SARGODHA: A police officer along with his friend gang-raped a student of the 10th class who was trying to get her father released from the custody of Kot Momin police. The suspects left the girl in front of her aunt’s house when her condition became critical and fled. As per the first information report (FIR) lodged by the victim with Kot Momin Police, her father was arrested by the Kot Momin Police Station in
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KARACHI: The city administration on 30th September decided to launch an effective crackdown on professional beggars at traffic signals, intersections and markets across the city. The decision was taken by Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi while chairing a meeting at his office, according to a press release. The commissioner was informed that the administration of the city’s seven districts was taking coordinated action as more than three dozen professional beggars, including 27 in district Central
TAXILA: Two children were molested in separate incidents in the jurisdiction of Pindigheb and Wah police stations, police sources said. In the first incident, a 10-year-old boy was sexually assaulted by a man in Mohallah Gulzarabad in the limits of Pindigheb police station. The victim’s mother reported to police that her husband was abroad and she was living with her son. She said her neighbour came to her house on the pretext of delivering
PAKISTAN has the sixth highest number globally of girls married before the age of 18. Child marriage is prevalent in the country due to several reasons, including outdated customs and traditions, poverty, lack of awareness and access to education, and lack of security. After the devastating floods in 2022, the rate of child marriages increased due to climate-driven economic insecurity. Girls in their early teens were married off in exchange for money in villages
• Sibi, South Waziristan tehsils have over 90pc children who skip school • Rawalpindi, Abbottabad and Lower Chitral tehsils among top performers ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan struggles to enrol millions of out-of-school children, a study by the Pakistan Alliance for Maths and Science has revealed that more than 25pc of non-enrolled children are concentrated in merely 45 tehsils across the country, urging the government to intervene at the tehsil level to reduce the number of
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a literary ceremony have termed newly-published books by a senior writer a beacon of light for feminine Pashto literature. They said that the author of the books, Kalsoomzeb, contributed to cause of women in a bold and befitting manner by defying all odds. Former governor Barrister Masood Kausar, intellectuals, research scholars and rights activists participated in the event. Women writers including Bushra Khatoon, Kalsoom Afzal Zaidavee, Farzana Rasool Sanam and Gul-i-Arab
BAHAWALNAGAR: A landlord, who had allegedly unleashed dog on a minor girl a couple of days back in Model Town here, was arrested on 29th September. As per police sources, nine-year-old seminary student Muneeba, a resident of Model Town, was going home around 8 pm on Sept 26, when the landlord allegedly unleashed his pet dog on her in front of his house. The dog mauled the girl, badly injuring her head, face and
QUETTA: Police have arrested a teenager in connection with the murder of a young boy whose partially burned body was found in Hazara Town on September 20. Mushtaq Hussain, alias Mehdi, was arrested by police for killing Arman Ali, SSP Serious Crimes Unit Zohaib Mohsin told a press conference on Sunday. During the investigation, he said, the suspect confessed to having planned the crime after watching scenes from a crime series on social media.
We are happy to share pictures – whether of holidays, celebrations and private moments – directly with each other. That’s beautiful and connects us. However, once online, this personal data is available worldwide and indefinitely. And that can have unforeseen consequences. Which one is described using the example of Ella. In order to prevent abuse, we are all called upon. To strengthen our media literacy, to review our own approach to data protection and
HYDERABAD: The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) team of the Education Department has raided a government-run school in the Hyderabad area and recovered a huge quantity of textbooks that had been hidden in the storeroom instead of being distributed to students. As per reports, the raid was led by Naila Khatyan, Chief Monitoring Officer of the Education Department’s M&E wing in Hyderabad, on a tip-off. During the search at Government Shah Latif Girls High School,
Islamabad: Country Director of Nutrition International Dr. Shabina Raza emphasised the critical need to focus on adolescent girls’ health, noting that the Social Protection Support Program for Adolescent Girls’ Nutrition will significantly contribute to reducing anaemia and promoting better nutrition outcomes. “By integrating nutrition interventions into social protection platforms like BISP, we are addressing a major health challenge and empowering the next generation,” Dr. Shabina told the SOPRAN launching ceremony here. The project, launched