LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Education Rana Sikandar Hayat directed to increase the number of Daanish Schools and provide proper facilities in these schools located in Mianwali, Attock, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur and Vehari. The minister issued these directions while chairing the 37th meeting of the Punjab Daanish Schools and Centre of Excellence Authority here on 10-July-2025. Managing Director Ahmer Mallick presented a comprehensive briefing on the Authority’s performance. The meeting approved the operationalism of
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KARACHI: A teenage girl was beaten and strangled in Khokhrapar on 10th July afternoon, said police. They added that Areeba, 16, died from torture in the D-1 area near Madina Masjid. Khokhrapar SHO Allah Bachayo told Dawn that her body was found dumped in a street within the congested and impoverished neighbourhood. He said the teenage girl had prepared lunch for her father at home of her uncle. She was reportedly taking the meal to him
KARACHI: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has announced the results of the annual examinations of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC), 10th grade, General Group (regular and private) students for the year 2025. According to the results, Sana Muhammad Idrees of Al-Badr Girls Higher Secondary School secured the first position with 89.27 per cent marks, Bushra Muhammad Imran of Mama Indigo School System was second with 87.73pc marks, while Haniya Muhammad Yousuf of
ISLAMABAD: Across Pakistan, children are growing up with questions they don’t know how to ask — and when they do ask, they’re often met with silence, nervous laughter, or a quick change of subject. Some questions are whispered among friends in school corridors. Some are typed quietly into search bars at night. But the truth is, the questions are always there. And the longer we ignore them, the more likely our children are to
A suspect was arrested on 08-July-2025 on alleged charges of attempting to sexually assault a 10-year-old girl in Karachi’s Pirabad area. The incident took place in Frontier Colony where the accused allegedly tried to assault the minor. Upon learning the incident, the victim’s family and local residents caught the man and subjected him to a physical beating before notifying the police. Police officials stated that a team was immediately dispatched to the scene and
LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz has announced introducing school van/bus service and on-wheel Montessori school in the province. She presided over a special meeting of the School Education Department on 09-July-2025 in which outsourced schools, school meal programme and other projects were reviewed. In the meeting, it was decided to give “School of the Month” award for the first time on the basis of discipline, classroom, lab and quality of education and “Teacher
RAWALPINDI: A father killed his daughter for not deleting a TikTok account from her mobile phone in the limits of Rawat Police Station, a Rawalpindi Police spokesman said on 09-July-2025. The Rawat Police received information that the accused had asked his 16-year-old daughter to delete her TikTok account and shot her dead for refusing to do so. The spokesman said the victim’s family termed the incident a suicide. However, the police after investigation found
HARIPUR: The area magistrate allowed two days physical remand of the woman accused of having bludgeoned to death her minor stepson, police said on 8th July. Kotnajibullah police quoted Ansar Hussain, a resident of Muhallah Katha Kotnajibullah, as saying that he was a daily wager at a grocery shop in Taxila. On Monday, he left for his job in the morning leaving his only son Rehan Ansar, 8, with his wife Huma Khitab, who
BARA: The police arrested the main accused involved in the kidnapping case of a minor girl in Bara tehsil of the Khyber tribal district, police officials said on 08-July-205. They said a police team raided Chorlaka Chowk in Kalakhel and arrested the main accused identified as Hussain, son of Khista Jan, resident of Akakhel. The accused was shifted to Bara lockup for further investigation. It is to be mentioned here that District Police Officer,
MUZAFFARABAD: At least 25 schoolchildren and a driver sustained injuries after a van fell into a gorge near Chikar hill station in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) Neelum Valley. The AJK police said that the injured children and van driver were shifted to the hospital. According to the Superintendent Police (SP) Mirza Zahid, the van driver and two children are in critical condition. The affected children were taken to the DHQ Hospital Hattian
The policy paper analyzes the newly enacted Islamabad Capital Territory Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025, which sets 18 years as the minimum legal age of marriage for all genders. It highlights the Act’s progressive legal reforms, such as stricter penalties, protection measures, and alignment with international human rights standards. However, it also identifies significant gaps, including lack of enforcement clarity, absence of victim support mechanisms, and potential conflict with religious laws. Read the full
ISLAMABAD: Highlighting the legal and ethical ramifications of media coverage during criminal investigations, the Supreme Court on 7th July urged media professionals to exercise responsibility in order to safeguard the rights of both the accused and victims while reporting on criminal proceedings. “A disproportionate and excessive media spotlight and the manner it is presented is likely to create perceptions of guilt and influence the public as well as those who are associated with the