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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…

Girls Clinch Top Two Slots In BSEK General Group Exams

KARACHI: Female students have grabbed first two positions in the Class XII (Science General Group) annual examinations 2024, according to the results announced by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Tuesday. BIEK Chairman Prof Amir Hussain Qadri said that Maniha Noor Rifat, a student of Aga Khan Higher…

PAKISTAN EDUCATION STATISTICS 2022 – 2023

Pakistan’s education system spans multiple levels, including compulsory education for children aged…

Over 4,200 children sexually abused in 2023, says Sahil

ISLAMABAD: The data compiled by Sahil shows that 11 children were abused…

106 Children Registered With AIDS Control Programme

DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Health Department has initiated HIV/AIDS screening for children and adults at the Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital in Taunsa Sharif. A screening and treatment center has also been set up at the THQ to facilitate early detection and treatment of the disease, says DG Khan Commissioner Ashfaq…

Karachi, Dhaka To Receive 5.4m Climate Migrants By 2050: UN

ISLAMABAD: Karachi and Dhaka will be the only two cities in Asia-Pacific region among the 10 cities of the Global South that will receive eight million climate migrants by 2050 if the world warms by more than 1.5 centigrade above pre-industrial levels, a UN study finds. Of those 10 cities,…

Distribution Of Free Textbooks To Begin In Khyber Next Week

KHYBER: The education department will start the distribution of free textbooks among the students of all government schools from next week in Khyber tribal district with officials conceding an overall deficiency of 30 percent in comparison to their required number of books. Officials said that textbooks were already dispatched to…

Children’s Creative Talent Celebrated At Competition

KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) celebrated the creativity and imagination of young artists from across Pakistan at its A.R. Nagori National Art Competition. Launched on World Children’s Day 2024, the competition provided a platform for children to express their unique interpretations of happiness through art.…

Children With Down Syndrome Can Do Everything; They Just Need Different Strategies

KARACHI: Five-year-old Zainab sits with her mother, having her hand painted on paper. Next to her, a toddler dabbles happily in green paint with his mom. All around, pre-schoolers wearing mismatched socks dance around to the tunes of Cocomelon’s nursery rhymes. Two schools came together at the KDSP — A…

Eid Polio Vaccination Plan In 15 Districts

LAHORE: Anticipating the mass movement of people during Ramazan and Eid holidays, an Eid vaccination plan to curb polio virus transmission has been rolled out in 15 district of Punjab. As a part of the plan, the Punjab government will deploy polio teams on the major exit and entry points,…

Islamabad, Azad Kashmir Eradicate Maternal, Neonatal Tetanus

ISLAMABAD: After Sindh and Punjab, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir have achieved the elimination of maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT), taking Pakistan closer to interrupting the transmission of this life-threatening disease for mothers and newborns nationwide. The validations were confirmed by the World Health Organisation (WHO)…

Alarm As WHO faces $95m Funding Gap In Pakistan’s Health Sector

Islamabad: The World Health Organisation has sounded the alarm on Pakistan’s health crisis, emphasising that a $95 million funding shortfall threatens critical healthcare programmes. The UN agency, dedicated to safeguarding global public health, warned that without urgent action to address the funding crisis, millions of lives in Pakistan would be…

NCRC Representatives Summoned In Missing Children’s Case

ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court on 18th March summoned representatives of the National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC) in a case moved to seek a declaration that police should treat the issue of missing children as a cognisable offence. Headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan, the…

Activists Complain 2.9 Million Girls Out Of School In KP

PESHAWAR: Civil society activists and education advocates have urged the provincial government to prioritise better funding for girls’ secondary education in the upcoming budget. In a news release, the activists demanded better funding to address the issue of out-of-school girls as well as effective implementation of Article 25(A) of the…