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Insights From the 2023 Census Report

The 2023 Census conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics released its complete report in July 2024 indicates that the total population of Pakistan is 240 million out of which the population of children under 18 is 112 Million (47% of the total population). Children Population (under 18) Population under 18 Total Male Female Transgender Pakistan 112,472,700 58,099,978 54,370,121 2,601…

The Case for Teaching Punjabi in Schools

THE chief minister of Punjab, Ms Maryam Nawaz, has said that Punjabi will be taught across schools in the province. This was announced at the Punjab Culture Day ceremony last week. It is a welcome announcement. Some 80 million people speak Punjabi in Pakistan and, worldwide, Punjabi speakers number around…

The Role of Parents in Shaping Pakistan’s Education Future

PAKISTAN’S education system faces significant challenges on two fronts. Firstly, there is…

Ghost Schools

KARACHI: Apropos the letter “Ghost Teachers” published on September 19, 2024, the…

SDGs In Schools

AFTER the Millennium Development Goals failed to yield satisfactory results, the world needed a more holistic approach that could provide solutions sustainable in nature and that would have a global impact. Thereafter, the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, also called the ‘Global Goals’ and the ‘2030 Agenda’, were introduced from the…

PUNJAB Notes Of Children

Poets and children have one thing in common; a sense of wonder. Albert Einstein would protest; don’t exclude the scientists. Their intuitive capability is an undying source of wonder that keeps them going in their pursuit of knowing what seems to be unknowable. With age this sense loosens its grip…

Missing 9th Graders Body Found

Police suspect wood shop owner who had quarreled with the victim RAWALPINDI. The body of a 9th-grade student, who went missing mysteriously from the Dhok Kala Khan in the limits of Sadiqabad police station, has been found. According to the police, the boy’s throat was slit and he was brutally…

Girls’ Education

A RECENTLY held conference in Islamabad on the aforesaid subject is a valuable move to address the appalling condition of girls’ education in most Muslim societies. The conclusion of Clandon and his colleagues’ study of Muslim societies (2018) tells us what is obvious, that “At the global level, Muslim women…

Chocolate Costs Child Maid Her Life

RAWALPINDI: A 12-year-old domestic worker, allegedly subjected to severe torture by her employer, succumbed to her injuries in Rawalpindi on February 12. Initial police investigations have revealed that the child suffered a deep head injury, with her skull fractured, which ultimately led to her death. The accused, identified as Rashid…

Govt School Kids Exhibit Tech Solutions

CM launches show for students from across the province LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif launched the largest government schools science and technology show in the country’s history. She visited the Government Pilot Higher Secondary School and distributed cash prizes among the winners of Jashn STEAM (science, technology, engineering,…

Students Pick and Drop Chokes City Roads

KARACHI. Students studying at private schools often carry a sense of superiority thanks to the abysmal condition of the country’s public education sector. However, when the absence of a school bus service encourages thousands of such students to arrive and depart in their separate vehicles like busy statesmen, the city’s…

Students Express Solidarity With Kashmiris

Participate in tableau, speech and song competitions to pay tribute ISLAMABAD. As Kashmir day approaches, Punjab Arts Council (PAC) in collaboration with APPSMA organised tableaus, Kashmiri songs and speech competitions to express solidarity with the Kashmiri people and to pay tribute to their struggle for freedom. Chief Guest of the…

Free Meal Scheme Launched In Government School

KARACHI: The longstanding plans to introduce free meals in public schools of Sindh had remained a virtual pipe dream until now. However, students at Allama Iqbal Government Boys and Girls Primary and Secondary School, situated at the junction of Sohrab Goth and Federal B Area, have started receiving free meals…

Vulnerable Polio Worker

It is both sad and embarrassing that on the very day the Prime Minister launched the year’s first nationwide polio campaign, a police constable on duty was shot dead in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Jamrud town. This was supposed to mark a renewed effort to eradicate a crippling disease, but instead, it exposed…