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Local Production Of Iron, Folic Acid Supplements May Curb Anaemia In 15m Pakistani Girls

ISLAMABAD: The local production of Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFAS) in adolescent doses could prevent around 15 million adolescent girls in Pakistan from suffering from iron deficiency anemia as ensuring sustainable access to these supplements could significantly reduce costs and lessen reliance on expensive imports, according to officials and nutrition experts. Iron deficiency anaemia is the leading cause…

Federal Health Minister Urges Action As Vaccination Refusals Hindering Polio Eradication

Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal has expressed serious concern over vaccine refusals, stating that nearly 43,000 parents in Sindh — 42,000 of them in Karachi alone —have refused polio vaccination for their children, posing a major obstacle to the eradication efforts. He made these remarks while visiting the Provincial…

New Textbooks For Grade 1 To 5 To Be Delivered In Two Weeks

ISLAMABAD: The supply of newly developed textbooks for grade 1 to 5…

Children With Disabilities Showcase Talent At PNCA

Islamabad: The Directorate General of Special Education (DGSE), Ministry of Federal Education…

Alarm As WHO faces $95m Funding Gap In Pakistan’s Health Sector

Islamabad: The World Health Organisation has sounded the alarm on Pakistan’s health crisis, emphasising that a $95 million funding shortfall threatens critical healthcare programmes. The UN agency, dedicated to safeguarding global public health, warned that without urgent action to address the funding crisis, millions of lives in Pakistan would be…

Constitutional Bench Told: Punjab Makes Holy Quran Teaching Compulsory In Schools

ISLAMABAD: The federal government and the government of Punjab and Balochistan on 19 March 2025 filed their response in the Supreme Court on the constitutional petition seeking legislation to make the teaching of the Holy Quran compulsory in educational institutions. A five-member constitutional bench, headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan and…

NCRC Representatives Summoned In Missing Children’s Case

ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court on 18th March summoned representatives of the National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC) in a case moved to seek a declaration that police should treat the issue of missing children as a cognisable offence. Headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan, the…

Senate Panel Agrees To Stengthen Police Role In Sex Offenders Registration

Islamabad: The Senate’s Anti-Rape Special Committee on 14-March-2025 agreed to strengthen the police’s role in enforcing the sex offenders register initiative and broaden the legal framework to better manage and monitor sex offenders in the country. The committee members, including chairperson Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq, who met at the law…

High Temperatures, Extreme Rainfall Threaten Child Growth In Pakistan: Study

ISLAMABAD: Prolonged exposure to high temperatures and extreme precipitation for the last one and a half decades is worsening malnutrition among children under the age of two in Pakistan, leading to increased stunting and wasting, a recent study revealed. Published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the research highlights…

Polio Fight Is A National Responsibility, Says Minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal on 12th March announced that polio eradication would be considered as a national responsibility and vowed to take all possible steps during his tenure to make the country free of the virus. He expressed these views during a visit to the National…

Teacher Support

SOMEONE recently reminded me we don’t need great resources for teaching. A good teacher can teach under a tree. While this may have been true in another time, contemporary demands of technological integration in learning necessitate the development of infrastructure and a set of skills for the 21st century. The…

Child Waste-pickers

A SIGNIFICANT number of children in Pakistan participate in waste-picking for economic survival. Our legal framework, unfortunately, is inadequate in this respect and unable to protect and rehabilitate the children. With rapid urbanisation and population growth, waste generation is growing, overwhelming municipal managements. An estimated 49.6 million tonnes of solid…

Polio Challenge

POLIO has emerged as a major challenge in Pakistan. It is not simply a challenge in the health sector, but has also become both a security and political issue. It has been reported that 74 polio cases emerged in the country last year. Pakistan now has the dubious distinction of…

Abandoned Daughters

Beyond policy measures, there must be a fundamental shift in how daughters are perceived in society. The bodies of five newborn girls, discarded like garbage and mutilated by stray animals in Sialkot, reveal a horrifying reality of Pakistan’s deep-seated disregard for female life. This is a symptom of a society’s…

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