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…

Role of Parents and Schools for Child Protection

Ms. Mehak Naeem, Member Punjab at the National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC), joins Khadija Khan, CEO of the Pakistan Alliance for Early Childhood (PAEC), to discuss critical issues surrounding child protection, rights, and care in Pakistan. The discussion emphasizes the important role of parents and elders in…

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…