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Father Tells Heartbreaking Story Of Losing Two Children In Swat Tragedy

MARDAN: A man from Mardan recounted the tragic incident at the Swat River last week, which claimed at least 16 lives — including his two children, 12-year-old Daniyal and 6-year-old Ishaal. Naseer Ahmed told of his ordeal as he and other people around him were helpless to pull the 17 people of two families from Sialkot and Mardan from the…

Birth Registration Of Girls Remains Low

Majority of women and girls have no legal existence in the official systems PESHAWAR: Where limited access to registration centers, particularly in remote and underserved areas, can partly explain the low birth registration rate for girls in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the social bias that confines women to the four walls of the…

Student Shot Dead over TikTok Dispute in Charsadda

CHARSADDA: A ninth-grade student was killed allegedly by a fellow student following a dispute over comments on a TikTok post at a private school here on January 28. The slain student has been identified as Salman. The victim’s brother, Shehzad lodged an FIR with Mandani police station, stating that he…
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Climate-proof Revival of Girls’ Schools in Swat Urged

ISLAMABAD: A rapid assessment of 120 girls’ schools in Swat district, carried out by Unesco, has revealed widespread damage to roofs, walls, and basic water and sanitation facilities, and called for a climate-resilient recovery to keep students learning safely. In a bid to restore safe learning environments, Un­e­­sco launched a…
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CM Promises Children Bright Future

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mohammad Sohail Afridi on January 23 said the province had witnessed terrorism and violence over the past 25 years, and now the time had come to lead children towards knowledge and a bright future. He stated this while speaking at an event, where he launched…
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Teachers face Action over Low Attendance in Karak Schools

LAKKI MARWAT: The Karak district administration took serious notice of thin attendance of students in government schools and asked the local officials of the elementary and secondary education department (ESED) to focus on improving the key performance indicators and initiate action negligent teachers. During a surprise inspection visit to various…
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New Polio Case Takes 2025 tally to 31

ISLAMABAD: The tally of polio cases for 2025 rea­ched 31 on Tuesday after a sample collected last year in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziris­tan district tested positive. The Polio Eradication Prog­ramme said in a statement that the Regional Reference Labo­ratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Hea­lth (NIH), Islamabad,…
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Police say TTP-linked Group attacked Girls’ School in Koh-e-Suleman

LAHORE: Militants belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its affiliated Ustrana group carried out an attack on a government primary school in the Koh-e-Suleman mountainous region, District Police Officer (DPO) Dera Ghazi Khan Sadiq Baloch confirmed. According to officials, the government girls’ primary school located in Basti Jotar, Union…
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Fitness Certificate mandatory for School Vans

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Division administration has made fitness certification mandatory for all Suzuki vans and buses used to transport schoolchildren, warning of strict legal action against violators, including vehicle seizure and imprisonment of owners. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Commissioner Peshawar Division, Riaz Khan Mehsud,…
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Protest in Kohistan against Delay in School Reconstruction

MANSEHRAProtest in Kohistan against Delay in School Reconstruction7 blocked the main road in Upper Kohistan to protest the delay in the reconstruction of a high school and non-fulfillment of other demands agreed upon with Wapda. “We have forced Wapda to halt execution of the project until our demands are met,”…
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