A judicial magistrate on 22-October-2024 remanded a suspect in judicial custody in a case pertaining to wrongful confinement and torture of a minor boy. Suspect Muhammad Deen was arrested on 21-October-2024 after a video of him beating the nine-year-old boy with his hands tied at his laundry shop went viral on social media. The investigating officer produced the suspect before the judicial magistrate (Central) and sought his 14-day remand for the completion of the
Child Rights in Focus
Four children have lost their lives out of 39 affected by polio, while the majority of the remaining children have been paralysed for the rest of their lives. This was stated by the Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Polio Eradication Ayesha Raza Farooq 21-October-2024. She urged parents to vaccinate their children during upcoming polio vaccination drives. “Poliovirus is not only paralysing our children, it is also killing some of the weaker ones. So far,
TOBA TEK SINGH: Faisalabad’s Chak Jhumra police on 15th July arrested a so-called faith-healer who allegedly raped a 16-year-old daughter of his follower, working as a house help at his residence. The city police spokesperson said a police team formed by the city police officer, headed by Madina Town police SP, arrested the suspect in a raid on a place in Faisalabad where he was hiding. As per police sources, the girl, daughter of
KARACHI: What was she wearing? What did she say? Why was she outside the house? These are just a few of the seemingly innocent questions debated by the flagbearers of morality in the aftermath of nearly every other rape case. Amidst such shameless victim blaming, for a survivor of sexual violence to pursue a rape case in court is akin to walking through fire that is flamed by the failing criminal justice system in
RAWALPINDI: The ill effects of privatising government schools in the face of massive protests have started manifesting. A stark example is the Government Primary School in Omanga village, Gujjar Khan Tehsil, Rawalpindi district, which was handed over to the Government Primary School Education Foundation in 2016. The institution was discreetly shut down three years ago. Today, the once-thriving school lies in ruins, a testament to neglect and abandonment. Thieves have stripped the premises of
SARGODHA: The Kot Momin police arrested three people, including the would-be groom, and foiled an underage marriage. A case was registered against the accused under the Child Marriage Restraint Act and other provisions. The police were alerted that some people had planned the forced marriage of a 13-year-old girl in village Hujan, Kot Momin. The would-be groom, Hassan Mujtabi, was from New Satellite Town in Sargodha city. Kot Momin police booked Abid Hussain Kazmi
PESHAWAR: Participants in a consultation workshop on 21st October underscored the importance of making climate and environmental education part of curriculum to raise awareness among youth about the issue. The workshop titled ‘Empowering Change: A Workshop on Systems Thinking for Climate Change and Environmental Education’ was organised by the Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED), Karachi, in connection with its Climate Action Fellowship (CAF-2024) initiative. Fozia Parveen, assistant professor AKU-IED and the
HARIPUR: Three children, including two siblings, were allegedly assaulted during the last two days in different parts of the Haripur city, the police said here on 20th October. One of the accused, allegedly a prayer leader, was arrested while the man charged in another FIR was still at large, the police said. SHO Saddar police station Chaudhry Khalid Khan said father of two siblings complained that his 11-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter learnt Holy
The FIR states that the 7-year-old boy went to the farmhouse to drink water while playing cricket. A child who went to drink water at a farmhouse was shot dead by a security guard. As reported by Express News, the police stated that the shooting incident took place in the Chohang area of Lahore. A case has been registered based on the complaint of the deceased boy’s father. The FIR states that the 7-year-old
Police have registered a case regarding the murders of four females in a Lyari flat. FIR No. 279/24 was filed at the Baghdadi police station on the complaint of the head of the family, Muhammad Farooq, whose son Bilal was later arrested as the prime suspect. Although the complainant had not named any suspects in the FIR, which was registered against unidentified persons, he had expressed suspicion about the involvement of his son. “I
• 40 children died this year due to highly contagious bacterial infection • Outbreaks reported in three Karachi districts, Larkana and Dadu • Expert says diphtheria has staged a comeback in 2023 after 30 years • EPI director says there are 3,500 vaccinators against a requirement of 12,000 KARACHI: As the government attempts to tackle multiple outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the province, experts have called for a probe into the efficacy of diphtheria vaccine currently
AS the world gets smaller, with knowledge-sharing across borders, the growth of AI and easy access to free learning platforms, teachers find newer ways of teaching. Many schools have addressed the need for change, collaborating within their teams to design better lesson plans, cater to students’ changing learning styles, and keep up with new trends. Recent curriculum reforms have introduced student-centered pedagogy focused on inquiry-based approaches. However, the real question is whether the changes