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Federal Health Minister Urges Action As Vaccination Refusals Hindering Polio Eradication

Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal has expressed serious concern over vaccine refusals, stating that nearly 43,000 parents in Sindh — 42,000 of them in Karachi alone —have refused polio vaccination for their children, posing a major obstacle to the eradication efforts. He made these remarks while visiting the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre for Polio (EOC) in Sindh to assess…

Birth Registration Of Girls Remains Low

Majority of women and girls have no legal existence in the official systems PESHAWAR: Where limited access to registration centers, particularly in remote and underserved areas, can partly explain the low birth registration rate for girls in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the social bias that confines women to the four walls of the…

Father Tells Heartbreaking Story Of Losing Two Children In Swat Tragedy

MARDAN: A man from Mardan recounted the tragic incident at the Swat…

CII To Deliberate On Mothers Milk Registry Today

ISLAMABAD: Senior child specialists from the Sindh Institute of Child Health and…

At Least 13 dead, Over 4m Affected as Punjab Reels from Severe Floods

At least 13 people, including five children, died as floods devastated Jalalpur Pirwala, where more than 50 villages have been badly affected by the Chenab and Sutlej rivers. Shops and houses collapsed, thousands of acres of crops were destroyed, and rescue teams struggled to reach stranded populations, authorities said. Relief…

Traffic Mismanagement: Abbottabad Tragedy Exposes Systemic Flaws

ABBOTTABAD: A recent accident on the Karakoram Highway (KKH) in which a dumper crushed a group of schoolchildren has once again laid bare the systemic failures of the traffic management, where rampant negligence, alleged corruption, and revenue-driven policing continue to overshadow public safety. Three students, including two sisters, were killed…

Hostel Crisis at ICT Colleges Hits students Hard

Islamabad: At the start of the new academic session, students of government colleges in Islamabad Capital Territory are once again grappling with acute accommodation problems in the most expensive capital city. The absence of on-campus hostels has left many young learners from far-flung areas with no choice but to rent…

Mustafa Amir Murder Case: Forensics on Computers, 51 Laptops Seized from Armaghan’s Call Centres Still Pending

In the Mustafa Amir murder case, the forensic analysis of computers and laptops seized from the call centres of the arrested prime suspect, Armaghan Qureshi, has not yet been completed. Due to the National Cyber Crime Agency’s delay in providing a complete forensic report, the final charge sheet could not…

Soaring Fees Force Students To Drop Out

RAWALPINDI: The prices of textbooks from first year to post-graduation have risen drastically as the fees of both government and private colleges also continue to increase. In 2025, the increase in school expenses has set a record in Punjab’s history. Due to crushing inflation, parents are unable to enrol their…

Our Antibiotic Crisis

Antibiotics are among humanity’s most remarkable discoveries, emerging unexpectedly over the past century. The credit for this groundbreaking development goes to the Scottish physician and microbiologist, Alexander Fleming, who was studying fungi in 1928 when he inadvertently discovered what we now know as antibiotics. Following the discovery of penicillin, the…

Bonded Labour

Policymakers in Pakistan appear to be in a deep slumber, unmoved by one of the most pressing human rights crises festering within the country. A new study launched last week by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), titled ‘Unveiling Exploitation and Abuse in the Brick Kilns of Punjab’, lays…

79 School Buildings Declared Hazardous in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: As many as 79 buildings of government schools in Rawalpindi district have been declared dangerous. The local administration has asked the District Education Authority to conduct a survey and present a report about remaining school buildings. There are more than 1800 schools in the district and 323 of them…

Groups Of Children At High Risk Of Developmental Delays Identified

KARACHI: A study conducted by the Aga Khan University (AKU) has found that one in four children, aged three to eight, attending public schools in Karachi are at high risk of developmental delays. The developmental delays mean a child has not achieved expected age-related skills in one or more areas,…

Minor Boy Crushed To Death By Dumper in Malir

A two-and-a-half-year-old boy was killed in a dumper accident in Malir’s Millat Town on August 27. According to police, the incident occurred when a speeding dumper rammed into a motorcycle. The heavy vehicle ran over the motorcycle, crushing the child under its wheels. The deceased was identified as Aun. The…