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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…

PTA Launches Training Program To Enhance Child Online Protection and Digital Safety

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) launched a four-day “Training of Trainers” (TOT) program for officers from PTA, UNICEF, Telenor Pakistan, the National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC), and the NCERT. This initiative is part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with UNICEF Pakistan and reflects PTA’s commitment…

Medical Officers Suspended Following Unborn Child’s Death

GUJAR KHAN: District Health Authority Rawalpindi has suspended three medical officers posted in Tehsil Headquarters Hospital (THQ) Gujar Khan over ‘misconduct’ after the baby of an admitted pregnant woman reportedly died before delivery on 18th October 2024. According to local sources, Ayesha Ali was admitted to the gynae ward of…

Cyclists Rally To Raise Childhood Cancer Awareness

KARACHI: The annual cycling event titled “Ride. Bike. Save Lives. 2024” organised by the Indus Hospital and Health Network (IHHN) on 15th September 2024 attracted a large number of enthusiasts from across the city. The event was held in collaboration with Critical Mass Karachi (CMK) and Port Grand. This year’s…

Experts Call For ROP Screening To Save Newborns From Blindness

KARACHI: Born this year in March, Musa spent several days in a hospital incubator, fighting multiple health complications, before he got reunited with his mother. Over a month later, he gradually developed an eye illness that doctors described as ROP (Retinopathy of Prematurity), a vision-threatening disease and one of the…

Parents Pardon Son In Daughters’ Murderer Case

MUZAFFARGARH: A local court in Muzaffargarh acquitted the accused who slit the throats of his three minor sisters after the parents of the deceased girls pardoned their son. The accused admitted to the crime during a police interrogation. However, after nearly one year of his arrest, Additional Sessions Judge Chaudhry…

Sindh Has Lowest Early Childhood Education Registration

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has sought a comprehensive report from the Sindh chief secretary on the implementation of the Sukkur Bench order on a petition against the non-implementation of the policy of provision of early childhood education. A hearing in this regard was held before a two-member bench…

UNICEF Raises Red Flag On Sindh Education

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on 11-September-2024 said that monsoon floods in Sindh had forced thousands of children out of school, as Pakistan struggled with recurring extreme weather events disrupting education and putting young lives at risk. “Children in Sindh are facing serious setbacks in their education…

Child Protection Unit Launched For NMDs

PESHAWAR: In a significant step towards ensuring the protection and welfare of children in the merged districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, a Child Protection Unit was inaugurated in the Khyber District. The unit is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting children’s rights and will work to prevent or address cases of abuse, neglect,…

Management Boards In 17 Punjab Hospitals Non-Existent For A Year

LAHORE: As many as 17 out of a total of 24 autonomous medical and teaching institutes of Punjab had been working without boards of management (BoMs) for a year, exposing the ‘incompetence’ of Health Ministry and the relevant authorities as the institutes were being run by the temporarily constituted administrative…

Govt Pledges To Put 26 Million Kids Back In School

ISLAMABAD: In their messages on International Literacy Day, the president and prime minister have highlighted the challenge of millions of out-of-school children and vowed to increase the literacy rate to “transform” Pakistan. According to the detailed results of the 7th Population and Housing Census conducted last year, around 25.37m children…