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Three school education depts merged into one authority

LAHORE: The Punjab government on 14 June 2024 established the Punjab Education, Curriculum, Training and Assessments Authority (PECTAA) after merger of three departments -Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB), Quaid-i Azam Academy for Educational Development (QAED) and Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) with a view to reform school education. Earlier, the government had constituted a five-member committee to integrate the three…
Child Labour in Pakistan

Punjab Child Labour Survey (PCLS) 2019-2020

The Punjab Child Labour Survey (PCLS) 2019-2020 is the second child labour survey in Punjab province, Pakistan, after the national child survey in 1996, and was conducted as part of a nationwide survey with the aim of covering all provinces and territories. The Punjab Child Labour Survey (PCLS) 2019-2020 provides…

Teen Girl Abducted, Raped

BAHAWALPUR: A 13-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted from Qasim Bela, Multan, and was raped for many days by a man, returned home after managing to escape from her abductor. The girl’s parents told the media in Multan on June 20 that their daughter ‘F’ was allegedly abducted by ‘S’.…
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Crackdown On Underage Drivers In Sialkot

NAROWAL: Sialkot police have initiated a crackdown against underage drivers and imposed 1,397 fines, booked two, and took 98 motorcycles into custody. Sialkot District Police Officer (DPO) Faisal Shahzad told Dawn that police launched the crackdown to curb underage motorcycle, car and motorcycle rickshaws drivers. He said that special teams…
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Girl Kidnapped From Karachi Recovered In Bannu

LAKKI MARWAT: An eight-year-old girl, who had been kidnapped from Karachi around a month ago, was safely recovered in Bannu district on 6th May, the police confirmed. An official said a party of Saddar police station raided a suspected hideout and recovered the girl, Ahmadia Bibi. He said three kidnappers,…
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Teenage Girl Kidnapped From Saudabad

A 13-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped from the Saudabad neighbourhood, prompting police to register a case on the complaint of her father and launch an investigation. The complainant, Muhammad Asim, told the police that his daughter Anamta had received a phone call on her mobile about fifteen days ago. He…
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14 Held In Anti-human Trafficking And Child Labour Raids

HYDERABAD: In a major crackdown on human trafficking and bonded child labor, SSP Hyderabad Adeel Hussain Chandio launched an operation in Qasimabad and on Autobhan Road following directives from Deputy Commissioner Hyderabad Zain-ul-Aabdin Memon. According to the Deputy Commissioner’s office, multiple raids were successfully carried out within the jurisdictions of…
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Minor Recovered, Kidnapper Killed In Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahhaudin. Rs3 million ransom recovered, woman among two suspects arrested A five-year-old boy abducted from the jurisdiction of Miana Gondal police station has been recovered in a police operation, which also resulted in the death of one kidnapper and the arrest of two others, including a woman accused of…
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Kidnapped Child Recovered, 2 Held

LALAMUSA: Rehmania police recovered a seven-year-old child, who was kidnapped for ransom, and arrested two kidnappers. On March 12, during Iftar, the police received an emergency call reporting the abduction of seven-year-old Burhan Akhtar from New Model Town. Upon reviewing CCTV footage, the police discovered that two unidentified motorcyclists had…
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Landlord Among Six Booked For Rape, Abortion Of Minor Maid

BAHAWALNAGAR: District police booked a landlord and his five accomplices on the charge of raping his minor maid and aborting her child in connivance with two midwives when she got pregnant. The FIR registered with Mandi Sadiq Ganj police on March 7 stated that a landlord of village Matwala, along…
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Boy Tortured In Unlawful Custody Sent To Juvenile Jail

UMERKOT: A teenage youth arrested by the Dhoronaro police station of Umerkot city in a firing case was produced in the district and sessions court on 1st March and was granted bail in one of the two FIRs registered against him. The family and lawyer of the suspect, Allah Bachayo…
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Alleged Rapist, Killer Of Girl Held In Bajaur

KHAR: The police claimed to have arrested the alleged rapist and killer of a five-year old girl in Maina area of Wara Mamond tehsil in Bajaur tribal district on 20-February-2025. Addressing a press conference, DPO Waqar Rafiq said that the police had succeeded in arresting the suspected rapist and murderer…
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