LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on 4th November directed the provincial secretary of the school education department to form a committee to make efforts to control physical bullying, cyberbullying, and harassment of children at the educational institutes. Justice Jawad Hassan passed the order hearing a public interest petition filed by a female lawyer, Sibah Farooq, and her school-going daughter, seeking direction to the authorities to take all necessary steps to ensure a safe educational
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LAHORE: Punjab Prosecutor General (PG) Syed Farhad Ali Shah on 4th November took notice of two recent incidents – the rape of a minor girl at a private school and burning of a juvenile labourer at a workshop – in the provincial metropolis. On being summoned, the investigating officers (IOs) in both cases appeared before the prosecutor, with their reports on the incidents. In the minor’s rape case, the IO stated that the suspect
The Sindh School Education and Literacy Department with the help of police has unearthed a racket of selling free books issued by the government and has also formed a team to investigate the alleged involvement of education department officials. Officials and sources said on 04-Novemeber-2024 that a major success was made by the education department’s Textbook Monitoring Team, which busted a gang that stole textbooks and sold them in the market. The team had
Islamabad: The Ministry of Law and Justice, in collaboration with Nadra and the National Police Bureau, officially launched Pakistan’s first National Sex Offenders Register at a ceremony in here on November 4. This landmark initiative aims to reduce sexual violence and abuse by creating a more proactive and effective system for institutions and the public. Under Section 24 of the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act, 2021, Nadra was responsible for preparing a register of
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur said on 4th November that his government would soon initiate the process to recruit 16,000 teachers in the elementary and secondary education sector to meet teachers’ shortage. He said ‘complete transparency and merit’ would be ensured in the recruitment process. He was addressing a graduation ceremony organised by the elementary and secondary education department at the Nishtar Hall here on Monday. Mr Gandapur said that
KHYBER: Most of the students of the Government Degree College for Girls, Bara, are forced to sit on the floor to take classes owing to non-availability of furniture. Established in December 2022 under the Accelerated Implementation Programme (AIP), with the main building almost 90 percent complete, the lone girls’ college in Bara tehsil has yet to be handed over to the education department. Sources in the institution told Dawn that the number of students
LOWER DIR: Deworming campaign in public and private schools kicked off in the district here on 4th November. According to official sources at the elementary and secondary education department, 850,000 children aged 5 to 14 would receive strawberry flavoured chewable deworming tablets at schools throughout the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province till November 8. According to the officials, the involved teachers and other health department workers had already received the appropriate training. The goal of the
PESHAWAR: Health Department and the Population Welfare Department have partnered to increase the use of lady health workers’ services in order to improve family planning services and raise maternal and child health indicators in the province. According to a press release, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on November 4 with the goal of enhancing public access to lady health workers (LHWs) for maternity and child health services as well as family planning.
PESHAWAR: Although Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has failed to pay salaries to 5,238 teachers of girls’ community schools during the last eight months. The non-payment of salaries to non-formal schools for girls functioning in far-off areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has endangered the future of 276,000 students enrolled in such institutions. These schools have been functioning under the auspices of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Elementary and Secondary Education Foundation (E&SEF) for the last many years. The institutions have
TANK: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) Usman Khan Bhitani on 03-November-2024 gave cheques worth for Rs1 million each to the families of the four children who were recently electrocuted in Tank district. The deputy commissioner, Tank, district police officer and the local elders were present at the ceremony. Speaking on the occasion, the MPA said that the cheques were distributed among the families of the victims on behalf of Chief Minister Ali
Half of staff in offices to work from home; entry of heavy vehicles banned LAHORE: Authorities in Lahore announced on November 3 the closure of schools in the provincial capital for a week, reduced staff strength in government and private offices, and banned the entry of heavy vehicles within the city limits over the weekend due to alarming environmental conditions. The air quality index (AQI), which measures a range of pollutants, exceeded 1,000 on
HYDERABAD: A case has been registered at the Baldia police station against two doctors and other staffers of a private hospital for negligently declaring a healthy newborn dead. The FIR has been registered on the complaint of the father, Muhammad Rafiq Bhayo, a resident of Muhammad Bux Shoro village of District Qasimabad. The complainant has said that on October 28 his wife was admitted for delivery in private hospital where she gave birth to