In a disturbing incident of domestic abuse, a 17-year-old, also the mother of a minor baby girl, was murdered in Karachi’s Afghan Basti allegedly by her own family members. The incident took place near Afghan Chowk within the limits of the Gulshan-e-Maymar police station. Acting swiftly on a tip-off, police intervened just in time to stop a secret burial, arresting the girl’s father at the scene, while her husband and other suspects fled and
Child Rights in Focus
QUETTA: A joint consultative meeting of stakeholders—including members of civil society, human rights activists, and social and political workers —revived efforts to pass the pending Child Marriage Restraint Bill in the Balochistan Assembly. The meeting was jointly organised by National Commission on the Rights of the Child (NCRC) Balochistan, the Social Welfare Department, Unicef and other partners. Advocate Abdul Hayee, NCRC member from Balochistan, along with representatives from Unicef, UNFPA and civil society attended
Classrooms are often overcrowded and lack basic cooling, heating or ventilation systems LAHORE: Pakistan’s children are losing weeks of education each year to school closures caused by climate change-linked extreme weather, prompting calls for a radical rethink of learning schedules. Searing heat, toxic smog and unusual cold snaps have all caused closures that are meant to spare children the health risks of learning in classrooms that are often overcrowded and lack basic cooling, heating
LARKANA: Stating that every second child in Sindh is stunted, health experts have called for coordinated efforts to address the issue of malnutrition’s impact on the generations to come. Drawn from different institutions, they were sharing their views at the ‘National Conference Tackling Malnutrition in Sindh’ held under the auspices of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) under the sponsorship of the Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) at Chandka Medical College (CMC) the other
BAHAWALPUR: An additional sessions court sentenced a doctor to rigorous life imprisonment and a fine of Rs100,000 for attempting to rape a minor girl. According to the prosecution, accused Dr Muhammad Kamran Khan tried to rape a 10-year-old girl in his clinic in Gol Plot in the limits of Mumtazabad police station, Multan in 2024. Hearing the screams of the victim, area people gathered at the scene. Mumtazabad police arrested Dr Kamran and registered
Over 250 engineers from NUST and the Institute of Space Technology are teaching in primary and middle schools across Islamabad — and it’s making a real impact. Kids are more excited, more curious, and more motivated to learn. This is the kind of innovation we need in classrooms everywhere.” — Mohyuddin Ahmad Wani, Federal Secretary, Inter-provincial Coordination Division, (Outgoing Federal Secretary for Education).
In this highly informative video podcast, we have brought together Shafia Rafique, Principal of Littlefellows Daycare and Elementary School, and Khadija, an educationist, CEO of Pakistan Alliance for Early Childhood, and a mentor. As experts in the field of Early Childhood Development (ECD) and parenting, they engage in a dynamic discussion addressing the most common questions related to parenting and education. Shafia and Khadija tackle pressing concerns such as why we struggle to raise
The Islamabad Capital Territory Child Labour Survey (ICTCLS) 2023–2024 offers valuable insights into the living conditions and daily lives of children in the territory, covering aspects such as education, work, and household responsibilities. To ensure representation at the district level across both urban and rural areas, the survey used a two-stage stratified sampling approach. Stage 1: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) selected Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) within each Tehsil. Stage 2: After conducting
KARACHI: Youth took centre stage at the Youth Convention: Climate Change and Role of Youth, where Obun2, in partnership with Terre des Hommes and civil society allies, unveiled its landmark report “The Impact of Climate Change on Children in Pakistan.” The two-day convention, held at Beach Luxury Hotel, brought together youth leaders, climate activists, policymakers, and researchers from across the country. Organised by the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF), in collaboration with An Association for
Another horrifying incident has come out of the hotbed of child exploitation, Muzaffargarh. A young boy, sent to collect his brother’s unpaid wages, was sexually assaulted and filmed by a man his family once relied on for employment. This case, shocking as it is, comes on the heels of an even darker international child pornography ring recently exposed in the same district. That Muzaffargarh has surfaced twice in a matter of weeks for crimes
Police say incident took place at suspect’s house in Adiala Jail’s residential colony RAWALPINDI: Saddar Beroni police have registered a case against a man, reportedly a jail employee, for allegedly raping his 11-year-old paternal niece. The case was registered on the intervention of Rawalpindi City Police Officer (CPO) Khalid Hamdani. The young girl had been staying at the house of the suspect identified as Irfan at the Adiala Jail’s residential colony for four days.
In a latest case of poliovirus, a 33-month-old boy has been crippled in district Bannu, raising Pakistan’s polio case count to 12 for the year. According to the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the NIH Islamabad, the recent case from Union Council Shamsikhel, District Bannu, is the sixth polio case from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa this year. As many as 12 cases of poliovirus have been reported in 2025, including six from K-P, four from