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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…

Punjab CM To Issue Free Bone Marrow Transplant Card Soon

LAHORE: As many as 150 children received free bone marrow transplants and 2,000 others were treated for cancer at the Lahore Children’s Hospital. This was stated by Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz who said, “Free treatment is the right of every patient and child.” She said: “The success rate of…

Child Dies As Thunderstorm Wreaks Havoc

LAHORE: A powerful storm accompanied by torrential rains and lightning wreaked havoc across parts of Punjab on 29-May-2025, leaving one child dead and eight others injured in multiple incidents. In Bahadur village, Attock, a child lost life after a lightning bolt struck the area. The same strike also left five…

Two Minors Found Murdered In Hafizabad

Despite a desperate overnight search by their families, the children remained untraceable until 7:30am the next day HAFIZABAD: The bodies of two young cousins were discovered in a locked metal trunk inside a relative’s home. Eight-year-old Ahmed Ali and seven-year-old Arshman Ali went missing on the evening of May 28…

Over 9,600 Stolen Textbooks Recovered In Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: More than 9,600 textbooks, which were to be provided to students by the Punjab government and had been stolen from the well-guarded Directorate of Education on Murree Road, have been recovered by the police. Two individuals—a junk dealer who purchased the stolen textbooks and another person involved in the…

Sammasatta Girls School Short Of Classrooms, Teachers

BAHAWALPUR: The Government Girls High School in Sammasatta, one of the oldest government institutions in Bahawalpur district, is facing multiple problems, affecting the education and well-being of its 2,000 students. The school, spread over eight kanals, has only 18 classrooms with 23 sections, forcing students to sit in an open…

Bulk School Fee Banned

Rawalpindi. Rawalpindi DC Hassan Waqar Cheema on Tuesday imposed a ban on private schools, academies and colleges across the district from collection of children’s fees for two or three months  in a lump sum amount. A warning notice has been issued stating that any institution violating this ban will face…

One And Half Year Old , Beaten To Death By Father

The police registered an FIR of murder against the father on the complaint of the mother RAWALPINDI: A man killed his one-and-a-half-year-old innocent daughter by beating her in the area of Chaklala police station. The police registered an FIR of murder against the father on the complaint of the mother…

Mother Turns Out Killer Of Her Two Children

GUJRAT: A woman turned out to be the killer of her two minor children in the Rangpur locality of the city as A-Division police on 27th May claimed to have resolved the mystery of the double murder case. The suspect confessed to strangling her five-year-old son and three-year-old daughter to…

310 Teachers Issued Notices For Being Absent, Late

CHINIOT: The District Education Authority (DEA) has issued show-cause notices to 310 teachers of government schools for being absent from duty or being late during the month of April. Apart from the regular visits of monitoring staff, the Punjab School Education Department (SED) has devised a new monitoring mechanism in…

CM Punjab Launches Insulin Card For Diabetic Children

The chief minister also handed over insulin, glucometer strips and boxes of needles to the patients. LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has launched an ‘Insulin Card’ programme for children suffering from Type-I congenital diabetes. She launched the programme along with Pakistan Post riders, visiting the homes of children…

Students Left To Sewlter In Tin Sheds

Over 500 pupils attend classes at public school with no electricity, fans and potable water RAWALPINDI: Government Kohinoor Girls High School in Rawalpindi, run under the supervision of the Punjab Education Department, lacks all basic facilities in an era of scientific and technological advancement, leaving educators and school children, including…

UNICEF’s National Ambassador for Child Rights, Saba Qamar, highlights the impact of child marriage on young girls’ futures and calls for unified action to protect children.

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