The Climate Risk Index 2025 shows that from 1993–2022, over 765,000 people died and nearly USD 4.2 trillion in losses occurred due to more than 9,400 extreme weather events. Dominica, China, and Honduras were the most affected countries long-term, while Pakistan, Belize, and Italy ranked highest for 2022. Floods, storms, and heatwaves caused most fatalities and economic damage, with climate change driving both the frequency and intensity of these disasters. The report stresses that
Child Rights in Focus
PESHAWAR: October 8 (today) marks 20 years since the devastating 2005 earthquake that struck Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), killing more than 85,000 people and causing massive destruction. Among the fatalities, there were thousands of school-going children, who had just gathered for the morning assembly when the earthquake struck. According to official data, around 3,900 schools were either flattened or severely damaged in the quake. Yet, two decades later,
HYDERABAD: An eight-year-old girl was brutally murdered in Sakrand, Benazirabad district, apparently for stealing the tiny gold jewelry she was wearing. The dead body of eight-year-old Heer Bhagri, daughter of Lalu Bhagri, was found dumped on a plot in Asghar Colony on October 7. According to SHO Sakrand police station Ali Akbar Channa, her throat was slit while one of her arms and both ears were also cut off. The police, despite searching, could
14 years for a minor? A troubling case from Karachi, under the Narcotics laws, highlights the flaws in Pakistan’s criminal justice system and the lack of implementation of the Juvenile Justice System Act (JJSA).
In Pakistan, every third child is out of school – and the situation is dire in particular for children belonging to the ethnic group of the Pashtuns. Poverty, corruption, terrorist attacks, and traditions that sometimes oppose to secular education all get in the way of these kids. And yet, some don’t give up. In this video, meet Jalal, whose school classes take place in a tent in the mountains – and follow his and
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has virtually discontinued a programme of awarding stipends to girl students enrolled in government schools as it has failed to pay the amount to them during the last three years, according to sources. The stipend programme for girls was introduced by the provincial government formed after 2008 general elections and led by the Awami National Party primarily to retain enrolled girls, increase their attendance and decrease dropout ratio. Sources
MANSEHRA: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Mohammad Yusuf on Monday expressed his displeasure over the prolonged delay in reconstruction of schools and health facilities destroyed in the devastating 2005 earthquake in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “There are still schools being run in makeshift shelters and tents in parts of Mansehra district and other regions of Hazara division, but the government has yet to include them in its reconstruction strategy,” Mr Yusuf said while speaking at
BAJAUR: The authorities have ordered immediate reopening of public and private educational institutions in the areas of War Mamund tehsil cleared of terrorists. In a notification issued here on Monday, the education department directed the management of all public and private educational institutions, both boys and girls, in Damadola, Inamkhel, Chinagai, Thani, Biloot, Badan, Dabar, Sewai, and Shinkoot areas to immediately reopen their schools on October 7 (today) to resume academic activities. The notification
BAHAWALPUR: Jahania police in Khanewal district claimed to have arrested an injured history-sheeter wanted in three cases of attempted rape and kidnapping of minors during an ‘encounter’ on Sunday. According to police officials, suspect ‘Sa’, a resident of suburban village 117/10-R, had been booked in three separate cases involving two boys ‘A’ and ‘I’ and a seven-year-old girl, ‘S’. One of the victims reportedly escaped an abduction attempt by jumping off the suspect’s motorcycle
ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Monday expressed its grave concerns over what it stated were “uncontrolled fee hikes” being made by private schools in the federal capital. As per regulations of Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (Peira), a school located in the jurisdiction of Islamabad can increase fee by 5pc with a maximum of 8pc hike for higher performing institutions. However, due to weak regulatory check, parents have been facing an unbridled hike in
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to introduce automation and an e-marking system in educational boards to improve the quality of education in the province. The announcement was made by the Minister for Universities and Boards Muhammad Ismail Rahoo at a ceremony organised by the All Sindh Private Schools and Colleges Association at Bahria Auditorium, Karsaz, Karachi, to mark World Teachers’ Day and honour students who achieved top positions in examinations. The event’s chief
KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a case pertaining to the rape of a teenage girl. Additional District and Sessions Judge (Central) Mirza Tauseef Ahmed convicted Naseeb Gul alias Imran, who appeared on bail, of committing an offence under Section 376-III (rape of a minor or a person with a mental or physical disability) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The judge passed the order after recording evidence