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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…

Three school education depts merged into one authority

LAHORE: The Punjab government on 14 June 2024 established the Punjab Education,…

Karachi Sees 27% Vaccine Refusal On First Day Of Anti-Polio Drive

Deploring that 27 percent of people refused to get their children vaccinated against polio on the first day of a special fractional Inactivated Polio Vaccine (fIPV) drive in Karachi on 15 August 2024, Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) officials vowed on 16-August-2024 that they would manage to convince parents and vaccinate…

Flooded Schools Greet Students

Heavy monsoon rains have left many campuses underwater, turning them into ponds RAWALPINDI: After a two-and-a-half-month summer vacation, all public and private educational institutions in Rawalpindi will reopen on 15 August. However, heavy monsoon rains over the past week have turned many schools, colleges, and universities across the city into…

Vaccination Centres Inaugurated in Peshawar, Mardan

PESHAWAR: Health Minister Syed Qasim Ali Shah on 14 August 2024 inaugurated the country’s first 24/7 Vaccination Centres at Maulvi Ameer Shah Memorial Hospital in Peshawar and the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital in Mardan. A handout said the inauguration ceremony was attended by Medical Superintendent Dr Akram Shah, District Health…

NA Body Concerned Over Rising Polio Cases

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services on Tuesday highlighted on the urgent issues of vaccine distribution and the troubling resurgence of polio cases in the country. The committee at a meeting, chaired by Dr. Mahesh Kumar Malani, assessed the working and performance of the Federal Directorate…

Skills and Success

Someweeks ago, the Federal Directorate of Education and Professional Training organised a wonderful summer fiesta for schoolchildren, with a wide range of skill-based workshops, seminars, lectures and activities. This kind of immersive experience with creative writing, financial literacy, digital technology, and so forth, is the urgent need for students who…

Online System For Intermediate Admissions Failing Miserably

Severe flaws have emerged in the online procedure for Intermediate admissions in Karachi. The online system has messed up the admissions procedure as DJ Science College, one of the most prestigious colleges in Karachi, is presently trailing in terms of merit behind a college that has been closed. Simultaneously, the…

Man Sentenced To Seven Years In Jail For Raping Minor Boy

A sessions court has sentenced a man to seven years imprisonment for sexually abusing a minor boy. Saifullah alias Qari was found guilty of assaulting a ten-year-old boy in the Kashmir Colony within the jurisdiction of the Mahmoodabad police station in November 2022. Additional Sessions Judge (South) Ashraf Hussain Khowaja…

Over 1,600 Cases Of Child Abuse Reported During Last Six Months

ISLAMABAD: Sahil’s Six Months Cruel Numbers data reveals that a total of 1,630 cases of child abuse were reported from across the country. In the first six months of 2024, 862 cases of child sexual abuse, 668 cases of abduction, 82 cases of missing children, and 18 cases of child…

Thousands Of Students Miss School In Flood-hit Chitral

CHITRAL: Thousands of students in the flood-hit villages of Chitral Valley are unable to attend their respective schools as the connecting bridges have been washed away by the flash floods. The Yarkhoon valley in Upper Chitral is the worst affected where both the jeepable and the pedestrian bridges connecting the…

NCRC, Scholars Address Child Marriage, Birth Registration

Islamabad: NCRC Pakistan, convened 3rd meeting of its Working Group of Religious Scholars. Agenda for the meeting was to initiate a dialogue on crucial issues like Child Marriage and Birth Registration among the religious leaders/scholars and to present research being conducted by NCRC in collaboration with UNICEF Pakistan and Oxford…