SAHIWAL: An unidentified young woman, along with her two minor children, allegedly died after she threw herself and the kids in front of a running goods train near Ashiana Housing Society, Jhal Road, in the early hours of 13th July. Eyewitnesses informed police that the woman, along with her minor sons, aged one and three years, was walking along the Lahore-Karachi railway track. They said that despite being warned of the approaching goods train
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SUKKUR: The mentally challenged girl, who was gang-raped in Larkana’s Ratodero area a day ago, died in a Larkana hospital on 13-July-2025. After being gang-raped by the accused, the victim girl was taken to the Chandka Medical College (CMC) Hospital in Larkana, where she breathed her last. Larkana police claimed to have killed the main accused involved in the incident in an alleged encounter. Larkana SSP Ahmed Faisal Chaudhry said that the accused in
The LaNA 2023 Linking Study is an international education assessment report that measures basic literacy and numeracy skills of primary school students. It was conducted in six countries: Pakistan, Egypt, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and the Palestinian National Authority. The goal was to evaluate student performance using easier versions of TIMSS and PIRLS assessments. In Pakistan, most students scored below the international average in both reading and math, though 71% reached the basic math
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on 12th July denied police further physical remand of an underage car driver and sent him to jail on judicial remand in a case involving death of a young man and injuries to several others in Shahdara Town. The police produced suspect Hashir Umar before the court on completion of his four-day physical remand. The investigating officer informed the court that the process of determining the suspect’s exact age was still
ISLAMABAD: In a step toward achieving a malaria-free Pakistan by 2035, the federal government has completed a study on a medicine, a single dose of which can fight off the malaria bacteria. The results of the study, G6PD pilot project, were formally presented at a dissemination event hosted by the Directorate of Malaria Control (DoMC) in Islamabad, reaffirming Pakistan’s position as a regional leader in malaria elimination. State Minister for Health Dr Mukhtar Ahmed
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Human Rights Commission chairperson Iqbal Ahmed Detho has urged civil society to ensure provision of timely legal aid and essential needs such as appropriate clothing and safe living conditions to inmates at correctional centres. He said during a visit of Youthful Offenders Industrial School (YOIS) and Women Prison in Hyderabad on July 12 that rehabilitation of women and children was the sole purpose of the establishment of separate prisons for the
LAHORE: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) Peshawar has arrested a suspect linked to the uploading and sharing of child pornographic content on the video-sharing platform TikTok. The arrest follows a Cyber Tipline alert received from the US-based National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). According to official report, a TikTok account was found involved in circulating abusive material involving children. The tipline also flagged a mobile number associated with the account,
ABBOTTABAD: Thousands of citizens in Abbottabad staged a protest on 11 July 2025, demanding swift justice for 13-year-old Iqra, who was brutally raped and murdered at her employer’s home. Police arrested the prime accused, Haris Latif. Protesters, including prominent leaders from various political and religious parties, lawyers, and journalists, gathered near the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, demanding the public execution of the accused. Their chants for swift justice echoed loudly, with the primary demand being
One-third children drop out of primary education: UNICEF report LAHORE. Punjab accounts for 10 million of the estimated 26 million out of school children in the country, according to a UNICEF report. The report released recently stated that Pakistan had one of the world’s highest ratios of out-of-school children. Thousands of the children left out of school are believed to be serving in workshops and factories. The report revealed that only 66 percent of
The heartbreaking loss of 20 infants — mostly newborns — at Pakpattan’s District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital between June 16 and 22 is a damning indictment of systemic healthcare failures. While five health officials, including the Health CEO and Medical Superintendent, have been remanded, the initial inquiries reveal a tragedy rooted in layers of negligence and dysfunction that demand intense reforms and punitive measures alone. Initial probes suggest 15 babies were born in perilous conditions at private
Recently concluded 2025 annual examinations for SSC, HSC will follow the old grading system KARACHI: The implementation of the new grading policy at the matriculation and intermediate levels across Sindh and the rest of Pakistan has been postponed for one year. As a result, the recently concluded 2025 annual examinations for Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and High School Certificate (HSC) will follow the old grading system. The Sindh Universities and Boards Dept has issued
A Karachi court on 11-July-2025 allowed an application filed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seeking transfer of a child trafficking case against incarcerated social worker Sarim Burney to a federal anti-corruption court. FIA Investigation Officer (IO) Bilal Ahmed moved the application before Judicial Magistrate (East) Yusra Ashfaq to transfer the case from this court to a special court anti-corruption (Central-II) Karachi over lack of jurisdiction in the light of the recent amendment to