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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…

Man Gets Life In Jail For Raping 5th Grader After Kidnapping Her

A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment on charges of raping a Class V student. Aijaz was found guilty of sexually abusing his landlord’s 11-year-old daughter after abducting her from their house in Kearmari in February 2022. Additional Sessions Judge (South) Abdul Zahoor sentenced the convict to…
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Schools Seek Community Support For Heat Relief

Govt teachers rely on donations for fans, coolers amid funding shortages RAWALPINDI: As temperatures soar across the region, government schools in Rawalpindi’s rural areas are grappling with a severe shortage of funds, forcing teachers to turn to local philanthropists, shopkeepers, and residents for help in providing relief from the heat.…
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Muzaffargarh Girl Dies By Suicide After Alleged Sexual Assault

A 17-year-old girl died by suicide after she was allegedly raped and impregnated in Punjab’s Muzaffargarh, police said on April 13. According to a first information report (FIR) dated April 12, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the girl had informed her father and elder sister that her uncle…
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Matric Courses Face Major Delays

Lack of textbooks, trained teachers and proper labs cited as the cause Rawalpindi. In the new academic session 2025-27, the number of academic groups offered for Matric (9th and 10th grade) has been increased from three to six. However, a lack of preparedness for the newly introduced groups has caused…
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44000 School Teacher Posts Scrapped

Lahore. Around 44,000 posts of government schoolteachers across Punjab have been abolished. According to sources in the Punjab School Education Department, outsourcing of schools is the reason of abolishing the posts as now it is up to the private owners to hire teaches according to their policy. On the other…
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Minor Recovered, Kidnapper Killed In Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahhaudin. Rs3 million ransom recovered, woman among two suspects arrested A five-year-old boy abducted from the jurisdiction of Miana Gondal police station has been recovered in a police operation, which also resulted in the death of one kidnapper and the arrest of two others, including a woman accused of…
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Girl Raped By School Owner

TOBA TEK SINGH: A private school owner allegedly raped a daughter of a widow at Kamalia on 10-April-2025. Reportedly, Siddiqan Bibi of Jhonnayshah Wala claimed in her FIR that her daughter was a sweeper in the school of accused Muhammad Rehan situated at Madinabad. On the day of the incident,…
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Schoolteacher Held For Torturing Student In Attock’s Pindigheb

TAXILA: Police in Pindigheb town of Attock district on Wednesday arrested a teacher for allegedly torturing a 12-year-old student for not memorising his lesson in a private school. Despite a ban on corporal punishment, the practice still continues in schools across the country already grappling with one of the highest…
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Mother Can’t Be Denied Child Custody After Remarriage

LHC rules welfare of child must always take precedence over all else LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ruled that a mother’s remarriage cannot be the sole basis for denying her custody of a minor child, emphasising that the welfare and best interests of the child must always take…
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