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Nadra launches platform to track sex offenders in Pakistan

Nadra, the National Database and Registration Authority, has created the National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR) platform, which includes an SMS verification service to aid in the identification and monitoring of individuals who have been convicted of sexual offenses against children and women  . The database is connected to various law enforcement agencies and provincial governments to ensure that updates are…

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…

Pakistan, Google partner for digital transformation of education

ISLAMABAD: The education ministry and Google announced a ‘strategic collaboration’ to improve access to education and support the development of a digital ecosystem for learning, the agreement also aimed at reducing the number of out-of-school children across the country. This was announced by Google for Education and the Ministry of…
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Form-B admission requirement waived off for capital schools

ISLAMABAD: The government-run educational institutions in the capital have waived off the requirement of Form-B for admission in schools in a major relief for the undocumented children mostly hailing from underprivileged communities, a requirement which had been disproportionately affecting the enrolment rate. At present, Pakistan has about 26 million children…
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Rs3.792 Trillion PSDP with Major Increase in Education Budget

ISL AMABAD: The government on 12 June 2024 announced a Rs3.792 trillion national Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for fiscal year 2024-25, which represents a staggering 58 per cent increase from the Rs2.39tr to be spent under the head by the close of FY24. Of the total, Rs2.095tr has been…
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Minors for sale

THE curse of human trade has a doubly odious form child trafficking. Pakistan, too, is haunted by this ugly reality: its minors, boys and girls, have often been treated as commodities in this repellant business. It is in this context that the recent arrest of rights activist Sarim Burney on…
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Alarm over surveillance of girls in private spaces

ISLAMABAD: The Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) has expressed concerns over the on going surveillance of women and girls in private spaces through unregulated CCTV cameras in women`s shelters, hostels, universities, and salons, invading their right to privacy and dignity in private spaces. According to the 2023 Gender Gap report, Pakistan…
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Private schools` body offers support in enrolling out-of-school children

TAXILA: The All Pakistan Private School Management Association (APPSMA) has announced that it would support the prime minister’s “education emergency”, with a focus on enrolling out of-school children in its institutions to make them productive citizens. This announcement was made by APPSMA office-bearers at a press conference on 31st May…
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Girls of govt schools in Sindh outperformed boys

KARACHI: The Pakistan Institute of Education (PIE) announced the results of their National Achievement Test (NAT) 2023 for Sindh on 31st May 2024. The test included an assessment of class four and eight students of Sindh in the subjects of English, Urdu/Sindhi, mathematics and science. According to the findings, girls…
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LHC asks FIA to handle torture, death and rape cases in custody

LAHORE: Taking exception to the non-implementation of `The Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention and Punishment) Act, 2022`, the Lahore High Court has ordered the immediate transfer of all cases under investigation of custodial torture, death, or rape to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). `The failure to implement a law due…
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NIH issues advisories for Congo fever, typhoid and heatstroke prevention

ISLAMABAD: While one Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) case was reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the National Institute of Health (NIH) on 22 May 2024 issued advisories for the prevention and control of CCHF, heatstroke, sunstroke and typhoid fever. The NIH`s Centre for Diseases Control (CDC) has issued multiple advisories with the…
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Bus service for female teachers, students to be started in capital

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has sought Rs200 million for smooth operation of buses of educational institutions. The ministry, besides school and college bus services, has decided to ply 20 buses from city to rural areas dedicated for girl students and female teachers of both public…
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Chairperson NCRC, Ms. Ayesha Raza Farooq, reminds us that vaccination is not just a public‑health priority — it is every child’s fundamental right.

 

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