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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…

Climate Change Shocks Emptied South Asia’s Schools

Half of the quarter-billion students who faced academic interruptions were in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan KARACHI: In South Asia, the climate crisis has made monsoons fiercer, heatwaves more severe, and floods more relentless —transforming nature’s wrath from a distant threat into an immediate reality that reshapes landscapes, disrupts lives, and…

Formula Milk Companies Lobbying To Redefine Breast Milk Substitutes As ‘Food’: Health Experts

Formula milk companies are lobbying to have breast milk substitutes or formula milk declared as ‘food’ to remove it from the purview of health and medicine authorities, enabling them to freely market their products without regulatory oversight, health experts warned on 25-January-2025. Leading paediatricians associated with Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA)…

First Smart School Takes Azad Kashmir Into A New Era Of Learning

MUZAFFARABAD: The first smart school in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) was inaugurated on 25th January in a relatively underprivileged area of the state capital, marking a significant milestone in the region’s education sector. This innovative project, part of a larger initiative to establish 40 smart schools across AJK, is…

Breastfeeding Significantly Improves Infant Survival: Experts

KARACHI: Sharing concern over the country’s high infant mortality and morbidity rates, health experts on 25th January stated that the single step that can help mothers save the lives of their babies is to breastfeed them, at least exclusively for the first six months of their life. Speaking at a…

Pakistan Faces Significant Educational Challenges: Minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on 24th January said Pakistan currently faced significant educational challenges, with over 26 million out-of-school children, one of the highest figures globally. Speaking at an event organised by planning ministry in connection with International Day of Education 2025, themed…

62 Children Rescued, 133 Beggars Detained In Peshawar Crackdown

PESHAWAR: About 62 underage children were rescued and 133 professional beggars were arrested during a crackdown against organized begging networks on 23-January-2025. Conducted under the supervision of Commissioner Peshawar Division Riaz Khan Mahsud under the directives of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur, the campaign aims to rehabilitate vulnerable…

Special Education Centres Get Direly Needed Funds

ISLAMABAD: The struggling directorate of special education, which supervises around 13 institutions for differently abled students, on 22nd January got Rs49 million in an additional grant from the Ministry of Education. Likewise, the school meal programme, under which children enrolled in public schools are provided free lunch, has also been…

Measles Claims Lives Of Two Children

MIRPURKHAS: Two children have died of measles over the past week and three ailing infants are still struggling for their lives in Haji Tariq Jalal Rajar village near Hingorno town. Villagers informed media persons on 20th January that two-year-old Rajveer Kohli and six-year-old Munaij Kohli fell victim to the disease.…

Nutrition Challenge

WHEN a country’s children go hungry, its future withers. In Pakistan, where over 40pc of children under five are stunted, nearly 18pc are wasted, and more than half suffer from anaemia, malnutrition threatens to undermine a generation. For a middle-income country with nuclear capabilities and significant agricultural output, such statistics…

Heart Attacks, Strokes Fuel Rise in Young Widows, Orphans: Experts

Islamabad: Samia, a 32-year-old mother of two from Islamabad, was thrust into an uncertain future when her husband, a 38-year-old property dealer, succumbed to a sudden heart attack. Her two children, aged six and four, now face life without their father. Tragically, Samia’s story is not unique in her locality.…