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The Age Of Consent And The Borders Of Belief

ICT Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025 marks a pivotal step toward a safer, progressive Pakistan KARACHI. Child rights organisations and advocates, along with concerned citizens, have warmly welcomed the passage of recent legislation on child marriages, describing it as a landmark step toward protecting the rights and well-being of children. “The passage of the ICT Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025…

Inter Exams Put Off By Nine Days

Officials attribute the postponement to a change in XI results due to grace marks, absence of the board chairman KARACHI: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) annual examinations of XI-XII for the year 2025 have been delayed. The pre-engineering, pre-medical and science general group exams that were to start…

Man Burns Pregnant Wife, Two Minor Sons To Death

HYDERABAD: A pregnant woman and her two minor sons had died in…

Rangers Foil Kidnapping Bid, Recover 15-year-old Boy

Sindh Rangers on 16-August-2025 claimed to have busted a gang allegedly involved…

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Now Part of Sindh’s Programme

• Becomes available free of charge for nine-year-old girls at EPI centres • Other provinces expected to follow suit KARACHI: In an effort to protect young girls from cervical cancer, the Sindh Health Department, in line with a decision by the Federal Directorate of Immunisation, has included the HPV (human…

TCF to Run 21 Municipal Schools

KARACHI: A meeting chaired by CM Murad Ali Shah on December 30 decided to put 21 schools of three town municipal corporations under the management of The Citizen Foundation for a period of 25 years to provide free quality education. The meeting was attended by provincial ministers, advisers, special assistants,…

Law Enforcers in Karachi Thwart plot to use ‘Radicalised Schoolgirl for Suicide Bombing’

KARACHI: A major terror plot was thwarted by law enforcers in the city on December 29 as they rescued a school-going teenage girl who had been radicalised through social media by an outlawed militant group and was being prepared for a suicide attack in Karachi. This was shared by Sindh…

Another Child Dies in Karachi after Falling into Manhole

An eight-year-old boy, Dilbar Ali, lost his life after he accidentally fell into a manhole in Mehran Town, Sector 6-G of Korangi Industrial Area. The sad incident is one more tragedy, highlighting administrative negligence and the persistent danger posed by uncovered sewerage infrastructure in Karachi. According to police and residents,…

Open Drain Claims Girl’s Life

HYDERABAD: In a second incident of its kind in the city within a week, a young girl died after falling into a sewerage drain on December 27. Mariam, 5, had accompanied her father, Sohbat Brohi, and other relatives who had come to the Hatri area to condole the death of…

Minor Girl Injured by Kite String in Kasur

KASUR: A six-year-old girl was injured by a kite string on December 27 near Adda Maan on Ganda Singh Road, within the jurisdiction of the Saddar Police Station. The victim, identified as Zainab Fatima of Bhadian village, was riding on the front of a motorcycle with her brother, Abdul Rehman,…

Woman, Three Children Found Hanging in Karachi Home; Husband Detained

KARACHI: A woman and three children were found hanging inside their home near Gunah Mandi in Karachi’s Sohrab Goth area on December 27, police said. The woman’s husband was taken into custody for questioning. Police identified the deceased as 35-year-old Fatima, 11-year-old Sonam, 3-year-old Arzoo and 2-year-old Arman. Fatima and…

Conviction Under Child Marriage Law doesn’t Invalidate Nikkah, Karachi Court Rules

KARACHI: A sessions court has ruled that any conviction under the provision of the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act 2013 does not render the marriage void or invalidate the nikkah. “It is making clear that any conviction under the provision of Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act 2013 does not render the marriage…

Boy bitten by dog two months ago in Balochistan develops Rabies despite ‘Vaccine’ shots in Sindh

KARACHI: Two days after the health department officials at a meeting chaired by the chief secretary claimed that 250 rabies treatment and prevention centres were currently operational across the province, another child fell victim to the deadly infectious disease, it emerged on Tuesday. Sources said the 12-year-old victim, who was…

Rabies Prevention Programme hits Roadblock in Sindh

KARACHI: The chief secretary of Sindh was informed on December 21 that out of the Rs265 million allocated this year for mass dog vaccination and sterilisation, only Rs66.255m was released so far and only one centre was operational outside Karachi. The CS, Asif Hyder Shah, held a meeting on rabies…