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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…

Helplines

There are different helplines offered by government and non-governmental organisations offering different services for children in Pakistan. 1099- Report Human Rights to Ministry of Human Rights A 1099 Helpline has been established by the Federal Ministry of Human Rights, and offers advice on human rights violations, and to facilitate and…

School Principal Arrested For Alleged Abuse Of Teachers, Students

SHEIKHUPURA: A school principal has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing…

Transport For Schooling

A JUDGE at the Lahore High Court recently ordered that schools should arrange for…

WAPDA Allocates Rs94.2m for Girls’ Schools in Diamer

The Water and Power Development Authority on Mar 24 allocated over Rs94.2 million for 75 community-based girls’ schools in Diamer, in a fresh push to promote education, particularly for girls, under the Diamer-Bhasha Dam project. The funding, approved under the Community-Based Accelerated Learning Schools (CBALS) programme, will support the operation…

Three-year-old abducted girl recovered in Burewala

BUREWALA: Under the leadership of DPO Vehari Tassawar Iqbal, Model Town police carried out a swift operation and safely recovered a three-year-old girl, who was abducted from Habib Colony. According to the police, the girl was forcibly taken by unidentified abductors in a car while playing outside her house with…

Parental Disputes Harming Children’s Mental Health: SHC

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that parental conflicts are badly affecting children’s mental well-being in multiple ways, and such trauma leaves deep scars on their psychological health and personality when these disputes land in court. A single-judge bench of the SHC headed by Justice Muhammad Hasan Akber…

Education Ministry Partners with CSOs to Enroll 25,000 Out-of-school Children

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, on March 19, held a signing ceremony for a Letter of Understanding (LoU) with eight civil society organisations to support out-of-school children (OOSC). The ceremony formalised collaboration under the “No Child Left Behind” campaign, aimed at ensuring universal access to education…

Balochistan Plans to Upgrade 1000 Schools

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti has said that incumbent provincial government has decided to take revolutionary measures to eliminate educational backwardness in the province. He expressed these views while chairing a meeting regarding the preparations for the next fiscal year budget, in which a comprehensive strategy was considered…

Corruption of Merit

The wide-ranging scandal emerging from the Mirpurkhas Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) is an indictment of the country’s failure to improve the education system or introduce meritocracy. News reports credit a “whistleblower” who gave up the scam after being arrested — though his own wrongdoing technically makes him a…

On-Campus Sale of Books, Uniforms Banned

RAWALPINDI: Annual examinations, results, and new admissions have formally begun across all public and private schools in the Rawalpindi division. The Education Department has imposed a ban on the sale of textbooks, notebooks, stationery, uniforms, badges, and ties within private schools of all sizes. The department has made it clear…

Govt Orders Probe into Issuance of Fake Matric Certificates by Mirpurkhas Board

KARACHI: The Sindh government has formed a high-level committee to investigate what it described as a serious scandal involving the issuance of fake matriculation certificates and examination irregularities in the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Mirpurkhas. The issue came to light following the arrest of some junior officials,…

Matriculation Examinations: Minister Wants Students Facilitated

PESHAWAR: Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Arshad Ayub Khan on Mar 18 instructed chairmen of educational boards to take measures to provide facilities to students during the matriculation examinations slated for March 31. An official handout said that he was chairing a meeting about the upcoming matriculation examinations.Elementary and…

SC Upholds Death Penalty for Rapist, Killer of 6-year-old

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ruled on Mar 17 that the death sentence serves as a deterrent in society, discouraging others from committing similar heinous offences. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar and comprising Justice Salahuddin Panhwar and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, issued its…