GUJRAT: The Gujranwala police have detained the driver of a college van in connection with the mysterious killing of a 17-year-old girl student at Qila Deedar Singh. Faizan Bibi of Abbaspura Mohallah told police that had hired a van for her daughter Aden Sattar, a first year student at a private college. On Saturday, her daughter left home in the same van in the morning but after a couple of hours, the college management
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PESHAWAR: A ruthless suspect killed a 12-year-old orphan by hanging him In Zarobi, Swabi. The police tracked down and arrested the suspect within three hours. Widow Fazal Rokhan lodged an FIR at Topi Police Station, stating that her 12-year-old son, Muhammad Kashif, had left the house the previous morning to play, but when he didn’t return home after a long time, they began searching for him. They were later informed that her son’s body
DIJKOT: A three-month-old boy died after his father punched him during a domestic quarrel. According to a police spokesperson, Sonia, a resident of Samundri, reported that the suspect, her husband Haider Abbas, frequently argued with her over minor issues. They had three children, three-month-old Ali Husnain, two-year-old Ali Hassan, and five-year-old Kiran. Ten complainant said her husband returned home in the night and abused and thrashed her. During the quarrel, Ali Husnain was punched
PESHAWAR: Emergency Operation Centre for Polio will a five-day immunisation campaign today (9th September 2024) amid challenges posed by the positivity of sewage samples and fake finger marking. “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is yet to record any polio infection this year so far but many of its districts are endemic for the virus, which is the cause of concern,” a senior official in the health department told this scribe. According to him, the recent polio case diagnosed
KHYBER: Frustrated with an impasse in dialogue with the government regarding the return of the remaining displaced families, Kukikhel elders on September 8 announced to boycott the polio vaccination campaign till their demands were met. Announcing the unanimous decision of the protesting tribesmen camped in Bhagiyaree area, Malak Naseer Ahmad warned that a fine of Rs10,000 would be imposed on the person found ‘guilty’ of administering polio vaccine to his children in the Kukikhel-inhabited
NAROWAL: A teacher of a private school at Shakargarh allegedly raped a minor boy, a Class VI student, and fled away. The victim’s uncle, Umar Daraz, a resident of Shakargarh, in his written complaint to the police, said his 12-year-old nephew, is a student of Class VI at a private school in Gumtala Chowk area of Shakargarh. He alleged that a schoolteacher ‘Z’, a resident of Nathukot, stopped my nephew after the school timings
QUETTA: More than 3,500 schools in Balochistan are non-functional due to a shortage of teachers, the provincial education department has disclosed. In a written reply to a query posed by a Balochistan Assembly member, the department revealed that 542 schools have been closed since the new government took power in February, taking the total number of non-functional girls and boys schools to 3,694 in all 35 districts. However, the reply could not be presented
LAHORE: Punjab is all set to roll out a special polio eradication campaign from today (9th September 2024), targeting 13.9 million children for vaccination against the crippling disease. The campaign, which will be kicked off in 15 districts of the province, is being considered a key step toward blocking local poliovirus circulation. The districts where the drive is being launched include Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Attock, Chakwal, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Multan, DG Khan, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, Rahim
ISLAMABAD: In their messages on International Literacy Day, the president and prime minister have highlighted the challenge of millions of out-of-school children and vowed to increase the literacy rate to “transform” Pakistan. According to the detailed results of the 7th Population and Housing Census conducted last year, around 25.37m children between the ages of five and 16 are currently out of school. More than 20.03m never went to school, while over 5.34m dropped out
KARACHI: Representatives from global and local institutions working for the advancement of education, social figures, scholars, and others emphasised that efforts to increase education and literacy in Sindh should prioritise providing basic education in children’s mother tongue. Furthermore, steps to promote multilingual education should be strengthened so that future generations can enhance communication and learn from one another. These thoughts were expressed by the speakers during an event held at Karachi’s Marriott Hotel in
ISLAMABAD: In a step towards safeguarding educational institutions across the country, the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) in partnership with the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has launched the NatCat Safe School Application, a digital tool designed to enhance the safety and resilience of school infrastructures across Pakistan. The application was jointly launched by CEO NDRMF, Bilal Anwar and Federal Secretary of Education Mohyuddin Wani as part of the government’s ongoing
ISLAMABAD: International Literacy Day is being observed on September 8 to remind policy-makers, practitioners, and the public of the critical importance of literacy for creating a more literate, just, peaceful, and sustainable society. Unesco highlights that the lack of access to education remains a significant barrier, as three out of four children in developing countries cannot read or comprehend a basic text by the age of 10, and there are still 754 million illiterate