KARACHI: In a case of corporal punishment in a Korangi 1½ madressah, a minor orphan child was beaten by a seminary teacher with a thorny stick only for not memorising his lessons, said Korangi-SSP Tauheed Rehman Memon on August 22. The seven-year-old boy, Maaz, received injuries on different parts of his body and serious injuries on his hands and arms. The teacher went missing after the incident. The SSP took notice when a video
Child Rights in Focus
OURS is a society where parents start planning their daughter’s marriage soon after she is born. Here the social compulsion for couples to prove their fertility is so great that they have their first child within a year or so after tying the knot. Worse still, women are desperate to produce a son to protect their marriage and preserve their marital status. On top of that, we are so prudish that talking about family
RAWALPINDI: Two minor schoolgirls were killed and six others injured when gunmen opened fire on a school van in Dheri Kot village located in the foothills of Kala Chitta Pahar in the jurisdiction of Saddar Model Police Station, Attock. The shooting took place on the morning of 22 August. The authorities blamed it on a longstanding feud, according to a spokesman for the regional police officer (RPO). Driver Afzal, a resident of Dheri Kot,
SUKKUR: Ghotki police on 21st August 2024 claimed to have recovered a young girl, who had gone missing in Karachi, and arrested members of a gang involved in abducting children and selling them. Police officials said that they conducted a raid on a place along a road leading into a riverine area in the Ghotki district and recovered the girl. The action was taken on the directives of Ghotki SSP Dr Sumair Noor Channa
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture on 21 August formed a subcommittee to monitor the performance of Islamabad-based schools and colleges. The committee, which met with Dr Azimuddin Zahid Lakhvi in the chair, discussed various agenda items, including education facilities in capital’s educational institutions. After getting a briefing from the education ministry and after noticing concerns of MNA Khurram Nawaz, who had been stating that
PESHAWAR: An award-winning short film, showcasing climate change and the significance of girls’ education, was screened at Bacha Khan Markaz here on 20th August 2024. The short film titled ‘Khobuna Da Sparlee’ (dreams of Spring) was produced under the auspices of the Awami National Party (ANP). It has won first position in a recent short film competition. The short film was termed a successful attempt aimed at raising awareness among people on environmental hazards
PESHAWAR: The health department will establish autism therapeutic clinics in 10 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to ensure free rehabilitation of the 150,000 children diagnosed with the disease in the province. These clinics will operate on a no-profit-no-loss basis, ensuring affordable care for all affected children in Peshawar, Haripur, Mardan, Charsadda, Mansehra, Swabi, Chitral, Dera Ismail Khan, Swat, and Dir, targeting both urban and remote areas, according to a press release issued here on Tuesday.
RAWALPINDI: Out of a total of 1,809 government schools in Rawalpindi district, 323 schools will be outsourced from Sept 1 to the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF), which will assign them to individuals, NGOs, and other organisations to run. PEF is an autonomous organisation established in 1991 by the Punjab government to promote education through public-private partnerships. The foundation provides financial assistance to private schools, enabling them to offer free education to deserving children. On
KARACHI: The first phase of the ongoing anti-polio drive was completed on 20 August with over 95 percent coverage in 40 high-risk and super high-risk union committees, officials associated with the polio eradication initiative said. Under the drive, children under the age of five years are being administered fractional Inactivated Polio Vaccine (fIPV) along with oral polio drops. “Our teams successfully vaccinated over 95 percent of children in the initial 40 UCs during the
LAHORE: Tension escalated at the Fatima Jinnah Medical University (FJMU) and the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here on 20 August when hundreds of lady doctors and medical students took to the streets to condemn the rape attempt on a minor girl on the hospital’s premises here on Tuesday. The medics came to the support of the five-year-old victim for the ‘delayed’ response by the institute’s management, calling Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz to take notice
PESHAWAR: Dozens of private school teachers protested outside the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly here on August 20 against the sealing of their educational institutions by the Peshawar Development Authority. Forty-two privately-owned schools were recently closed by the PDA over illegal operations in Hayatabad Township’s residential areas. The protesters demanded the immediate sealing of their schools and said if that didn’t happen, they would protest outside the Chief Minister’s House and PDA offices. President of the
LAHORE: The Punjab Labour Code 2024 has sparked widespread opposition from almost all major labour organizations in the province, which think that the new regulations would violate workers’ rights. The labour groups term the code a move that undermines job security, legalises exploitative labour practices, and imposes restrictions on unions. They vow to launch a resistance movement if the government tries to implement the code unilaterally. The Punjab Labour Code 2024 was introduced as