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
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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
Keamari residents stage protest with the dead body, demanding justice KARACHI: Three-year-old Abdul Rehman was playing when he fell into an uncovered sewer on the evening of 2nd April in Keamari district. The child had gone missing while playing near his house, thereafter family and neighbours searched for him, coming to discover that he had fallen into an open manhole. His body was recovered from the manhole and shifted to a nearby hospital, where
BAHAWALPUR: Four suspects who raped and killed an 11-year-old girl on March 24 were her relatives, with two of them her maternal uncles. Sadar police SDPO Agha Fasihuddin told media on Sunday the culprits were traced by police teams with the help of geofencing, using latest technology. The SDPO said a special investigation team, constituted by DPO Asad Sarfraz Khan, immediately cordoned off the crime scene with the help of officials of the Crime
KARACHI: Despite government efforts to improve immunisation status of children, an alarming situation over measles persists with at least 28 deaths reported in the first three months of this year at two tertiary-care hospitals in the city alone, it emerged on 28th March. Speaking to Dawn, senior paediatricians associated with different health facilities said that while there were periodic surges in measles’ cases throughout the year, especially with the onset of winters, the situation had
LAHORE: The Township investigation police arrested a man on the charge of raping his nine-year-old nephew and strangling him to conceal his crime. The suspect was booked on murder and other charges. The incident happened about one-and-a-half months back Initial inquiries suggested that the suspect was so clever that he pretended as if he was in utter grief over the sudden disappearance of his minor nephew and spent most of his time in search
The Sindh government on 28-March-2025 decided to establish 500 non-formal education centres to enrol 15,000 out of school children. These children are from underprivileged areas and will be helped to complete primary education within 30 months through the non-formal education system. Officials said the government has signed an agreement to establish 500 non-formal education centres under a public-private partnership. Under the directives of Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah, the initiative aims to help
KHYBER: The authorities deported 180 Afghans including women and children via Torkham border here on 27th March. Official sources told Dawn that these Afghans were illegally staying in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Peshawar and were deported to Afghanistan under section 14 of Foreigners Act. They said that among the total 180 Afghans, 63 were taken into custody by the police from different localities in Islamabad while another 99 were apprehended from Rawalpindi. In Peshawar too,
The Citizens Foundation (TCF) and Khan Academy Pakistan have announced an innovative AI-powered collaboration to support teachers and enhance classroom learning in selected TCF schools. This pilot initiative aims to empower teachers by enhancing teachers’ lesson delivery, fostering critical thinking, and improving classroom engagement for students in Grades 6-8. Under this collaboration, Khanmigo will be integrated into selected TCF schools to enhance mathematics and science instruction. Unlike traditional AI, Khanmigo acts as an interactive