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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…

Punjab Government’s Decision To Extend School Summer Vacations Challenged

RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench on 18th August admitted for regular hearing a petition challenging the Punjab government’s decision to extend summer vacations in schools until August 31. The petition was filed by a seventh-grade student arguing that the government’s decision was “arbitrary and unlawful” and violated…

Monsoon Rains Kill Seven in Karachi as PMD Warns of Continued Showers

KARACHI: At least seven people were killed in Karachi on Tuesday after heavy monsoon rains battered the city, flooding neighbourhoods, paralysing traffic and knocking out power, prompting the mayor to enforce a rain emergency. Dark clouds covered the city by afternoon, followed by heavy showers with strong winds in areas…

Monsoon Death Toll in Punjab 164, Says NDMA

Lahore: With river levels rising to dangerous highs and major dams nearing full capacity, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has warned that the coming weeks could bring further devastation. Issuing an emergency alert, the authority noted that areas of Punjab have been inundated by its seventh monsoon wave, submerging…

Floods Destroy Schools in Hazara

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has released an official report detailing the damage caused by recent cloudbursts and flash floods across the Hazara region. According to the report, seven schools, comprising four primary, two middle, and one high school, have been completely destroyed in Abbottabad, Mansehra,…

Over 60 Schools Destroyed, 414 Damaged in KP Rains, Floods

PESHAWAR: Education has emerged as the worst-affected sector as the recent devastating rains and flash floods have completely destroyed 61 government schools while 414 others have been damaged in the affected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Of the total destroyed schools, 52 are government primary schools, seven middle and two high schools, according to…

Monsoon Havoc: Death Toll Reaches 660 Across Pakistan

The death toll from relentless monsoon rains and flash floods in parts of Pakistan has climbed to 660 with reports of casualties and widespread destruction emerging from all provinces and regions. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) registered the highest fatalities at 392, followed by Punjab with 164, Gilgit Baltistan (GB) with 32,…

Non-Muslim Students To Get Grace Marks Due To missing Textbook

SAHIWAL: Sixty non-Muslims twelfth grade students appearing in the subject of Civics of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Sahiwal, will get marks as per their previous class score due to the unavailability of the prescribed textbook in the market. The decision in this regard was made during…

140 Kids Among Nearly 300 Lives Lost To Monsoon: NDMA

ISLAMABAD: At least 299 people, including 140 children, have died and more than 700 others have been injured in flash floods and torrential rains that have battered several parts of Pakistan since late June, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on 3rd August. The NDMA said the deluges, which…

Heart Patients In Swat Being Denied Treatment Under Health Card

SWAT: As the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa claims to promote its flagship Sehat Card Plus health initiative as a game-changer for poor, patients in Swat and other districts of Malakand division find themselves abandoned in their most desperate hours. Despite having state-of-the-art cardiac facilities in several private hospitals in Swat,…

Childcare In Pakistan: Policies, Practices and Challenges

Family-friendly policies are essential for working parents, especially mothers In recent years, women’s participation in Pakistan’s labour market has increased due to various factors, including economic pressures. Female employment is currently at 23% and is expected to grow as education and job access improve, creating an urgent need for supportive…