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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 and financial support to the women. She said: “Under the…

3 Nomadic Youths Rape Underage Girl

Rawalpindi: Police have launched a formal investigation after a man filed a complaint alleging his young daughter was assaulted by three men in the Wah Cantt area. The incident came to light on Thursday evening when the father, a factory worker, returned home and found his 12-year-old daughter in distress.…

Free-of-cost Heart Surgeries Performed On Over 6,000 Children

LAHORE : A meeting was held in the Specialised Health Care and…

Punjab CM Launches Initiatives For Special Children

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has introduced a series of…

Man Accuses Wife Of Murdering Children In Pindi

RAWALPINDI: Father of the three children, who died after taking poisonous milk on 24th June, has lodged an FIR against his wife accusing her of murdering his children. The woman has been under observation at the Holy Family Hospital (HFH), and now she is in protective custody of police after her…

Three Children Die After Taking Poisonous Milk In Pindi

RAWALPINDI: A woman was fighting for her life in the emergency of the Holy Family Hospital (HFH) after her three children died apparently due to food poisoning. However, the police have launched an investigation to ascertain the real circumstances in which the tragic incident happened in the limits of Banni…

Civil Society For Sustainable Strategy To End Child Labour

LAHORE: Civil society organisations, academic institutions and the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) called on the Punjab government to adopt a comprehensive and sustainable child labour eradication strategy to uphold children’s rights and protect them from economic exploitation. This call to action was made during the Provincial Policy Dialogue…

Woman Kills Husband, Niece Over Suspicion

LAHORE: A woman killed her husband and 16-year-old niece with a sharp-edged weapon in Baghbanpura area, suspecting them of having an illicit relationship. The Dolphin Squad responded to a 15 emergency call and arrested the suspect, identified as Zeenat, along with the murder weapon at the scene. According to police,…

Climate Crises Affect Education in Pakistan

Classrooms are often overcrowded and lack basic cooling, heating or ventilation systems LAHORE: Pakistan’s children are losing weeks of education each year to school closures caused by climate change-linked extreme weather, prompting calls for a radical rethink of learning schedules. Searing heat, toxic smog and unusual cold snaps have all…

Doctor Gets Life Imprisonment For Attempted Rape Of Minor

BAHAWALPUR: An additional sessions court sentenced a doctor to rigorous life imprisonment and a fine of Rs100,000 for attempting to rape a minor girl. According to the prosecution, accused Dr Muhammad Kamran Khan tried to rape a 10-year-old girl in his clinic in Gol Plot in the limits of Mumtazabad…

Horror Of Child Pornography

Another horrifying incident has come out of the hotbed of child exploitation, Muzaffargarh. A young boy, sent to collect his brother’s unpaid wages, was sexually assaulted and filmed by a man his family once relied on for employment. This case, shocking as it is, comes on the heels of an…

Jail Staffer Booked For ‘Raping’ Child

Police say incident took place at suspect’s house in Adiala Jail’s residential colony RAWALPINDI: Saddar Beroni police have registered a case against a man, reportedly a jail employee, for allegedly raping his 11-year-old paternal niece. The case was registered on the intervention of Rawalpindi City Police Officer (CPO) Khalid Hamdani.…

Teen Girl Abducted, Raped

BAHAWALPUR: A 13-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted from Qasim Bela, Multan, and was raped for many days by a man, returned home after managing to escape from her abductor. The girl’s parents told the media in Multan on June 20 that their daughter ‘F’ was allegedly abducted by ‘S’.…

Three Booked For Rape Of Ninth-grader

SAHIWAL: Police have registered a case against three suspects and arrested two of them for allegedly molesting and blackmailing a 15-year-old ninth-grade student through a mobile phone video in the official quarters of the irrigation department in Neeli Bar Canal Colony. Reports said ‘S’ of Sarwar Shaheed Road, Civil Lines,…