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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…

Bahawalpur Woman Kills Daughter for Stopping her from Smoking

BAHAWALPUR: A mother allegedly killed her teenage daughter for stopping her from smoking in Basti Sokar in the City Yazman Police station area in Bahawalpur district on Sunday. According to the police, accused Nabila’s daughter Aisha (16) disliked her smoking and used to stop her. Police claimed that when her…

Death Penalty for Man Convicted of Child Abduction-Rape

LODHRAN: A sessions court has awarded the death penalty, life imprisonment and a fine of Rs2.5 million to the accused, Iqbal Arain, in the case of the abduction and rape of a seven-year-old girl, Aliza. The accused had abducted the minor while she was playing outside her home Saddar Police…

Special Children’s School in Rawalpindi Faces Closure Risk

RAWALPINDI: Due to an acute shortage of government funds, the Government Institute for Slow Learners in Rawalpindi is facing serious difficulties, threatening the education of 120 young girls and boys enrolled at the school. The institute does not have its own government building and operates from rented premises. However, rent…

Promises, Gaps and Uneven Reforms

LAHORE: Punjab’s education sector is set to conclude 2025 as a year marked by ambitious claims, notable gaps and unresolved challenges. While the provincial government repeatedly highlighted reforms, digital initiatives and infrastructure plans, teachers, education experts and parents continued to question the impact on ground and sustainability of the measures.…

Six Immunisation Campaigns held this year to Eradicate Polio

RAWALPINDI: Five National Immunisation Days (NIDs) and one Sub-National Immunisation Day (SNID) were successfully conducted in Rawalpindi district this year for polio eradication. All polio campaigns were completed with effective planning, strict monitoring and vigorous field performance. This was stated in a news briefing at Deputy Commissioner offices by Punjab…

Respiratory Tract Infections Rise

Rawalpindi: The incidences of upper and lower respiratory tract infections particularly among children and elderly people have been on the rise after a significant fall in mercury in the last three to four weeks in this region of the country. Data collected by ‘The News’ has revealed that the majority…

Man Gets Death Penalty for Daughters’ Murder

RAWALPINDI: Additional District and Sessions Judge Afshan Ejaz Soofi sentenced a father, Usman Anwar, to death twice after convicting him of murdering his two minor daughters in a high-profile domestic dispute case registered at RA Bazaar Police Station. The court ruled that the convict committed an extremely serious crime by…

Student Killed During Scuffle

LAHORE: A student died of a head injury after a scuffle broke out between students of a private academy in Harbanspura here on December 18. A police official said the incident took place at night when students of the 9th and 10th classes had a scuffle over some petty issue.…

Infant Recovered Five Days After Kidnap; Woman Held

SAHIWAL: District police claimed on December 16 to have arrested a woman allegedly involved in the kidnapping of an eight-month-old baby girl from Hamid Town, Village 90/9-L, on Dec 11 and recovered the infant. Police investigators identified the suspects as Nazia and her daughter Ayesha, who abducted the child while…

Child Abuse Cases Rise in Punjab as Convictions Remain at just 1%

LAHORE: Despite the Punjab Chief Minister’s repeated claims of considering women and children as her ‘red line,’ the reality is quite concerning. With the conviction rate for child offenders still extremely low, victims and their families are left without justice while the perpetrators are emboldened to continue their crimes. According…
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