NAROWAL: The police have arrested the principal and teacher of a private school for alleged torture of students. The police took action against the suspects after a video showing them brutally beating more than two dozen students with sticks surfaced on social media. The complaint of the torture incident was lodged by Zaman Bajwa, Assistant Education Officer, Dumala tehsil of Narowal district, saying the principal of Hasan Scholar Public School (boys campus), Dhabliwala village,
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KARACHI: It must have been the first time for so many school girls to gather at a police station and be so excited about it too. But Mahnoor, Arfa, Aster, Bisma, Ammara, Alishba, Muskan, Hoorain and the others at the Defence Police Station on 27th January wanted to talk about building trust, spreading peace, about service to humanity, about pride, and strength to bring about change. The occasion was an inspiring event titled ‘Your
During a meeting he chaired on 27 January 2025 to discuss the increasing cases of missing children, Sindh police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon decided to hold regular meetings with governmental and non-governmental sectors, and social organisations. The review meeting was held at the Central Police Office to determine the exact number of missing children, and the efforts made to find them. Future meetings will include Roshni Helpline, Zara Alert, Zainab Alert, CPLC, Karachi Police
ISLAMABAD: Identifying southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) as the epicentre of poliovirus transmission, with 73 cases recorded nationwide in the past year, the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Polio Eradication has urged Pakistan’s polio eradication program to capitalise on the first six months of 2025 as a “crucial window” to meet recommended Supplementary Immunisation Activity (SIA) quality benchmarks and key epidemiological milestones, writes M. Waqar Bhatti. The recommendations, made at the 17th TAG meeting held
KARACHI: The provincial government on 27th January tabled the Sindh Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (Amendment) Bill in the Sindh Assembly, finally paving the way for bureaucrats to be appointed as chairmen of the boards. Deputy Speaker Anthony Naveed referred the amended bill to the relevant standing committee for consideration after it was introduced by Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar. The amended bill contained one of the most controversial provisions enabling
Wah Cant police have arrested three teachers of a religious seminary for allegedly raping three minor students. The victims were studying at Madrssah Majdiya Noor Fatima Zahra Saleem Nigar. The arrested accused were identified as Ali Akbar, Sameer and Siddiqui. The affected minors were medically examined at the Tehsil Headquaters (THQ) Taxila. The Saddar Wah Police Station registered a case under Section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) following the outcome of the
The global climate crisis is wreaking havoc on education systems, leaving millions of children vulnerable to a future of uncertainty. Across the world, 242 million students experienced disruptions to their education in 2024 due to climate-induced hazards, as detailed in Unicef’s Global Snapshot of Climate-Related School Disruptions in 2024. Among the countries hardest hit, Pakistan stands as a stark example, with over 26 million children affected this year alone. In South Asia, a region
Bibi Aseefa Bhutto Zardari was accompanied by Chancellor of SZABIST and Sindh Minister for Health KARACHI: First Lady of Pakistan, Member of the National Assembly, and Chairperson of Sindh Peoples Welfare Trust (SPWT) Bibi Aseefa Bhutto Zardari inaugurated the groundbreaking ceremony for the People’s School, a transformative educational initiative aimed at fostering quality education and youth empowerment. The SPWT, founded by Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in February 1987, continues with her legacy of uplifting
The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the police has claimed the arrest of a gangster allegedly involved in kidnapping children for ransom in the Surjani Town area and seized weapons from his possession. According to a spokesperson for the SIU, the SIU police arrested the suspect, Nabeel son of Saleem, in the Tanki Stop Sector 7C area of Surjani Town. The spokesperson stated that the suspect was involved in the kidnapping of two schoolchildren
As the Karachi police have failed to control firing during wedding celebrations, there seems to be no stop to the killings of people due to celebratory gunfire. The latest incident occurred on 26-January-2025 afternoon within the limits of the Sacchal police station where a young girl was killed after being hit by a stray bullet that had been fired in the air during a wedding ceremony. The wedding celebration was taking place at a
Half of the quarter-billion students who faced academic interruptions were in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan KARACHI: In South Asia, the climate crisis has made monsoons fiercer, heatwaves more severe, and floods more relentless —transforming nature’s wrath from a distant threat into an immediate reality that reshapes landscapes, disrupts lives, and deepens vulnerabilities across a wide range of human concerns, including education. According to a recent analysis from UNICEF, in 2024, nearly half of the
Textbooks are distributed free of cost to students from class one to ten. KOTRI: The employees and publishers have rejected the Sindh government’s decision to transform Sindh Textbook Board (STBB) Jamshoro into a corporate entity to run the operation of printing free textbooks. They said that handing over Sindh institutions to private and favoured individuals will not be accepted under any circumstances. MA Bharghari and Hakim Chandio of the All Pakistan Clerks Association said