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Rapid assessment of child labour in automobile repair workshops in Pakistan

This Rapid Assessment examines child labour at automobile repair workshops in Pakistan, with a view to providing updated information on its magnitude, identifying factors that push children into this form of child labour and reviewing national efforts to address the phenomenon. Based on its findings, it offers recommendations for policy design, implementation and action by stakeholders to eliminate and prevent…

Ghost Schools

KARACHI: Apropos the letter “Ghost Teachers” published on September 19, 2024, the issue of ghost schools is another sad reality in Pakistan’s education system. These schools exist only in name, with buildings left abandoned and teachers still collecting salaries without fulfilling their responsibilities. However, the problem goes beyond just missing…

Local Production Of Iron, Folic Acid Supplements May Curb Anaemia In 15m Pakistani Girls

ISLAMABAD: The local production of Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFAS)…

Vaccination Centres Inaugurated in Peshawar, Mardan

PESHAWAR: Health Minister Syed Qasim Ali Shah on 14 August 2024 inaugurated…

Obun2 Launches ‘Child Nexus Pakistan’ to Strengthen Child Rights Monitoring

In an important development towards enhancing evidence-based policy and advocacy for children in Pakistan, Obun2, in partnership with the National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC), has developed a comprehensive dataset on child rights across the country. This initiative responds to the urgent need for structured, reliable, and regularly updated…

Pakistan To Observe World Drowning Prevention Day on 25th

ISLAMABAD: As incidents of drowning of people in flash floods in various parts of the country, especially during the current monsoon season, continue to rise, Pakistan, like other countries of the world, would observe the UN World Drowning Prevention Day on July 25. The day is observed to raise awareness about the…

Pakistan Completes Study On Single-dose Malaria Treatment

ISLAMABAD: In a step toward achieving a malaria-free Pakistan by 2035, the federal government has completed a study on a medicine, a single dose of which can fight off the malaria bacteria. The results of the study, G6PD pilot project, were formally presented at a dissemination event hosted by the…

10m Kids In Punjab Out Of School

One-third children drop out of primary education: UNICEF report LAHORE. Punjab accounts for 10 million of the estimated 26 million out of school children in the country, according to a UNICEF report. The report released recently stated that Pakistan had one of the world’s highest ratios of out-of-school children. Thousands…

Over 1.6m Children in Sindh Trapped In Child Labour, Survey Finds

KARACHI: Over 1.6 million children, between five and 17 years of age, in Sindh have been found to be trapped in child labour, revealed the Sindh Child Labour Survey 2022–2024. Conducted by the provincial labour department with technical support from Unicef and the Bureau of Statistics Sindh, the survey also…

1,000 Children Die Every Day In Pakistan: UNICEF

KARACHI: Four in every 10 families in Pakistan are now living in poverty, surviving on less than $3.65 a day, while nearly 1,000 children under five die daily as polio cases have surged alarmingly, according to the UNICEF Pakistan Annual Report 2024 released this week. The report paints a disturbing…

KP Launches Dedicated Child Protection Helpline

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on 29-June-2025 inaugurated the dedicated child protection helpline (1121) and the Centre for Continuing Professional Development (C4CPD). The KP Child Protection and Welfare Commission (KPCPWC) hosted a two-day inter-provincial consultative conference in Peshawar. The organisers said the objective of the conference, held with the support…

Stakeholders Renew Push For Child Marriage Bill In Balochistan

QUETTA: A joint consultative meeting of stakeholders—including members of civil society, human rights activists, and social and political workers —revived efforts to pass the pending Child Marriage Restraint Bill in the Balochistan Assembly. The meeting was jointly organised by National Commission on the Rights of the Child (NCRC) Balochistan, the…

Harder Life For Children

“I expect my children will have a better life than I had, but they will also have to work much harder.” Such is the view of Junaid, an executive at a pharmaceutical company, and an interviewee in our research on parental expectations. Upon further probing, Junaid said, “I have more…

STOLEN CHILDHOODS, SILENT TEARS

In the quiet courtyards of rural Pakistan, a 13-year-old girl is pulled from her school desk and handed a bridal dress. Her childhood ends not with celebration, but with chores, early pregnancy, and a silence enforced by custom. This is not a regional anomaly; it is a national emergency. According…