SUKKUR: The court of an additional sessions judge on Ocotber 15 sentenced to 11 life terms each the main accused and his two sons in the case of slaughter of 11 of their own family members at their home in Halejwi village near Pano Akil on Aug 19, 2020. The judge announced the reserved verdict and remarked that since the crime was so ghastly it shook human conscience to the core, and therefore, hence
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Islamabad:At the inaugural plenary of the 18th Rural Women Leadership Training Conference held at Lok Virsa here on Wednesday, PODA leader Bismillah Iram said despite losing everything in the recent floods, the hopes and dreams of rural women in Pakistan remained unshaken. “With resilience, we stood firm to rebuild our lives. We thank PODA for supporting us in this journey. We, the village women, are the unsung heroes—protecting cities at the cost of our
CHARSADDA: A minor girl was assaulted and then strangled to death in Umar Khan Kalay Gundheri area of Tangi tehsil here on October 15, the police said. Akbar Ali, father of the eight-year-old girl, reported to the Tangi police that his two daughters used to go to a seminary in Bhutto Kallay area. “On the day of the incident both the sisters left the seminary after evening prayers and went to the house of
RAWALPINDI: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi announced the results of the Intermediate Part-I (First Annual 2025) examination on October 15, with a passing rate of 43.46 percent. The result was announced in a ceremony with BISE Rawalpindi Chairman Adnan Khan in the chair, Controller Examinations Tanveer Asghar Awan and other senior officials were present on the occasion. According to the results, a total of 63,494 candidates submitted their applications for
THE world rightly sees child domestic workers as modern slaves, while domestic labour is categorised as informal work, or invisible labour. In July 2022, a qualitative study by the International Labour Organisation revealed that one in every four Pakistani households employs a minor, showing a predominance of girls from 10 to 14 years in our domestic workforce. Over 264,000 children in the country were serving as domestic employees. The picture now is darker still:
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has reserved its judgment on a contentious public-private partnership for a school in Sector F-11, after the Capital Development Authority (CDA) formally objected that the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) cannot sublease a plot meant for a government school and that the matter was never placed before the federal cabinet for mandatory approval. The CDA’s stance was presented before IHC Justice Raja Inaam Ameen Minhas during the hearing
KARACHI: A man in his 50s, said to be a drug addict, set four of his neighbour’s children on fire, killing two of them, and then took his own life with a knife, officials said on October 15. They said that the man took the extreme step because the children used to “tease” him about his drug addiction. South DIG Syed Asad Raza told Dawn that at around 2pm an incident of fire took place inside
KARACHI: A critical global conversation on safeguarding and shaping the future of the next generation began on October 15 as the 13th International Conference on ‘Raising Children in Our Times’ opened in Karachi. The event is hosted by the Aga Khan University’s Institute for Educational Development (IED). Speaking as the chief guest, Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah declared the proper raising of children to be the “fundamental challenge of our era”. He
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A toddler who was hospitalised after being attacked by a stray dog in the Nooraywali area two days ago, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday. Reports say that two-year-old Husnain, a resident of Basti Nooraywali near Adam Sahaba Canal, was playing outside his house on Sunday when a stray dog mauled him. He was shifted to Shaikh Zayed Medical College Hospital (SZMCH), where he succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday. Khurram
MANSEHRA: The Upper Kohistan administration has directed all private educational institutions across the district to construct washrooms for students and staff within a month or face strict legal action. “We have served notices to all private schools and colleges in our district, directing them to ensure separate washroom facilities for students and teachers within the next 30 days. Failing to comply will lead to proceedings for suspension of their registration with the education department
PESHAWAR: A group of influencers comprising paediatricians, media professionals, religious scholars, political stalwarts and radio journalists pledged to push forward the national agenda of making Pakistan polio-free by promoting routine immunisation through their respective influencer networks under the guidance of Emergency Operation Centre (EOC), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A collaboration session of these community leaders was organised by EOC in partnership with Unicef. The session was attended by around 40 participants including provincial lawmakers Syed Qasim
MOHMAND: Girls wearing school uniforms blocked the main road in Ambar tehsil of Mohmand tribal district to protest prolonged absence of teachers and closure of their school here on Tuesday. The students accompanied by their parents staged the protest outside their primary school situated along Ambar road. The school has reportedly been non-functional for over two years owing to continuous absence of two teachers who, according to protesters, were drawing salaries without performing their