LAHORE: Raiwind Police thwarted forced marriage of a 12-year-old girl and arrested multiple individuals involved, including the girl’s mother, the groom, witnesses, and Nikah registrar. According to a police spokesperson, the operation was initiated after receiving a report from M Sharif, the elder brother of the girl. Sharif informed the authorities that his mother was attempting to marry off his sister to an older man in exchange for money. Acting promptly, the police arrived
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MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has launched technical and vocational training courses in 11 religious seminaries under its “Skilled Kashmir” programme, where 192 male and female students are currently benefiting. This information was shared on October 10 during the meeting of an official committee established to oversee the introduction of technical and vocational courses in religious seminaries. The meeting, chaired by Maulana Imtiaz Ahmed Siddiqui, Chairman of the AJK Ulema and
LAHORE: The Punjab government closed all education institutions, including public and private sector institutions on Friday (today), after student protests that started in Lahore earlier this week against the alleged rape of a student spread to other cities and towns of the province on October 17. According to an official notification, all public sector universities, colleges, and schools in Punjab will be closed on Friday (today). Simultaneously, the universities in the province also postponed
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar informed the National Assembly on 17 October 2024 that according to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2023-24, the number of women and girls who are victims of human trafficking stands at 24,398, making up 70.6 percent of the total victims, which is 34,533. In response to a question posed by Shahida Rehmani during the Question-Hour, Information Minister Atta Tarar shared that the total number of
KOHAT: The police here have arrested a man on charges of sexually assaulting his teenage orphan granddaughter. An FIR of the alleged occurrence was registered at Shakardara police station on Oct 14, on the complaint of the alleged victim, who claimed that her grandfather repeatedly assaulted her during the last five months and warned her not to tell anyone, otherwise she would be harmed. The victim said she was afraid and did not tell
KARACHI: In a first, the Sindh government has tasked 37 MPAs belonging to both ruling and opposition parties with the supervision of 94 public schools in their respective constituencies in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta and Sujawal. The 94 public schools — 74 in Karachi, 11 in Hyderabad and nine in Thatta and Sujawal – have been handed over to the over three dozen lawmakers, an overwhelming majority of them belong to the opposition Muttahida Qaumi
SWABI: The police have arrested the watchman of a private school in Razaar tehsil for ‘assaulting’ a 12-year-old girl. They said the incident took place in Adina village in the limits of Kalu Khan police station on October 8. The victim, who is fourth grader, along with her mother and maternal uncle reached the Kalu Khan police station. While filing a report she stated that Liaqat Ali, the school’s watchman, lured her into a
After the follow-up from @ncrcpak , the Sindh School Education & Literacy Department has clarified that the non-submission of Form-B is not a barrier to admission in government schools, aligning with Article 25A of the Constitution. This vital step ensures every child can access education, while also guiding parents to complete their children’s registration process without interrupting their schooling.
GUJAR KHAN: An eight-year-old girl has allegedly been sexually assaulted by the vendor of her school canteen in Pind Dadan Khan town. According to police sources, Sajida Khanum, a widowed mother of the girl, reported to the police that her daughter was a student of KG class at a private school located in the vicinity of the DSP office. According to Sajida Khanum, when the girl returned from school on Oct 15 she told
LARKANA: A policeman shot dead his 16-year-old daughter early on 16th October in a graveyard near Bagan Shah Bukhari’s tomb in the jurisdiction of Qambar police station and fled. The accused was identified as Safeer Buriro. Sources in the Qambar-Shahdadkot SSP office told Dawn that the suspected policeman was currently deployed at a private bank in the town. He was a resident of Dalil Buriro village located in the jurisdiction of Drigh police station. He took
KARACHI: The Sindh government has formally adopted a new grading system for matriculation and intermediate exams. Developed by the Inter-Board Coordination Committee (IBCC), the new grading structure awards grades-based on scores, with categories ranging from ‘Exceptional’ for scores of 95 per cent and above to ‘Unsatisfactory’ for scores of 40pc or below. The policy, set to take effect in 2025, eliminates the traditional first, second and third positions, shifting the focus on a more
Despite hundreds of sports arenas available across city, the majority are accessible only to the fee-paying elite KARACHI: “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” The following adage is often used to highlight the importance of physical activity and recreation for the overall growth and well-being of school going children. However, when opportunities for engaging in sports after school escape the affordability of the masses, many children in the port city