KP

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 home continues to withhold many from getting a legal identity.…

12 Dilapidated Classrooms of Charsadda School Sealed

CHARSADDA: The district education officer (DEO) on Saturday ordered the sealing of 12 classrooms and the principal’s office at Government Shaheed Tariq Sentinel Model High School in Turangzai here, and the shifting of students to safer rooms due to the deteriorating condition of the building. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary Dr…
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K-P Orders Safety Checks at Schools

PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Oct 15 directed the Communication and Works (C&W) Department to constitute technical teams to inspect all government school buildings across the province following the deadly collapse of a classroom roof at a private school in Peshawar. Earlier in the day, a roof collapse at Al-Khair…
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Peshawar Mourns after Roof Collapse Snuffs Out 31 Lives

• Teacher, 30 students among the dead; around 30 injured treated at Lady Reading Hospital • Chief secy forms fact-finding committee to probe incident, suggest preventive measures • Governor tells PM school owner in custody; safety audit of schools across province ordered • President, PM call for best treatment for…
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KP Govt Launches Drive to Curb Child Sexual Abuse

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Child Protection and Welfare Commission (KPCPWC) formally launched a province-wide awareness and sensitisation campaign against child sexual abuse and exploitation, aimed at strengthening public awareness, promoting prevention and responsible reporting and reinforcing collective action to ensure a safe and protective environment for children across the province. A…
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Man Arrested for Assaulting Minor Boy in Charsadda

CHARSADDA: Police arrested a man for assaulting a five-year-old boy here on Oct 2. According to the first information report (FIR), the incident took place in the Station Kallay area of Tangi. The child’s mother told police that her son returned home crying and alleged that a neighbour, identified as…
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Bail Plea Dismissed in Minor Rape Case

ABBOTTABAD: The Abbottabad Bench of the Peshawar High Court has dismissed a post-arrest bail petition filed by Shahrukh Habib, an accused in a case involving the alleged rape of a minor girl, observing that the material available on record at this stage provided reasonable grounds to connect the petitioner with…
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Fifth Polio Case of the Year Surfaces in KP

ISLAMABAD: A 17-month-old girl in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu division tested positive for poliovirus, taking this year’s tally of cases from across the country to five. Among the five cases confirmed so far in the country, four have been detected in Bannu division alone while a single case was reported in…
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Another Peshawar Girl Faces Assault

Incidents of sexual violence against girls in Peshawar have escalated into a grave crisis, with another child becoming the latest victim of a gang rape by neighbours that left her in critical condition. According to Chamkani police, the father of the 10-year-old girl, residents of Budhai, reported that his daughter…
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