In recognition of the enduring collaboration between the government and SOS Children’s Villages, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has announced the provision of land in Karachi, Khairpur and Jamshoro along with a financial commitment of Rs437 million for the development of educational infrastructure. Officials said that during a special ceremony held at the CM House on Saturday to celebrate four decades of service provided by the SOS Children’s Villages in Sindh, Shah
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To make the process more effective, the Sindh Textbook Board has formed several monitoring committees. Karachi/Jamshoro: The Sindh Textbook Board has started the distribution of textbooks for the academic year 2025-26 on the directions of Sindh’s Minister for Education Syed Sardar Ali Shah. He said that the distribution of textbooks has been initiated alongside the beginning of the academic year. Over five million sets of textbooks will be prepared according to enrollment ratios, which
HYDERABAD: A pregnant woman and her two minor sons had died in a fire at their home in Goth Wali Muhammad Mangrio, District Mirpurkhas, on 03-April-2025. The case took a new turn on 03-April-2025, when the woman’s husband admitted to burning them to death. The woman’s brother Gordhan Bheel filed a complaint at the Sindhri police station claiming that his sister was often tortured by her husband, and that the man had also beaten
A woman and her 16-month-old daughter were allegedly gunned down by her relative for ‘honour’ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mansehra city on Friday afternoon, according to a first information report (FIR). According to the FIR, lodged by the victim’s mother-in-law Nasreen Bibi with Mansehra’s Saddar police station on Friday, Nasreen and the victims were at home when armed suspects allegedly entered their house and held her at gunpoint. “I heard screaming from my daughter-in-law’s room,
As new academic year begins parents struggle with skyrocketing fees, uniform costs RAWALPINDI: The new academic year in Punjab is set to begin on April 7, while the results for annual exams from nursery to eighth grade will be announced today, April 4. Significant changes have been made in the curriculum, with textbooks for classes six to ten being replaced. For ninth-grade admissions, students will now have six group options including computer science, medical
ISLAMABAD: The local production of Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFAS) in adolescent doses could prevent around 15 million adolescent girls in Pakistan from suffering from iron deficiency anemia as ensuring sustainable access to these supplements could significantly reduce costs and lessen reliance on expensive imports, according to officials and nutrition experts. Iron deficiency anaemia is the leading cause of lost disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) among adolescent girls (10-19 years) worldwide. The World
LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has announced significant initiatives for children with autism, including establishment of autism centres in 27 divisional public schools across the province. These centres aim to provide specialised education, training and rehabilitation for children with autism. Extending Eid greetings to children with autism on the eve of World Autism Awareness Day, the CM reaffirmed her commitment to their well-being. She stated that children with autism are not patients
CHINIOT: A five-year-old boy missing since March 26 was found murdered near his home in Muslim Colony, Chenab Nagar. Muhammad Haseeb, son of Mulazim Hussain, had gone out to play but never returned. His family searched for him before lodging a kidnap case at Chenab Nagar police. On Tuesday, his body was found in bushes near his house. The police added Section 302 to the case’s supplementary report. Chenab Nagar SHO Ghulam Shabbir said
PESHAWAR: The Alkhidmat Foundation on 02-April-2025 arranged a ceremony to distribute Eidul Fitr among orphans, street children and those suffering from thalassemia. The ceremony was held at the provincial headquarters of the foundation here with provincial president Khalid Waqas in the chair, while Jamaat-e-Islami Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Central) President Abdul Wasi was the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, Khalid Waqas shared the foundation’s ongoing efforts in the region. He said that the foundation is
Islamabad: Poor performance of students, especially in classes 3-5, as reflected in the recent annual exam results of Islamabad’s public schools and colleges, has sparked concerns among educators and parents, leading to criticism of the ineffective teacher training programme and flawed promotion policy. According to teachers, the Taleemabad organisation conducted training sessions for elementary school educators throughout the last academic year. However, the sessions, led by inexperienced trainers, failed to provide meaningful support. They
Sale of toy weapons increases manifold during Eid holidays in Pindi RAWALPINDI: The indulgence of children in the purchase of dangerous toy weapons, playing games like ‘thief and police’ in the streets of Rawalpindi during Eid holidays has raised questions for parents and authorities. These games involved fake armed encounters and firing toy guns, with children pretending to be injured and falling down. Throughout the three days of Eid, children spent all their “Eidi”
Majority of women and girls have no legal existence in the official systems PESHAWAR: Where limited access to registration centers, particularly in remote and underserved areas, can partly explain the low birth registration rate for girls in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the social bias that confines women to the four walls of the home continues to withhold many from getting a legal identity. In the absence of a birth certificate, not only are girls excluded from availing