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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…

77pc of 10-year-olds Unable to Read and Understand Simple Text, Reveals Report

ISLAMABAD: The country continues to face critical challenges in financing and ensuring access to education, reveals a government report released on Mar 5. With an alarming number of out-of-school children and 77 percent of ten-year-olds unable to read and understand a simple text, the urgency of aligning financing priorities with…

Ministry to Conduct Household Survey in Capital to Trace Out-of-school Children

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training on March 3 decided to conduct household surveys in all the union councils of Islamabad to ensure every out-of-school child is identified and provided access to formal or non-formal education opportunities. The ministry also formally launched the “No child left behind” campaign under…

KP Cabinet Approves Bill To Control Beggary

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet has approved KP Vagrancy Control and Rehabilitation Bill, 2025, for placement before the provincial assembly. The proposed legislation introduces a modernised and rights based framework for addressing vagrancy in the province, replacing the existing legal framework introduced in 2020, read an official statement issued here…

SHC asks Nadra, Govt Depts to Ensure Registration of Children Living in Orphanages

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed the National Database and Registration Authority(Nadra), social welfare department and union councils concerned to devise a uniform and child-sensitive mechanism for registration of abandoned and orphaned children residing in orphanage homes across the province. The SHC also ordered the authorities to facilitate the…

Failing Girls on Education

Girls’ education statistics have shown remarkable improvements over the past few years, but, unfortunately, given the extremely weak starting point, they are still well off the mark for a nation that hopes to create a socioeconomic miracle. The Federal Ministry of Education and Technical Training’s Girls’ Education Statistics and Trends…

New Report Reveals 26.2 Million Children Still Out of School

ISLAMABAD: Despite efforts by the federal and provincial governments, the number of out-of-school children remains alarming, as a new government report revealed that 26.2 million children nationwide are still out of school. The Federal Ministry of Education and Professional Training on Thursday released the “Girls’ Education Statistics and Trends Report…

26.2m Children Out of School, 13.4m Girls, says Education Report

ISLAMABAD: The Statistics and Trends Report 2023-24 on girls’ education reveals that a total of 26.2 million children are still out of school, 13.4 million of whom are girls. Regarding facilities for disabled students, the report revealed that 23% of schools have ramps, but there are fewer educational institutions providing…

‘No Child Left Behind’ Campaign Launched to Enrol all Out-of-school Children

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Feb 25 officially launched the No Child Left Behind campaign to bring all out-of-school children into classrooms within the next three years. Pakistan has an alarming 26 million out-of-school children across the country, with no exception in the federal…

Over 580 rounded up as Crackdown on Professional Beggars continues in Capital

ISLAMABAD: The capital police have arrested 588 professional beggars and registered cases against them in the current year as a crackdown against organised beggars’ mafia continued. The identification process of the facilitators of beggars is ongoing with the help of Safe City cameras and human intelligence sources, said the police…

Superbugs, Antibiotic abuse ‘may kill over 262,000 Pakistanis by 2050’

ISLAMABAD: Drug-resistant pathogens causing sepsis, ventilator-associated pneumonia, difficult-to-treat urinary infections and drug-resistant tuberculosis are now among Pakistan’s most serious public health threats, federal health officials say, warning that antimicrobial resistance in priority bacterial and fungal pathogens could claim more than 262,000 lives in the country over the next 25 years…