KARACHI: Educationists, social scientists and parenting experts have warned that the increasing use of mobile phones among children is severely affecting their mental health and academic performance, citing research findings indicating that 77 percent of children who use mobile phones for more than two hours a day exhibit aggression, emotional imbalance, obesity and social isolation. Speaking at a session titled “Parents Then and Now”, organised at Aureus Cambridge School, participants also highlighted the decline
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LAHORE: The Hanjarwal police reportedly arrested two suspects for allegedly subjecting a minor boy to brutal torture here on 15th August. Identified as Ali Hassan and Rehan, the suspects were traced through various CCTV cameras’ footage soon after a video clip of the incident surfaced on social media, showing them severely torturing an 8-year-old boy. The boy, who was left with serious chest and head injuries because of the torture, has been hospitalised. A
RAWALPINDI: A mother of three was allegedly tortured to death by her husband due to some domestic issues, police said on 15th August. An FIR has been filed against her husband and children for murder and concealing evidence of the crime. Ghulam Akhtar, a resident of Kot Adu (District Muzaffargarh), lodged an FIR with the Dhamial police stating that his daughter Samina had married Amir Abbas of her own choice about 19 years ago
NAROWAL: Female teachers in the Sialkot district will be provided with e-bikes with the support of the business community. Sialkot Deputy Commissioner Saba Asghar Ali told Dawn that as per the vision of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, a comprehensive plan had been devised with the help of the local business community for the training and provision of driving licences to teachers. She said the administration had invited applications from female teachers of Sialkot for
Number & Percentage of Children in Child Labour 5-17 years by Industry Characteristics Agriculture, foresty and fishing (%) Wholesale and retail trade (%) Manufacturing(%) Water Collection(%) Accommodation and food services activities (%) Construction(%) Transportation and storage (%) other industries (%) Total number of children in child labour Both sexes Total 36.5 21.8 8 7.2 9 6.8 4.3 6.3 185,467 5-11 YR 39.8 17.8 8.3 21.5 6.2 1.4 1.3 3.7 40,107 12-13 YR 37.4
Number & Percentage Of Children in Child Labour 5-17 years by Occupation Characteristics Service & sales workers (%) Skilled agricultural, forestry, and fishery workers (%) Craft and related trades workers (%) Plant and machine operators (%) Elementary occupations(%) Other Occupations(%) Total Number of Children Both sexes Total 25 28.1 12.4 3.3 28.6 2.6 188,471 5-11 YR 16.1 27.1 10.3 2.2 41.2 3 40,778 12-13 YR 24.2 27 20.9 0.8 25.1 1.9 34,338 14-17
Prevalence of Child Labour in Balochistan by Age and Gender (%) Age (YR) Number Total % Boys Girls Total 201,351 3.7 170,643 5.70% 30,708 1.30% 5-11 46,034 1.3 33,853 1.80% 12,181 0.80% 12-13 36,577 4.9 29,889 7.20% 6,688 2.00% 14-17 118,741 9.8 106,901 14.80% 11,840 2.40% Source: Balochistan Child Labour Survey 2023-24
LAHORE: The Hanjarwal police arrested a school principal for allegedly sexually harassing a Class IV minor female student. The minor girl’s mother, in her complaint to the police alleged that the suspect, was involved in immoral activities and had been sexually harassing her 11-year-old daughter, a Class IV student at a private school, for the last two months. She further alleged that the suspect threatened the minor girl of dire consequences if she reported
In a tragic incident on 14-August-2025 morning, a woman slaughtered her two minor children in DHA. The deceased children were identified as eight-year-old Zarrar and four-year-old Samiha. Police said the mother, Adeeba, suffered from a psychological disorder. The children’s parents had earlier divorced and a court had given the custody of the children to their father Ghufran Khalid. The incident took place on Thursday morning in a house situated on Khayaban-e-Mujahid within the limits
Islamabad: The Directorate General of Special Education (DGSE), Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (M/o FE&PT), celebrated Pakistan’s 78th Independence Day with great zeal and patriotic spirit. The day began with a dignified flag-hoisting ceremony at the National Centre for Physically Challenged Students where all enrolled students and staff of the directorate assembled for paying homage to the motherland. The day was followed by a vibrant and devoted programme at the National Institute
Prevalence of Child Labour in Pakistan by Province, Gender and Age Group (5–17 Years) Province Total Child Labour % Male Female Islamabad Capital Territory 15,180 2.4 3.6 1 Balochistan 201,352 3.7 5.7 1.3 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 745,155 9 11.7 5.9 Punjab 6,036,473 16.9 21.8 11.5 Sindh 1,610,037 10.3 13.7 6.6 Total 8,608,197 Source: Punjab-CLS 2019-20, KP-CLS 2022, ICT-CLS 2023-24, Balochistan CLS 2023-24, Sindh CLS 2023-24 Prevalence (%) of Child Labour in Pakistan by
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on 13th August issued a notice to the Peshawar Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), seeking its response to the petition of a visually impaired female student, who claimed that she was deprived of third position in the recently announced results of secondary school certificate examination in the arts group by arbitrarily altering her marks. A bench consisting of Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Dr Khurshid Iqbal