A road accident near the Mauripur Chawal Godown claimed the life of an eight-year-old boy on 08-April-2025. The incident occurred when a trailer struck the child while he was crossing the road. The boy’s body was taken to the hospital for necessary formalities. Police identified the deceased as Raheel, son of Aqeel. Reports suggested that Raheel, who was reportedly a beggar, was crossing the road with his sister when the accident took place. Fortunately,
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The report reveals in 2022 that climate change-induced floods swept through the northern and southern parts of Pakistan, severely damaging approximately 27,000 government school buildings and disrupting the education of around 2 million children—52% of whom were in Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province. The study highlights that nearly half of Pakistan’s children remained out of school in 2024, as more than 26 million children faced education interruptions due to toxic smog in the city
During the operation, authorities recovered over 1,000 pocket guides commonly used for cheating. PESHAWAR: The Peshawar district administration on Monday carried out inspections of stationery and photocopy shops in Hashtnagri, Warsak Road and other areas to curb cheating during the matriculation exams starting today and to ensure transparency in the examination process. During the operation, authorities recovered over 1,000 pocket guides commonly used for cheating. Several shopkeepers were arrested for selling illegal materials, and
Board’s online system crashes, students unable to submit forms HYDERABAD: Annual examinations of Secondary School Certificate (SSC-I and II) are scheduled to begin today (April 7) but hundreds of candidates were unable to submit their examination forms as the board’s online form submission system was down for several days. The online portal of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Hyderabad (BISEH) is so slow that students receive their admit cards a day before exams.
Missing victim’s body discovered in street VEHARI: A four-year-old girl was murdered after allegedly being abducted on her way to a madrasa in Basti Chand Mari, Vehari. Her body, bearing marks of assault with a sharp object, was found dumped in a nearby street, sparking outrage and grief across the local community. Police said the incident occurred around 4pm when Noor Fatima, who had gone with her sister to a neighbour’s house to study
HYDERABAD: On the directive of Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah, over 5 million sets of textbooks are being prepared for the 2025-26 academic year. The Sindh Textbook Board, Jamshoro (STBB) has begun the process of distributing curriculum books for the new academic session. In a statement, the provincial minister emphasized that the supply of books has started alongside the beginning of the academic year. To mark the beginning of this distribution phase,
ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked international and national partners to urgently invest in reducing maternal and newborn deaths in Pakistan. In a statement issued on the occasion of World Health Day, it said that every day, 675 under-one-month-old babies and 27 mothers die from preventable complications in Pakistan, amounting to over 9800 maternal and 246,300 newborn deaths each year. Pakistan also registers more than 190,000 stillbirths annually, it said. “Every country needs
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police have admitted in a report submitted to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that they prioritise the security of VIPs over making efforts to curb the growing menace of drug use in educational institutions. Justice Raja Inaam Ameen Minhas was hearing a petition filed by Lakki Foundation Ltd, seeking judicial intervention against the rise in drug use among students in the federal capital. The judge expressed displeasure at the police’s stance
ISLAMABAD/UNITED NATIONS: Around 675 babies under one month of age and 27 mothers die every day in Pakistan from preventable complications—amounting to over 246,000 newborn and nearly 11,000 maternal deaths annually, alarming statistics by United Nations and World Health Organization (WHO) reveal. On the occasion of World Health Day 2025, WHO and UN agencies have called on the government and international partners to urgently invest in maternal and newborn health, warning that inaction threatens
No other province in Pakistan suffers this scale of examination mismanagement year after year. As the examination season begins, chaos and confusion once again take center stage – thanks to the staggering incompetence of Sindh’s examination boards. With the first paper set for April 7, thousands of students remain without correct admit cards. The boards, in their desperate attempt to appear modern, have introduced a half-baked “automation” system that has done little more than
Despite the passage of 12 years, the law to prevent the genetic blood disorder could not be implemented KARACHI: A stitch in time saves nine. The true meaning of this saying would be best understood by the hapless parents of children with thalassemia, who in their expediency to avoid one premarital test doomed their children to a life revolving around endless needles, blood bags and medicines. One such parent was Aslam Mujahid, who was
The police registered a case and formed teams to apprehend the killers. MUZAFFARGARH: A six-year-old child beggar who had gone missing a day earlier was found dead in a field in the Jatoi area of Muzzafargarh district. According to police sources, the child belonging to an impoverished family had gone to a shop near his home to buy food items but did not return home. A search was launched by the family and police,