Punjab

Video of Teacher Assaulting Student in Gujar Khan Sparks Police Action

RAWALPINDI: In the Gujar Khan area of Rawalpindi, a video showing a school teacher brutally beating a child has gone viral on social media, prompting police action. The accused teacher has been taken into custody. Authorities say the incident occurred nearly a year ago. According to police, the video shows a private school in the Gujar Khan jurisdiction where a…

Maryam Introduces Aghosh Programme For Women

LAHORE: Under Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s first-ever Aghosh program, pregnant women and mothers of children under 2 will get Rs23,000 each. “Health of a mother and her child requires special attention, a healthy mother guarantees a healthy family,” said Maryam while introducing the Aghosh program to provide medical facilities…

Four Cases Registered over Resistance to Polio Teams in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: Four incidents involving obstruction of polio vaccination teams in different areas of Rawalpindi over the past two days have been reported to the police by district health department officials. In one incident, a female polio team member was allegedly punched and assaulted, while her mobile phone was smashed by…
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Four Held in School Abuse Case

SARGODHA: A science teacher and two other suspects have been arrested over allegations of sexually abusing students and recording inappropriate videos at a government school in Sargodha district, while the teacher and the school’s headmaster have been suspended. According to police, the incident came to light at Government High School…
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Rawalpindi’s Unauthorised Schools Get One Week to Get Registered

RAWALPINDI: District Registration Authority of schools on Oct 23 asked private educational institutions in Rawalpindi to get themselves registered within a week, and if they failed, the unregistered premises will be sealed. The decision was taken at a meeting of the District Registration Authority, Rawalpindi, held under the chairmanship of…
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Girl, Husband Booked over Underage Marriage

SAHIWAL: On the orders of the Lahore High Court (LHC), Yousafwala police have registered a case against six persons, including a minor girl, her alleged husband, the witnesses and a nikah registrar under the Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Ordinance, 2026, on the complaint of the girl’s father. According to police…
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Over 45pc of 11th-grade Students Fail Pindi Board Annual Exams

RAWALPINDI: Nearly 45pc of students failed the 11th-grade intermediate annual examination 2026, conducted by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi. The BISE Rawalpindi officially announced the results for the Intermediate Part I (11th-Grade). The announcement was made by the Chairman of the Board, Prof Dr Iqbal Mahmood,…
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Minor Domestic Worker Beaten to Death by Employer

SHEIKHUPURA: A 12-year-old girl died allegedly after being tortured by her employer, while a nine-year-old girl sustained injuries in a separate incident. In the first incident, a 12-year-old girl, identified as Zainab, allegedly died after being assaulted by her employer at a house on Khalid Road in the jurisdiction of…
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Minor’s Brutal killing

The horrific incident in Multan – where a 15-year-old boy was chased and crushed to death by a car – has once again highlighted the plight of children in Pakistan. It also raises questions about the state of orphanages, the depth to which humanity has stooped, and the shameful conduct…
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