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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…

26 Drug Addicts Test Positive For HIV In Peshawar Health Screening

PESHAWAR: Twenty-six drug addicts tested positive for HIV during the health screening conducted by the authorities after their shifting to rehabilitation centres during the ongoing Drug-Free Peshawar campaign. Details shared with Dawn show that since the launch of the programme, authorities have detained over 500 drug addicts from several parts of the city till Sunday.…
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Several Swat Parents Booked For Forcing Children Into Begging

SWAT: The Swat police on 11th November booked several parents for ‘coercing’ their children into begging on the streets. Mingora police station SHO Mujeeb Alam Khan told Dawn that over a dozen children were collected from various parts of Mingora and brought to the police station. “They were provided with…
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Climate Change Makes Pneumonia Harder To Control, Says Expert

ISLAMABAD: While World Pneumonia Day is being observed today November 12, the disease claims the lives of over 800,000 children every year. The situation in Pakistan is worsening due to the deteriorating air quality caused by smog. This was stated by Dr Irfan Habib, Medical Director at Child Life Foundation. He said…
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SEF Aims To Bring 300,000 Kids Back To School In Two Years

KARACHI: The Sindh Education Foundation (SEF), Government of Sindh, is successfully operating 35 people’s schools across the province, enrolling over 25,000 students and creating a thriving academic community. These schools are fully equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, providing a conducive environment for learning. The SEF has achieved this milestone in just…
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Intermediate Results Raise Eyebrows

Despite no changes in the examination procedure, a large number of failing students have passed their second-year exam The surprising improvement in the passing ratio of the second-year pre-engineering and pre-medical exams held by the Karachi Higher Secondary Education Board has raised several eyebrows. The doubts in the veracity of…
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Polio Cripples One More Child in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s fight against polio suffered another setback when one more child was paralysed by the virus in Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan) district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The latest case brings the total number of Wild Poliovirus Type-1 (WPV1) cases to 48 in the country this year. The Regional Reference…
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First Polio Case Reported From Ghotki

ISLAMABAD: Poliovirus has crippled one more child in Pakistan, this time in the Ghotki district of Sindh, where a 3-year-old boy who had not received a single dose of Routine Immunization (RI) has been paralyzed for life. This marks Pakistan’s 47th case of wild poliovirus type-1 (WPV1) in 2024 and…
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