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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…

Shortage Of Teachers Causes Closure Of 37 Girls’ Schools In Khyber

KHYBER: About 37 primary schools for girls in Khyber have been closed down owing to shortage of teachers and non-payment of salaries to teaching staff for a long time. Officials at education office said that they were faced with shortage of at least 700 female teachers in Bara, Jamrud and…

Court Clears Way For SNC Textbooks

PHC rejects publishers’ plea, allows KPTBB to adopt national curriculum books for grades IX-XII PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by local publishers, effectively lifting a long-standing stay order and allowing the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board (KPTBB) to proceed with the adoption and printing of textbooks…

5 Children Injured In Firing On School Van In Battagram

BATTAGRAM: Five children were injured when a masked gunman opened fire on a school van traveling from the suburban area of Peerhai to Battagram on 13-May-2025 morning. Police officials said the injured were initially provided first aid and later shifted to Ayub Medical Complex in Abbottabad for advanced treatment. They…

K-P Declares Emergency Over Education Crisis

Districts with 50% or more out-of-school children to face urgent govt intervention PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to declare an education emergency in districts where the rate of out-of-school children is 50 percent or higher. The decision was made during a meeting of the Elementary and Secondary Education Department…

PHC Grants Bail To Man Held For Aiming Gun At His Child In Video

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has granted bail to a father, who was arrested after his video of aiming gun at his minor son had gone viral on social media. A single-member bench of Justice Sahibzada Asadullah accepted bail petition of the suspect named Miandad, who is a mason by profession.…

Three Children Injured In Bannu Blast

LAKKI MARWAT: Three schoolboys were injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Surani Sikandakhel Bala area of Bannu district on 12th May. A police official said that unknown miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device along a road near a government high school to target police and security forces. He…

Education Emergency On The Cards In Districts With 50pc Or More Children Out Of School

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to declare an educational emergency in the districts with 50 percent or more children out of school. The decision was made during a meeting of the elementary and secondary education department with Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur in the chair, according to an…

Shortage Of Books Troubles Students, Teachers

PESHAWAR: Textbooks shortage has hit government schools in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, leaving students and teachers to struggle with course management. Students and teachers of the government high schools told Dawn that the new academic year began in the first week of April but they were still short of course books. During…

Child Protection Unit Inaugurated In Battagram

BATTAGRAM: A Child Protection Unit (CPU) was officially inaugurated in Battagram district on 08-May-2025. Minister for Social Welfare, Special Education and Women Empowerment Qasim Ali Shah was the chief guest on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the minister said the CPU would play a crucial role in ensuring the…

Child Dies, Two Swept Away In Flood

Sources say incident occurred when children were playing near edge of stream ABBOTTABAD: Relentless rainfall on Thursday continued to wreak havoc across Abbottabad, flooding low-lying areas, blocking major roads, and severely disrupting daily life. Amid the chaos, tragedy struck near the Kala Pul area, where two Afghan children were swept…