ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training on 8 April 2024 decided to delegate financial and administrative powers to college and school heads. The decision was made at a meeting presided over by Secretary Education Mohyuddin Ahmad Wani and attended by principals of model colleges. `Today, we took several important decisions, including delegating financial and administrative powers to head of institu-tions,` said the secretary education. Speaking to Dawn, he said this was
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ISLAMABAD: Unidentified persons slit the throat of a man and his two minor children in front of their house in the capital on 8 April 2024, police said. The injured were residents of Ghori Town and identified as Sheron Masih, an accountant by profession, and his seven year-old son and a ten year-old daughter. The police said some passersby spotted the injured with their slit throats and sitting in a car parked in front
LAHORE: The Lahore police on 8 April 2024 obtained four-day physical remand of cleric Abubakar Muaviya in another child rape case lodged with the Shahdara Police Station. Police shifted the suspect to the police station for interrogation in the new child abuse case. An official said police claimed that the suspect was caught raping a minor boy and that they had taken him into custody from the sport. Ayesha Raza Farooq, the chairperson of
Child abduction in Pakistan is not an unfamiliar and unlamented nuisance. It is only a matter of the magnitude of visibility each case receives. Dozens of unfortunate children gone missing are never able to make it to headlines for one or the other reason, while those that do, may not necessarily earn the fate and influence of Dua Zehra of Karachi. The abduction of seven-year-old Priya Kumari, some two years back, has not just
Mrs Arshad’s son, Aalyan, was subjected to bullying at a private school when he was 14 years old. ‘My child was traumatised to the extent that he refused to go back to school, and for two years we have been homeschooling him,’ she reveals. He could not sleep for a very long time and I have had to take him to therapy. However, it did not make any difference. I wish our institutions were
More than Shelter – Needs Assessment of Women’s Shelters in Pakistan is a report which delves into the multifaceted nature of Violence against women and girls, exploring both its underlying causes and potential solutions. It draws upon the powerful narratives of women who have endured the impacts of Violence against women and girls, providing a platform for their voices to be heard and experiences to be understood. Through comprehensive research, the report compiles valuable
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LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced the establishment of a transgender school at division level and also directed the relevant authorities to provide educational facilities to special children in at least one government school in each district. These decisions were taken at a meeting held to review proposed school education reforms in the province. While chairing the review meeting, CM Nawaz said: ‘Schools for transgender [community] will be established at divisional level’.
KARACHI: The country is relying on less than 200 paediatric surgeons compared to the required number of over 1,250, which puts lives of thousands of infants and children in Pakistan at risk, a body of medical experts and healthcare professionals warned on 6 April 2024. It referred to the fresh data which suggests that around 33 per cent of Pakistan’s population is comprised of children less than 15 years of age, but only 0.2
LAHORE: In a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt has called for immediate action on persistent rights violations in the province. With violence against women, children and transpersons showing no signs of abatement, HRCP has recommended strengthening the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women, instituting more effective child protection mechanisms and legislating to raise the age for marriage to 18 years. Threats