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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…

Man Arrested for Assaulting Minor Girl

LAHORE: A hotel employee has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a seven-year-old girl in the Gulberg area. According to police, the incident occurred when the minor girl was playing with her younger brothers under her mother’s supervision. While playing, the girl wandered into a nearby private hotel, where the accused,…

Three Minors Raped in Separate Incidents

SAHIWAL: As many as three minor girls were allegedly raped in separate incidents across the district in the past 24 hours and the police claimed to have registered cases and arrested two suspects. As per details, in one incident suspect R allegedly assaulted his 13-year-old cousin A in village 170/7-R.…

Five Booked for Abduction, Gang Rape of Girl

BAHAWALPUR: According to a spokesperson for the Bahawalpur district police, FIR No 141/26, registered under section 375-A, on the complaint of Asad Khalil says that two suspects ‘B’ and ‘W’, allegedly abducted a 17-year-old girl ‘L’ at gunpoint when she was alone at her house. The two suspects took the…

Selling Newborns

Human life should never be a commodity. Yet across the country, networks exist that buy and sell newborn babies, exploiting women driven into secrecy and desperation. A recent raid in Sheikham near Sarai Mughal, located in Kasur district of Punjab, uncovered a clinic that allegedly handled deliveries of vulnerable women…

Woman Kills Baby Girl after Fight with Husband

SAHIWAL: A mother strangled her two-and-a-half months old daughter in a fit of rage following a quarrel with her husband at Chak 81/12-L on Mar 26. Muddasir Hafeez (45), a farmer, married Marriam. The couple had three sons and an infant daughter. A dispute arose between the husband and wife…

Strict Monitoring Ordered for Transparent Matric Exams

Rawalpindi: Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Engineer Aamir Khattak has directed all district administrations to finalise comprehensive arrangements for the Matriculation (First Annual) Examinations 2026, commencing from March 27, under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Rawalpindi. Chairing a high-level review meeting at the Commissioner’s Office, he emphasized that ensuring a…

School Closures Paralyse Admissions

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab School Education Department has ordered that all public and private schools and academies remain closed from March 10 to March 31, warning that any private institution found open in violation will be sealed. Registrations of such schools will be cancelled, show-cause notices issued to those responsible, and…

Pindi Records Surge in Dog Bites

RAWALPINDI: A sharp rise in stray dog bite incidents has been reported within the jurisdiction of the Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC), with four individuals — including a woman — injured over the past 48 hours and brought to government hospitals. Hospital sources confirmed that three children were among those attacked.…

Two Boys Held for Allegedly Abusing Special Girl

GUJAR KHAN: Two boys have been arrested under the charge of sexually abusing a special minor girl in the Bara Gawah area of Domeli police station in Jhelum district. A resident of Gajial village told the police on March 16 that his son Mohammad Ali had left his five children…

DEA Seals 140 Non-compliant Private Schools

CHINIOT: The district education authority (DEA) has sealed 140 private educational institutions operating across the tehsils of Lalian, Bhowana and Chiniot for functioning without valid registration certificates and e-licences. Under the Private Educational Institutions (Promotion and Regulation) Ordinance, 1984, as amended from time to time, all private schools are required…