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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…

10,000 Schools set for Privatisation by June 2026

RAWALPINDI: In a bid to address the ongoing financial and economic crisis, the Punjab Education Department has resolved to privatise a further 10,000 primary, middle, and high schools by the end of the current fiscal year, June 30, 2026. Preparations are already underway, with lists of the schools earmarked for…

Report Finds Drug Surge Near Schools

ISLAMABAD: During proceedings on a case concerning the proliferation of narcotics in educational institutions, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) was presented with a performance report from the federal police, detailing operations conducted between January 1 and August 31, 2025. The report was submitted in compliance with an earlier directive issued…

Floods Affect 4.2m People in Punjab

• PM doubles compensation for families of victims to Rs2m • 161,000 houses, 395 health facilities damaged in Punjab, UNOCHA says • Senate panel told deluges left 1,000 dead, millions displaced ISLAMABAD: As millions of people have been affected and hundreds of casualties reported across the country during the recent floods and monsoon…

Ministry Accelerates Work on Missing Educational Facilities

ISLAMABAD: The education ministry on September 26 directed timely completion of the ongoing missing facilities project of educational institutions in the capital. “Federal education secretary reviewed the progress on renovation and construction of basic educational facilities across schools in Islamabad Capital Territory under the project titled missing facilities,” read a…

Faisalabad Police Recover Abducted Newborn

TOBA TEK SINGH: The Faisalabad police claimed to have recovered a kidnapped newborn baby from Sargodha. Faisalabad City Police Officer (CPO) Sahibzada Bilal Umar announced the recovery during a press conference on September 26. Giving details about the case, he said that Muhammad Yasin, a resident of Chak 215, RB…

Peshawar High Court stays Deportation of Afghan Refugee married to Pakistani Woman

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has stopped deportation of an Afghan refugee married to a Pakistani woman, and directed National Database and Registration Authority to decide his case regarding issuance of Pakistan Origin Card (POC). A bench consisting of Justice Wiqar Ahmad and Justice Kamran Hayat Miankhel disposed of a petition jointly filed…

LHC Rules Marriage is Valid if Person is Past Puberty, even below Legal Age

The Lahore High Court has ruled that under Islamic law, a marriage contracted after attaining puberty is valid, even if the individual is below the age set in the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929. In Punjab, the minimum marriage age is 18 for males and 16 for females. Justice Tariq Mahmood…

Abducted Minor Girl Reunited With Family

RAWALPINDI: A minor girl, abducted by an unidentified person from outside a private hospital on the night of September 23, was reunited with her parents on September 24. Gulzar Masih, a resident of Medical College Staff colony lodged an FIR with the Banni police saying that he brought his daughter-in-law,…

Only 34pc of HPV Vaccination Target Achieved as Drive Nears End

ISLAMABAD: The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign, which has been targeting 13 million girls aged 9 to 14, has so far achieved only 34 percent of its target, it was revealed on September 24. So far, only 4.5 million girls out of the targeted 13 million have been vaccinated against the…

Court Hands Over 18 Kids Recovered From Orphanage to CPWB

SAHIWAL: Muhammad Tariq, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Child Protection Court, Sahiwal, formally handed over the custody of the 18 minor children, 17 of them from Balochistan, who were recovered from an orphanage to the district office of the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) here on September 24. The…