Participate in tableau, speech and song competitions to pay tribute ISLAMABAD. As Kashmir day approaches, Punjab Arts Council (PAC) in collaboration with APPSMA organised tableaus, Kashmiri songs and speech competitions to express solidarity with the Kashmiri people and to pay tribute to their struggle for freedom. Chief Guest of the prize distribution ceremony was Member Punjab Assembly, Riffat Abbasi, PAC Director Sajjad Hussain, former Director Waqar Ahmed, Deputy Director Muhammad Shakoor and Assistant Director
Child Rights in Focus
Climate-Induced Migration in Pakistan – Province-wise data Province Rural to Rural Rural to Urban Urban to Urban Urban to Rural Total All 15.9 60.7 19.7 3.7 100 Punjab 16.2 58.4 22 3.4 100 Sindh 4.8 53.6 33.3 8.4 100 KP 20.2 69.6 8.2 2 100 Balochistan 7.1 70.3 16.3 6.3 100 Islamabad 9.4 48.3 32.3 10.1 100 FATA 16.4 77.1 2.5 4.1 100 AJK 21.8 68.2 7.7 2.4 100 GB 14.4 74.4 9.8 1.3
This video features Ms. Fahmida Khan, Gender and Development Specialist at UNICEF Pakistan, discussing some of the most pressing issues affecting children, women, and marginalized communities in the country.
KARACHI: The longstanding plans to introduce free meals in public schools of Sindh had remained a virtual pipe dream until now. However, students at Allama Iqbal Government Boys and Girls Primary and Secondary School, situated at the junction of Sohrab Goth and Federal B Area, have started receiving free meals daily during their morning break – thanks to Saylani Welfare, a charitable organisation. According to the school principal, the initiative gathered pace after the
LAHORE: The North Cantonment police lodged a case against a housemaid for allegedly torturing an infant to take revenge from the employer. The police acted against Saima when she was caught on a security camera torturing the three-month-old baby. A police official said the parents of the baby alleged that on one occasion, the maid also tried to strangle him. He said they produced as evidence the recording of the camera wherein the suspected
KHAIRPUR: The mother of an underage maid who was allegedly murdered by an influential Pir in Sindh’s Ranipur town in 2023, Pir Asad Shah Jeelani, has “reached a settlement with the accused” and sought dismissal of the case. Shabnam, the mother of the murdered maid, submitted a written statement about her settlement with the prime accused Pir Asad, his wife Hina Shah, while other suspects include Fayyaz Shah and Imtiaz. The development was witnessed
CHITRAL: National Immunisation Days (NIDs) to administer polio drops to children is continuing in Upper Chitral with the vaccination staff braving the chilly weather and wading through the knee-deep snow to reach the targeted children numbered just over 13,000. District health officer Dr Farman Wali Khan told Dawn from far-flung Saht village of Mulkhow Valley on Tuesday that the harsh weather failed to dampen the spirit of the members of the vaccination teams as
CM Maryam vows to complete the project within a year LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said that the establishment of Pakistan’s first government autism school in Lahore will reduce the financial burden on parents of the students. “Special children are our special heroes,” she said during a meeting while vowing to improve the special education centres and system. She said, “Free treatment of children with autism will be provided in Pakistan’s
It is both sad and embarrassing that on the very day the Prime Minister launched the year’s first nationwide polio campaign, a police constable on duty was shot dead in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Jamrud town. This was supposed to mark a renewed effort to eradicate a crippling disease, but instead, it exposed yet again the failure of the state to protect those on the frontlines. The government should have taken strong preemptive measures to ensure the
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has directed authorities to provide furniture to government schools in the province on an urgent basis. He issued these directives while chairing a meeting with senior officials of the elementary and secondary education department here, according to a statement issued here on 3rd February. The meeting, which was called to examine the performance, mandate, and challenges of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Monitoring Authority (KPEMA), was attended
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 03-February-2025 launched the February 2025 National Immunisation Days campaign by administering polio drops to children at an official ceremony at the CM House. The initiative aims to immunise over 10.6 million children under five across the province and reaffirm the provincial government’s commitment to eradicating polio. To ensure the safety of around 82,000 polio workers, over 21,844 security personnel have been deployed across Sindh, including 5,833
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has launched its first nationwide polio vaccination campaign of 2025, aiming to immunise more than 45.4 million children under the age of five. Starting from February 3 to 9, the campaign will mobilise over 400,000 frontline workers to reach children in every part of the country. According to the National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), the campaign will cover 23.3 million children in Punjab, 10.6 million in Sindh, 7.3 million in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,