Punjab - Page 4

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…

Faisalabad Police Recover Abducted Newborn

TOBA TEK SINGH: The Faisalabad police claimed to have recovered a kidnapped newborn baby from Sargodha. Faisalabad City Police Officer (CPO) Sahibzada Bilal Umar announced the recovery during a press conference on September 26. Giving details about the case, he said that Muhammad Yasin, a resident of Chak 215, RB…

LHC Rules Marriage is Valid if Person is Past Puberty, even below Legal Age

The Lahore High Court has ruled that under Islamic law, a marriage contracted after attaining puberty is valid, even if the individual is below the age set in the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929. In Punjab, the minimum marriage age is 18 for males and 16 for females. Justice Tariq Mahmood…

Trader Accused of Assault, Filming Minor

CHAKWAL: Two separate incidents of sexual assault have been reported in Chakwal, with both cases involving the alleged recording of videos to blackmail the victims. In the first case, a 14-year-old ninth-grade student from the village of Bhabbhar, within the jurisdiction of Dohman Police Station, was allegedly assaulted by a…

Conjunctivitis Outbreak Sparks Drug Shortage

RAWALPINDI: As the outbreak of conjunctivitis (pink eye) spreads across the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, there has been a significant surge in the prices of eye-related medications, including eye drops and rose water, in the open market. Essential eye drops for conjunctivitis have reportedly vanished from local stores.…

Abducted Minor Girl Reunited With Family

RAWALPINDI: A minor girl, abducted by an unidentified person from outside a private hospital on the night of September 23, was reunited with her parents on September 24. Gulzar Masih, a resident of Medical College Staff colony lodged an FIR with the Banni police saying that he brought his daughter-in-law,…

Only 34pc of HPV Vaccination Target Achieved as Drive Nears End

ISLAMABAD: The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign, which has been targeting 13 million girls aged 9 to 14, has so far achieved only 34 percent of its target, it was revealed on September 24. So far, only 4.5 million girls out of the targeted 13 million have been vaccinated against the…

Court Hands Over 18 Kids Recovered From Orphanage to CPWB

SAHIWAL: Muhammad Tariq, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Child Protection Court, Sahiwal, formally handed over the custody of the 18 minor children, 17 of them from Balochistan, who were recovered from an orphanage to the district office of the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) here on September 24. The…

PA, Unicef Sign MoU on Child Rights

LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly and Unicef Pakistan on September 24 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) here for the promotion of child rights, education, health and social development. Under the MoU, Unicef will provide technical assistance to the Punjab Assembly and support the Parliamentary Caucuses on Child Rights, Special Children,…

Women, Students, Seniors to get Free E-bus Services in Sahiwal

Women, students, senior citizens and persons with disabilities will travel free of cost on Punjab’s first electric bus service, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif announced on Monday while inaugurating the project in Sahiwal. After riding one of the new buses herself, the chief minister called the initiative “a milestone in…

Stray Dogs Overrun Pindi Streets

RAWALPINDI: Due to alleged inaction by the Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation, District Council and district administration, stray dogs have proliferated across the city and made life difficult for residents. Citizens are living in fear of stray dogs. Packs of dogs are seen roaming streets and neighbourhoods from morning through evening. Groups…