LAHORE: The Punjab government on 9th January unveiled a plan to address the staff shortage in public schools across the province. The initiative is aimed at filling both teaching and non-teaching posts in public schools to improve the working of these institutions. According to officials, the School Education Department (SED) has directed all CEOs of the District Education Authority (DEA) to submit detailed plans for recruitment against vacant posts in their respective jurisdictions. They
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KARACHI: For the first time in Pakistan, Sindh has introduced technical education as a part of the traditional curriculum under the “Middle Tech Initiative.” Sindh Education Minister, Syed Sardar Ali Shah, on January 9, inaugurated the initiative, describing it as a milestone in the province’s educational reforms. The inauguration ceremony took place at the CMS Government Boys Secondary Campus School in Karachi. He emphasised that the programme aims to teach technical and vocational skills
PESHAWAR: Adviser to Chief Minister on Information Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif on 9th January assured his support for drafting rules under the already prepared Hindu Marriage Act. “This is a matter of justice and equality,” he stated, pledging to advocate for presenting the proposed rules in the meeting of the provincial cabinet in the coming days. He was talking to a National Lobbying Delegation for Minority Rights who met him here to discuss the
ISLAMABAD: Another case of poliovirus has taken last year’s tally of cases to 70, officials have confirmed. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in a male child from Karachi’s East district. The case has been counted in last year’s tally as the sample was collected in 2024, a lab official said. Karachi’s East district has now reported two polio
LAHORE: Two teenage sisters, who were arrested in Gujranwala for killing their father by setting him on fire, have alleged rape as the motive behind the murder, police said 08-January-2025. The father was attacked in Gujranwala on January 1 and taken to hospital where he died on Tuesday. “The girls said that they decided amongst themselves to find a permanent solution,” Rizwan Tariq, a senior police official in the city said. They then took
GUJRANWALA: In a shocking incident, two teenage girls tied up their father with ropes and set him ablaze, Gujranwala police said on 07-January-2025. The victim, identified as Ali Akbar, succumbed to his injuries at the hospital after suffering severe burns. According to the police, a case has been registered under Section 302, 324 and 34 of the Criminal Procedure Code, and both girls, aged 16 and 12, have been arrested. Akbar, who had three
BAJAUR: Awami National Party MPA Nisar Khan on 6th January emphasised the need for promoting digital education across the tribal districts to equip the local youth with modern skills. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of a newly established private digital academy in the Khar Bazaar here, he highlighted the need for youth to excel in technology skills to get better jobs. He said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in general and the tribal districts in particular lacked IT-related
ISLAMABAD: Unicef has provided seven 4×4 vehicles to Federal Directorate of Immunisation (FDI) to ensure that it would get access to remote regions of Pakistan. “Provision of 4×4 vehicles will help overcome accessibility challenges in hard-to-reach areas of Khyber Paktunkhwa, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir. Vaccination of children is one of the top priorities of prime minister,” Special Secretary Health Mirza Nasiruddin Mashhood Ahmad said during a ceremony to hand over the vehicles. Funded
Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani on 06-January-2025 said the government, the relevant civic agencies and the concerned public have to play their due role in preventing fatalities due to children falling into utility holes in Karachi. Ghani was speaking in the provincial assembly on the death of a child in Shah Faisal Colony due to falling into a utility hole a day earlier. The issue was raised in the House by PA opposition
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Interior unanimously approved the Private member bill to establish child courts in child abuse cases and recommended that the bills be passed by the National Assembly. The private member Bill “The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2024” (sections 9A, 164A, 366A, and 497), moved by the PMLN MNA by Syeda Nosheen Iftikhar. The meeting of NA Standing Committee on Interior was held with the chair
LAHORE: A man who attempted to burn his ex-wife and children alive was arrested. A woman from Ghaziabad called 15 emergency helpline and reported that her ex-husband had tried to set her and the children on fire by pouring petrol on them. The woman, however, managed to escape to a neighbour’s house. The Safe City Authority spokesman said the police reached the site and protected the women and children. A case has been filed
PESHAWAR: Parents’ reluctance to vaccinate their children against polio continues to haunt their future in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In the December campaign, 111,118 children remained unvaccinated, up from 95,834 in the October-November drive. According to data compiled by officials of the Emergency Operation Centre (Polio) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, during the five-day campaign carried out from mid-December 2024, vaccinators covered 6.16 million of the total target of 6.42 million under-five children, which is 96 percent. However, the