KHYBER/DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The district administration in collaboration with agriculture and forest departments launched a billion tree-plus plantation campaign in different parts of Khyber. Deputy Commissioner Retired Capt Sanaullah Khan planted an olive sapling at the Khyber House compound to inaugurate the monsoon plantation drive. In Landi Kotal, the assistant commissioner, Adnan Mumtaz Khattak, the additional assistant commissioner Rameez Ali Shah, and district youth officer Sajid Afridi engaged a group of schoolchildren, both boys
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ISLAMABAD: Following intervention by Chief Commissioner Islamabad Muhammad Ali Randhawa, services at Nadra’s death and birth registration centre have been restored. Taking notice of a report by Dawn, the Chief Commissioner on 25 July expressed his dissatisfaction to the relevant officials, stating that the suspension of this essential service for the last three days was unacceptable. Nadra on 19 July suspended services to Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) for not paying Rs2 million in dues. Mr
MUZAFFARABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has ‘unilaterally’ blocked access to local government (LG) institutions in five districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to its civil registration management system since Saturday, causing considerable inconvenience to residents seeking civil registration certificates. Previously, the LG institutions in all 10 AJK districts – municipal corporations, municipal committees and town committees in urban areas, and union councils in rural areas – issued civil registration certificates
LET me first clarify that while the title of this article might give the impression that we are educating and training our medical students about quality Primary Health Care (qPHC), we are not. Recently though, some important policy developments have taken place, which are paving the way for sustainable education and training in qPHC in Pakistan. But before that, let us frame the problem. In my article ‘Dubious distinctions’, published on these pages on
TAXILA: The Sir Syed Education Foundation of Pakistan (SSEFP) on 24 July 2024 partnered with the Computer Literacy Shelter Welfare (CLSW) for the promotion of computer literacy among underprivileged students, especially in districts Attock and Haripur. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between CLSW President Syeda Masooma Zohra and SSEFP Project Director Qazi Zahoorul Haq at the SSEFP head office in Hassanabdal. SSEFP President Prof Tahir Durrani, Chairman National Peace and Justice Council
ISLAMABAD: Due to the sheer negligence of the authorities concerned, the operation of the birth and death registration centre in Islamabad has been suspended, causing great inconvenience to citizens. For residents of Islamabad, birth and death certificates are issued by a subordinate office of Directorate of Municipal Authority (DMA)- which is part of Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI). However, the service has been suspended for the last three days, exposing the efficiency of the DMA.
PESHAWAR: Emergency Operation Centre in collaboration with medical teaching institutions (MTIs) is strengthening surveillance for the timely detection of polio cases and vaccination of children visiting out-patient departments with their parents as part of a plan to eradicate the crippling childhood ailment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “We are collaborating with MTIs to ensure the immunisation of children visiting hospitals with their parents as well as detection of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) cases to protect children
KARACHI: A young woman and minor girl were found murdered in Korangi on 24 July, police and rescuers said. They added that the bodies of the 30-year-old woman and five-year-old girl were recovered from a garbage dump on Korangi Causeway. The bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre to fulfill medico-legal formalities. Police Surgeon Summaiya Syed said that there were ‘multiple incised wounds and fractured skulls, which led to their death’. She
ISLAMABAD: Poliovirus continues to spread across Pakistan and the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad has confirmed the detection of Type-1 Wild Poliovirus (WPV1) from one new district Dadu and eight other previously-infected districts. This brings the total count of infected districts for the year 2024 to 52 while so far, nine people have been affected by Wild Poliovirus 1 in the country, Polio Eradication Initiative
The disturbing case of missing seven-year-old Priya Kumari has sparked a wave of concern and action from her parents and civil society, who have reiterated their demands for transparency and urgency in the investigation. During a protest sit-in at Teen Talwar in Karachi last week, they called on the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and Sindh Home Minister Zia Lanjar to provide a concrete timeline for Priya’s safe recovery. The organisers of the protest have
Rawalpindi. Police claim to have arrested a man for allegedly raping a nine-year-old boy in Gujar Khan area and booked him in a case. According to the police, the boy’s father filed a complaint that his boy went to play a video game in a local shop but came home in a distressed state, crying a visibly scared. Upon repeated inquiry, the child revealed that when he went to play the game, the shopkeeper
The “Take It Down” portal is a significant step forward in protecting the digital rights of children across the nation. Check out the video for details!