LAHORE: The Punjab government on 21st November announced the construction of 5,000 new classrooms in schools under the Public Schools Reorganisation Programme (PSRP). Presiding over a meeting of the School Education Department to review various projects and their related issues, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz directed the establishment of modern labs to increase the learning capacity of students and announced the release of funds for the construction and maintenance of schools. She also reviewed a
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The land in question, worth hundreds of millions of rupees, is supposed to be returned to HMC A private school existing at a prime location for over three decades is likely to face demolition as Anti Encroachment Tribunal, Hyderabad, has ordered the authorities to retrieve 1,140 square yards of the encroached land. The Presiding judge Zulfiqar Ali Solangi gave the order on November 21 concerning 1,416 square yards of land located between the Radio
ISLAMABAD: The government has launched a new National Action Plan for Health Security (2024-28), which will help strengthen the capacity of national and provincial health systems to effectively prevent, detect and respond to evolving public health emergencies. National Action Plan for Health Security (2024-28) was presented to stakeholders at an event organised by the Ministry of National Health Services. Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Malik Mukhtar Ahmad, Federal Health Secretary Nadeem
KARACHI: A domestic help was held on 20th November within the premises of the City Courts after his pre-arrest bail application was rejected by a sessions court in the case pertaining to sexual abuse of a teenage girl in her DHA phase-6 residence. The man had been employed at the complainant’s residence for the past six months. Earlier, he had worked there between 2008 and 2018 and around six months ago he had returned
• Murad orders action against concerned DCs, SSPs and health officers • Officials say around 69pc of 10.6m children under five in province are fully immunised • Six Sindh districts performed poorly during October campaign, meeting told KARACHI: Over 43,000 cases of vaccine refusal were reported last month in the province saw 66 percent of environmental samples collected from 20 districts testing positive for the poliovirus this year. Taking an exception to the refusal
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah visited the Ujala Centre, a facility dedicated to children with autism and other disabilities, on World Children’s Day, and announced the development of Ujala-II through a partnership between the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPD) and the Ujala Centre in Defence Phase VIII. Shah reaffirmed his government’s commitment to addressing the needs of all children, including those with disabilities and fostering a more inclusive society.
Islamabad: The International Education group of Cambridge University Press & Assessment (Cambridge) 20-November-2024 announced the launch of a new climate literacy programme in Pakistan designed to help students develop climate awareness and become engaged in climate and sustainability issues. Education is recognised as a major strategy to mitigate climate change because it plays a crucial role in equipping current and future generations with the holistic knowledge and skills to address climate-related challenges at local,
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reiterated the government’s resolve to make Pakistan a polio-free country on November 20. He said the federation and all the provinces were taking steps to eradicate polio. He said all the provinces had been taken into confidence over the polio eradication measure, and together, they would eradicate the disease. A delegation of Polio Oversight Board comprising Christopher Elias, a Representative of Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation, Dr Hanan Balkhy,
Children’s Day turns into a rallying cry: young voices demand basic rights KARACHI: On a day meant for joy, children traded festivities for protests as they fought for their fundamental rights. On the occasion of Universal Children’s Day, future leaders from different school clubs in Benazirabad urged the district and provincial governments to invest funds and take extraordinary steps to protect the right to life, survival, health, and education in the province especially in
Mental health support for prisoners also planned The Punjab Home Department has unveiled a series of reforms aimed at transforming prisons into rehabilitation centres. Key initiatives include the establishment of day-care centres for inmates with young children and large-scale administrative reshuffles to enhance the prison system’s efficiency. The reforms were announced during a high-level meeting chaired by Chairman Task Force Rana Manan Khan, who emphasized the government’s commitment to improving jail conditions. The meeting,
The Sindh government has decided to review its early childhood education (ECE) policy and incorporate the foundation learning mechanism into its framework, a statement said on 20 November 2024. A meeting chaired by Sindh Minister for Education and Mineral Development Syed Sardar Ali Shah focused on enhancing the ECE programme and including Foundation Learning and Numeracy in the policy draft. Participants included School Education Secretary Zahid Ali Abbasi, Chief Program Manager RSU Dr Junaid
PESHAWAR: Experts at a function here on 20th November voiced concern about a long delay in the operationalisation of the Khyber Institute of Child Health and Children’s Hospital here and called for a separate board of governors to ensure early completion of work. “Hospitals in the province have just 13 percent of hospital beds for children contrary to the World Health Department’s recommendation of 30, so we demand both adequate funds and a separate