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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.…

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…

Cleric Arrested For Assaulting Two Minors

PESHAWAR: Badhber police arrested a cleric on charges of assaulting two minors…

Man Commits Suicide After 11-year-old Daughter Declared Vani

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A poor man ended his life by swallowing poisonous…

Khar Students Protest Lack Of Facilities In College

BAJAUR: The students of the Government Postgraduate College Khar here on October 7 staged a protest demonstration by blocking the main Bajaur-Mardan Artery to press for resolution of their issues. Scores of students attended the demonstration held outside the college’s main gate at the main Bajaur-Mardan Road. The protesting students,…

20 Years On, 1,000 Quake-Hit KP Schools Yet to be Rebuilt

PESHAWAR: October 8 (today) marks 20 years since the devastating 2005 earthquake that struck Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), killing more than 85,000 people and causing massive destruction. Among the fatalities, there were thousands of school-going children, who had just gathered for the morning assembly…

Stipend to Girl Students Not Paid for Three Years in KP

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has virtually discontinued a programme of awarding stipends to girl students enrolled in government schools as it has failed to pay the amount to them during the last three years, according to sources. The stipend programme for girls was introduced by the provincial government formed…

Delay in Reconstruction of Schools Resented

MANSEHRA: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Mohammad Yusuf on Monday expressed his displeasure over the prolonged delay in reconstruction of schools and health facilities destroyed in the devastating 2005 earthquake in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “There are still schools being run in makeshift shelters and tents in parts of Mansehra district…

Schools in War Mamund to Reopen on Oct 7

BAJAUR: The authorities have ordered immediate reopening of public and private educational institutions in the areas of War Mamund tehsil cleared of terrorists. In a notification issued here on Monday, the education department directed the management of all public and private educational institutions, both boys and girls, in Damadola, Inamkhel,…

Pregnant Women Confront Fragile Futures in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Despite state authorities’ assurances that life is returning back to normal in flood-affected areas, for many pregnant women, normalcy feels like a distant dream as they confront the fear of raising their unborn babies without a home, husband, or support system. Every night, 25-year-old Javeria Bibi relives the moment…

Protests Held in KP Districts against Outsourcing of Colleges

PESHAWAR: Teachers and students of government colleges staged protest demonstrations in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 5 against the decision to outsource the under-enrolled colleges and the proposal to link the promotion of teachers to MPhil degree and research work in their respective subjects. The students converged on…

Court Sentences Killer Of Seven Persons To Death

PESHAWAR: A local court has convicted a person and sentenced him to death on seven counts in honour-related murder of seven persons including his former wife, three children and three other relatives, here over four years ago. The additional sessions judge, Mohammad Jamil Khan, pronounced that the prosecution proved its…

KP to Outsource Schools, Colleges Having Low Enrolment

PESHAWAR: The cabinet of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here on October 3 decided to outsource selected schools and colleges having low student enrolment. The decision was taken during a meeting of the cabinet held here with Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur in the chair. The decision is meant to enhance enrollment…

Terrorists Bomb Girls’ School, Torch Another in Lakki Marwat

Terrorists struck again at the right to education in Lakki Marwat district, destroying a girls’ primary school in Ghazni Khel tehsil. Fortunately, there were no casualties, though the school building sustained heavy damage. The explosion occurred on the night of September 30 in Pahar Khel Paka village, where unidentified attackers…