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Education Indicators

February 7, 2025
Education Indicators Full Table Indicator Male Female Total GPI 2021-22 2022-23 Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) – Pre-Primary 82.50% 69.80% 76.30% 0.85 71.30% 76.30% Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) – Primary Classes: 1-5 83.10% 72.30% 77.90% 0.87 76.20% 77.90% Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) – Middle Classes: 6-8 55.90% 51.30% 53.70% 0.92 50.90% 53.70% Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) – High Classes: 9-10 45.00% 40.50% 42.80% 0.9 41.70% 42.80% Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) – Higher Secondary Classes: 11-12

Literacy

February 7, 2025
Pakistan Literacy Table Literate % Total Male Female Pakistan 60.65 68.00 52.84 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 51.09 64.57 37.15 Punjab 66.25 71.98 60.19 Sindh 57.54 64.23 50.21 Balochistan 42.01 50.50 32.80 Islamabad Capital Territory 83.97 88.23 79.13 Source: Census 2023

Students Express Solidarity With Kashmiris

February 7, 2025
Participate in tableau, speech and song competitions to pay tribute ISLAMABAD. As Kashmir day approaches, Punjab Arts Council (PAC) in collaboration with APPSMA organised tableaus, Kashmiri songs and speech competitions to express solidarity with the Kashmiri people and to pay tribute to their struggle for freedom. Chief Guest of the prize distribution ceremony was Member Punjab Assembly, Riffat Abbasi, PAC Director Sajjad Hussain, former Director Waqar Ahmed, Deputy Director Muhammad Shakoor and Assistant Director

Climate Change Data

February 7, 2025
Climate-Induced Migration in Pakistan – Province-wise data Province Rural to Rural Rural to Urban Urban to Urban Urban to Rural Total All 15.9 60.7 19.7 3.7 100 Punjab 16.2 58.4 22 3.4 100 Sindh 4.8 53.6 33.3 8.4 100 KP 20.2 69.6 8.2 2 100 Balochistan 7.1 70.3 16.3 6.3 100 Islamabad 9.4 48.3 32.3 10.1 100 FATA 16.4 77.1 2.5 4.1 100 AJK 21.8 68.2 7.7 2.4 100 GB 14.4 74.4 9.8 1.3

Every Child Matters – Gender Equality

February 7, 2025
This video features Ms. Fahmida Khan, Gender and Development Specialist at UNICEF Pakistan, discussing some of the most pressing issues affecting children, women, and marginalized communities in the country.

Free Meal Scheme Launched In Government School

February 6, 2025
KARACHI: The longstanding plans to introduce free meals in public schools of Sindh had remained a virtual pipe dream until now. However, students at Allama Iqbal Government Boys and Girls Primary and Secondary School, situated at the junction of Sohrab Goth and Federal B Area, have started receiving free meals daily during their morning break – thanks to Saylani Welfare, a charitable organisation. According to the school principal, the initiative gathered pace after the

Maid Booked For Torturing Baby

February 6, 2025
LAHORE: The North Cantonment police lodged a case against a housemaid for allegedly torturing an infant to take revenge from the employer. The police acted against Saima when she was caught on a security camera torturing the three-month-old baby. A police official said the parents of the baby alleged that on one occasion, the maid also tried to strangle him. He said they produced as evidence the recording of the camera wherein the suspected

Mother Of Murdered Maid Reaches Settlement With Pir Asad

February 6, 2025
KHAIRPUR: The mother of an underage maid who was allegedly murdered by an influential Pir in Sindh’s Ranipur town in 2023, Pir Asad Shah Jeelani, has “reached a settlement with the accused” and sought dismissal of the case. Shabnam, the mother of the murdered maid, submitted a written statement about her settlement with the prime accused Pir Asad, his wife Hina Shah, while other suspects include Fayyaz Shah and Imtiaz. The development was witnessed

Polio Workers Brave Harsh Weather To Immunise Children In Chitral

February 6, 2025
CHITRAL: National Immunisation Days (NIDs) to administer polio drops to children is continuing in Upper Chitral with the vaccination staff braving the chilly weather and wading through the knee-deep snow to reach the targeted children numbered just over 13,000. District health officer Dr Farman Wali Khan told Dawn from far-flung Saht village of Mulkhow Valley on Tuesday that the harsh weather failed to dampen the spirit of the members of the vaccination teams as

Govt Autism School To Offer Free Treatment

February 5, 2025
CM Maryam vows to complete the project within a year LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said that the establishment of Pakistan’s first government autism school in Lahore will reduce the financial burden on parents of the students. “Special children are our special heroes,” she said during a meeting while vowing to improve the special education centres and system. She said, “Free treatment of children with autism will be provided in Pakistan’s

Vulnerable Polio Worker

February 5, 2025
It is both sad and embarrassing that on the very day the Prime Minister launched the year’s first nationwide polio campaign, a police constable on duty was shot dead in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Jamrud town. This was supposed to mark a renewed effort to eradicate a crippling disease, but instead, it exposed yet again the failure of the state to protect those on the frontlines. The government should have taken strong preemptive measures to ensure the
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