The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a child molestation case. The applicant, Nazar Hussain, was arrested by the Zaman Town police for molesting a seven-year-old boy in the Korangi area on August 9, 2023. A counsel for the applicant submitted that he was innocent and had been falsely implicated in this case as the complainant of the case had recorded his no objection before the trial
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ISLAMABAD: Karachi and Dhaka will be the only two cities in Asia-Pacific region among the 10 cities of the Global South that will receive eight million climate migrants by 2050 if the world warms by more than 1.5 centigrade above pre-industrial levels, a UN study finds. Of those 10 cities, Karachi and Dhaka, projected to receive the most extreme influx of climate-induced migration: 3.07 million additional people in Dhaka and 2.4 million additional people
LAHORE: Body of a 14-year-old girl with her throat slit was found in Shah Gohar Pir Darbar graveyard in the Baghbanpura area on 23-March-2025. According to police sources, the victim was unidentified, so far and no documents or belongings were found near her body that could help determine her identity. Passersby noticed the body lying in the graveyard and informed the police. Upon receiving the information, law enforcement and forensic teams arrived at the
The chief minister said new projects for special children were being introduced in Punjab. LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has directed Special Assistant Sania Ashiq to distribute Eid gifts among 40,000 differently-abled children. The special assistant to the chief minister visited the Government Degree Colleges for Special Education in Johar Town and Nishtar Town as well as the Government Shadab Institute of Special Education to present Eid gifts to children. She went
KHYBER: The education department will start the distribution of free textbooks among the students of all government schools from next week in Khyber tribal district with officials conceding an overall deficiency of 30 percent in comparison to their required number of books. Officials said that textbooks were already dispatched to three tehsils including Bara, Landi Kotal and Jamrud where various distribution points were set up and volunteer teachers and students were engaged to separate
KARACHI: A teenage girl died during treatment by an alleged quack in the Malir area, police said on 22nd March. Malir City SHO Farasat Shah said that the 15-year-old girl, identified as Nusrat Wahid, complained of pain due to fasting, and her family took her to a local clinic in Chaman Colony, Lasi Goth for treatment. He said that the man at the clinic had been practicing medicine in the Malir locality for the
MANSEHRA: As mystery surrounded a schoolgirl’s death on campus in the Hilkot area here on 22nd March, the police began an investigation. “We’re trying to ascertain what exactly happened to the girl,” additional SHO of the Battal police station Shujaat Hussain Shah told reporters. He said the body was shifted to a health centre to fulfil medico-legal formalities. Mehrun Nisa Naseem complained to police that her 14-year-old eighth-grade daughter went to the Government Middle
The weather has started becoming hot while the fasting duration, from ‘sehr’ to ‘iftar’ is over thirteen-and-a-half hours and in the existing conditions, according to paediatricians, frequent fasting among children particularly below 11 or 12 years of age may not be recommended. Studies have revealed that because of having smaller reserves in their body, children while fasting for long hours may face growth-related problems. Paediatricians believe that fasting among small children may affect their
LOWER DIR: District education officer Inayatullah Khan has directed school heads to ensure the success of the upcoming enrolment drive by bringing out-of-school children to public sector educational institutions. He was addressing a meeting of headmasters and principals of government middle, high and higher secondary schools at the Balambat Education Complex here on Saturday. The meeting was attended by deputy district education officer Fayyazuddin, assistant district education officer Wajeehuddin and school heads from across
KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) celebrated the creativity and imagination of young artists from across Pakistan at its A.R. Nagori National Art Competition. Launched on World Children’s Day 2024, the competition provided a platform for children to express their unique interpretations of happiness through art. The closing ceremony was held on the International Day of Happiness, reinforcing the importance of emotional wellbeing and self-expression. The competition, themed “Journey to
It has been ordered that no unauthorised individuals should be allowed to enter exam centres RAWALPINDI: A revelation about fake checking inspectors and bogus inspection officers conducting unauthorised checks at matric exam centres and allegedly facilitating cheating has alarmed Punjab’s education authorities. The Punjab Higher Education Commission has taken strict notice of the increasing complaints regarding these impostors. In response, a circular has been issued to all board chairpersons, examination controllers, centre in-charges, and
LAHORE: Government schools in several districts have failed to achieve the tree plantation targets. According to sources, the authorities in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Chakwal, Gujrat, Narowal and several other districts ignored the Punjab School Education Department’s instructions to launch tree plantation as part of the provincial government’s efforts to curb pollution. The department has asked the chief executive officers (CEOs) of all district education authorities to immediately submit the data of tree plantation in