SUKKUR: A large number of schoolchildren, teachers and residents of villagers took out a procession in Hassan Phulpoto village, Khairpur district, on 18th October in protest against harassment of female teachers by local thugs, who tried to kidnap the teachers when they were returning home on a rickshaw a day ago. The protesters’ leaders Al-Khair School’s headmaster Zohaib Rahujo, teacher Abdul Qadeer and villagers Amanullah Phulpoto, Punial Phulpoto, Ghulam Asghar and others, said that
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RAWALPINDI: Local courts on 18th October ordered the release of 388 students arrested for holding violent protests against the alleged rape of a student in Lahore a day earlier. As many as 367 of the students arrested in the garrison city were discharged from the cases by concerned courts of judicial magistrates while 21 others were granted bail in Wah Saddar. The police rounded up the students after baton charging and lobbing them with teargas to push them back
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Aalia Neelum on 18th October expressed her deep displeasure over the failure of authorities to remove a viral video, based on ‘misinformation’ about an alleged rape involving a female student of a private college, from social media. “Why wasn’t the viral video stopped from circulating on social media,” the chief justice asked Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Dr Usman Anwar during the hearing of a petition against incidents of alleged
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s battle against polio has taken a devastating turn with four new cases confirmed in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), raising the total number of polio infections this year to 37, according to Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) officials on 18-October-2024. The latest victims, all young children, include a 30-month-old girl from Lakki Marwat, an 18-month-old girl from Pishin, a 9-month-old boy from Chaman, and a 5-year-old boy from Noshki. Despite global efforts to
LAHORE: Raiwind Police thwarted forced marriage of a 12-year-old girl and arrested multiple individuals involved, including the girl’s mother, the groom, witnesses, and Nikah registrar. According to a police spokesperson, the operation was initiated after receiving a report from M Sharif, the elder brother of the girl. Sharif informed the authorities that his mother was attempting to marry off his sister to an older man in exchange for money. Acting promptly, the police arrived
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has launched technical and vocational training courses in 11 religious seminaries under its “Skilled Kashmir” programme, where 192 male and female students are currently benefiting. This information was shared on October 10 during the meeting of an official committee established to oversee the introduction of technical and vocational courses in religious seminaries. The meeting, chaired by Maulana Imtiaz Ahmed Siddiqui, Chairman of the AJK Ulema and
LAHORE: The Punjab government closed all education institutions, including public and private sector institutions on Friday (today), after student protests that started in Lahore earlier this week against the alleged rape of a student spread to other cities and towns of the province on October 17. According to an official notification, all public sector universities, colleges, and schools in Punjab will be closed on Friday (today). Simultaneously, the universities in the province also postponed
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar informed the National Assembly on 17 October 2024 that according to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2023-24, the number of women and girls who are victims of human trafficking stands at 24,398, making up 70.6 percent of the total victims, which is 34,533. In response to a question posed by Shahida Rehmani during the Question-Hour, Information Minister Atta Tarar shared that the total number of
KOHAT: The police here have arrested a man on charges of sexually assaulting his teenage orphan granddaughter. An FIR of the alleged occurrence was registered at Shakardara police station on Oct 14, on the complaint of the alleged victim, who claimed that her grandfather repeatedly assaulted her during the last five months and warned her not to tell anyone, otherwise she would be harmed. The victim said she was afraid and did not tell
KARACHI: In a first, the Sindh government has tasked 37 MPAs belonging to both ruling and opposition parties with the supervision of 94 public schools in their respective constituencies in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta and Sujawal. The 94 public schools — 74 in Karachi, 11 in Hyderabad and nine in Thatta and Sujawal – have been handed over to the over three dozen lawmakers, an overwhelming majority of them belong to the opposition Muttahida Qaumi
SWABI: The police have arrested the watchman of a private school in Razaar tehsil for ‘assaulting’ a 12-year-old girl. They said the incident took place in Adina village in the limits of Kalu Khan police station on October 8. The victim, who is fourth grader, along with her mother and maternal uncle reached the Kalu Khan police station. While filing a report she stated that Liaqat Ali, the school’s watchman, lured her into a
After the follow-up from @ncrcpak , the Sindh School Education & Literacy Department has clarified that the non-submission of Form-B is not a barrier to admission in government schools, aligning with Article 25A of the Constitution. This vital step ensures every child can access education, while also guiding parents to complete their children’s registration process without interrupting their schooling.