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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…

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…

Physical Abuse: CPB Recovers 18 Kids in Raid on Sahiwal ‘Orphanage’

SAHIWAL: On the order of an additional sessions judge, a team of the district chapter of the Child Protection Bureau (CPB) raided an orphanage at Chichawatni on September 23 , recovering 18 children, 17 of them from Balochistan, who were allegedly being tortured by their teachers and caretakers. The incident…

Punjab Govt Orders Fresh Probe into Faisalabad Children Hospital ‘Scam’

LAHORE: The Punjab government has ordered de novo inquiry proceedings against a senior medical officer/ex-medical superintendent (MS) of the Children Hospital Faisalabad for allegedly committing blatant violation of procurement and financial rules, as well as for continuation of irregular and unauthiorised execution of maintenance and repair work. The ex-MS was…

Five Teens Booked in Jhang for Forcing Friends To Do Sexual Acts

TOBA TEK SINGH: Shorkot City police in Jhang on September 23 registered a case against five teens and arrested three of them for allegedly kidnapping their five friends and forcing them to rape each other over a quarrel. Police spokesperson told the media that five class IX students were on…

Students Below 18 ‘denied’ Right to Apply For Domicile, Scholarship

TOBA TEK SINGH: The change in the procedure for obtaining stamp papers, introduced by the Punjab Board of Revenue (BoR), is causing problems for the students under the age of 18 years who apply for domicile and provincial government scholarship. The BoR has changed the procedure, making it mandatory to…

Minister For Error-free Printing of Textbooks

LAHORE: Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat has directed textbook review committees to ensure error-free and high-quality publications, warning that delays or mistakes in textbooks will not be tolerated. Chairing a meeting of the committees, the minister said errors in curriculum can harm future generations and must be eliminated. He…

Minister Seeks to Bust Myths about HPV Vaccine

KARACHI: Sindh Health and Population Welfare Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho has condemned a social media campaign spreading disinformation about the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, stressing that it prevents cervical cancer and is not a contraceptive. Speaking at the launch of a two-day vaccination camp at the Karachi Press Club,…

Man Guns Down Wife, Father in Faisalabad Dispute, Daughter Injured

FAISALABAD: A man opened fire on his family, killing his wife and father and leaving his 12-year-old daughter critically injured in domestic quarrel on September 20. According to police, the incident took place in Chak 50-JB, Sathiala, in the jurisdiction of Nishatabad Police Station. The suspect, Sajjad Ahmad, shot his…

Teen Domestic Worker Found Dead

LAHORE: A 15-year-old domestic worker died under mysterious circumstances at the house of a police official in Kahna. Local police officials said they were awaiting the medico-legal report before deciding their course of action in the case. The girl, was found hanging in the residence of Sub-Inspector Najaf Bhatti on…

60.86pc Pass Inter Exams

LAHORE: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISEs) Lahore and Multan announced the results of the Intermediate Annual Examination, 2025 Part-II on September 18. Task Force Committee for Boards Chairman Mazhar Mahmood, and Higher Education Boards Additional Secretary Noman Jamil announced the results. Lahore Board Secretary Rizwan Nazir and…

Timely Treatment Key to Controlling Atopic Eczema

Lahore: The Department of Dermatology at Lahore General Hospital organised an awareness walk on the occasion of World Atopic Eczema Day on September 18. Ameer-ud-Din Medical College (AMC) Principal Prof Dr Farooq Afzal while addressing participants of walk said that atopic eczema is a skin disease that is treatable, but…