Punjab - Page 25

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…

Punjab CM Launches Initiatives For Special Children

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

3 Nomadic Youths Rape Underage Girl

Rawalpindi: Police have launched a formal investigation after a man filed a…

Student Arrested for Killing Van Driver

RAWALPINDI: The Mandra police station has arrested the school student accused in the murder of a school van driver. The accused, Syed Shujaat Hussain Shah, had killed 21-year-old van driver Zeeshan Safir two weeks ago after he had tried to stop him from harassing school-going girls. The police spokesperson said…

Smog: School Timing Violators to Face Heavy Fine in Punjab

LAHORE: In a bid to tackle the worsening air quality and protect public health, the Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a province-wide change in school timings effective from 3rd November. According to the order issued by Punjab EPA Director General Dr Imran Hamid Sheikh, all public and private schools, as…

Principal Injured in Attack by Schoolgirls’ Harassers’ in Toba Tek Singh

TOBA TEK SINGH: The principal of a private school in Gojra was attacked and injured by the shopkeepers who were harassing the female students of his school. In his FIR, registered by Gojra City police, Muhammad Saeed, the principal of Al Barkat Girls High School, Painsara Road, said the schoolgirls…

Abducted Minor Girl Found Murdered

BAHAWALPUR: A ten-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted from her house on the night of October 30, was found murdered in the fields at 110/ DB village in the Yazman Saddar police limits on October 31. According to the district police spokesman, Siddique, the father of the victim, Rabia (10),…

Boy Dies, Two Hospitalised After Eating ‘Toxic Snacks’

GUJRAT: A seven-year-old boy died on October 31 and his two siblings were in a critical condition, allegedly after eating poisonous crackers (papad) a couple of days back, at Alipur Chattha town of Wazirabad district, on Friday. Reports say that three minor brothers – Kazim, Qasim and Hashim – ate…

Child Worker Dies in Burewala kiln Tragedy

BUREWALA: A 14-year-old boy lost his life after falling into a burning furnace while working at the kiln. Witnesses said Ali Hasan, who was performing his usual duties, lost balance and slipped into the fire. He sustained severe burns and succumbed to his injuries despite rescue efforts. Rescue teams rushed…

Punjab Set to Fix Minimum Age for Marriage at 18

ISLAMABAD: Following the example of Sindh and Islamabad, the Punjab government is set to introduce the Child Marriage Restraint Act, fixing the minimum legal age for marriage at 18 years. Those found violating the law will face strict punishment. This was revealed by Qaisar Mehmood, Divisional Coordinator of the Punjab…

Two School Boys Arrested for Gang Rape

SARGODHA: Three boy students of a private school gang-raped over dozen of students and made their videos to blackmail them. Two of them were arrested by the Satellite Town police after the regional police officer took notice of the complaint of the mother of a gang-rape survivor boy on social…

Punjab Doles out Rs6.39bn Among Flood-hit People

• 98,000 ATM cards prepared; 37 camps established for compensation distribution • 90pc of flood assessment survey completed; data of 463,000 victims verified by deputy commissioners BAHAWALPUR: The Punjab government has distributed Rs6.39 billion among flood-affected people across the province. The amount is part of the Rs100bn allocation made under the Punjab…

Minister Objects to Polio Sampling, Seeks Third-party Audit

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Health and Population Welfare Khwaja Imran Nazir has stirred up a controversy, raising a question mark on the existing environmental polio sampling process, and stressed upon the authorities for the introduction of legislation to find out the reasons as to why Pakistan has still not been…