Rawalpindi: City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi has urged the citizens to ensure that the children do not violate the ban on kite flying imposed by the provincial government otherwise strict action would be taken against the violators in accordance with the law. A police spokesman said on 16 February that the Rawalpindi district police were conducting raids to net the kite sellers and flyers. He informed that on the special directives of City Police
Child Rights in Focus
A girl who was set on fire by her uncle in the Bagh-e-Korangi area succumbed to her injuries at the hospital on 16 February 2025 after battling for her life for a week. Her mother Gulshan had died on the same day of the incident after she was burned alive. The Awami Colony police have failed to arrest the suspect. The incident took place on February 10 in a house located near Bagh-e-Korangi. At
KHYBER: Breaking the shackles of so-called tribal traditions and self-imposed taboos, 17-year-old Wareesha Ameen Afridi of Jamrud has become the first female writer in Khyber tribal district by penning down a novel. A student of psychology at Government Degree College for Girls in Jamrud, she developed a liking for reading fiction and history during her school days which later ‘pushed her’ to pen down her first Urdu novel “Milan”. “I always felt deeply depressed
Poets and children have one thing in common; a sense of wonder. Albert Einstein would protest; don’t exclude the scientists. Their intuitive capability is an undying source of wonder that keeps them going in their pursuit of knowing what seems to be unknowable. With age this sense loosens its grip because of the monotony produced by uniformity which is sine qua non of success in the prevalent socio-economic structures. Sadly, we try our best
Despite laws against child marriages, the legislation and implementation of minimum age laws has been unsatisfactory LAHORE: In Pakistan, men are given precedence over women in nearly all matters. Male guests will be seated first at a family dinner, male students will be selected for accolades and scholarships while male applicants will conventionally be prioritized by recruiters. However, there is one matter where the society has ironically sanctioned women to be given precedence; the
SWAT: Speakers at a workshop on 15th February emphasised the need for professional therapy to help children with hearing and speech impairments regain their skills. The workshop on hearing and speech impairments was organised by Cochlear Implant Welfare Organisation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in collaboration with the ENT department of Saidu Group of Medical Institutes at the Saidu Medical College. Shahid Ali Khan, mayor of Babuzai tehsil, was the chief guest on the occasion. Speech
NAROWAL: A Class-X girl student was allegedly tortured by the principal for signing a uniform shirt during a school celebration in Muzaffarpur tehsil of Sialkot. According to Adeel Anwar, a resident of Defence Road, his 16-year-old daughter, Warda Adeel, who is a heart patient, was tortured by the principal. He has filed complaints with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and the police, seeking justice. Anwar stated that Warda had visited the school on the
BEING a child in this society should not be so hard. But recurrent reports of child abuse — from burying girl children alive to torturing a 12-year-old domestic worker to death for consuming her employers’ chocolate — point to a pervasive malaise. The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights has, yet again, expressed concern over the escalation in cases of child abduction, murder, rape and trafficking across the country. In 2024, according to the
Police suspect wood shop owner who had quarreled with the victim RAWALPINDI. The body of a 9th-grade student, who went missing mysteriously from the Dhok Kala Khan in the limits of Sadiqabad police station, has been found. According to the police, the boy’s throat was slit and he was brutally murdered. The police have taken custody of the body and sent it for a post-mortem. On Thursday, Sadiqabad police received a complaint from Salahuddin,
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for Federal Education and Professional Training, National Heritage, and Culture Farah Naz Akbar informed the National Assembly on 14th February that the Cambridge Education System was being introduced in colleges being run by Federal Directorate of Education (FDE). During the question hour, she said that the initiative was being launched as a pilot project in four government institutions and will be expanded to other institutions in phases. She added that the
SUKKUR: Every schoolteacher should foster students’ confidence by integrating STEAM education opportunities into their classrooms. Providing the right platforms will unlock their potential and enhance their abilities. “I strongly believe in empowering the young minds of Sukkur to become the scientists and innovators of tomorrow,” said Commissioner Sukkur Fayaz Hussain Abbasi, while speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Regional STEAM Festival at IBA Public School on 13-February-2025. He visited all the stalls, interacted
TAXILA: A man was arrested in Hasan Abdal for allegedly molesting a teenage boy on the school premises, police sources said on 13th February. According to police sources, a complainant told the police that his 13-year-old brother worked at a furniture market adjacent to the school. On Thursday, the suspect, who reportedly worked as a peon at a government girls’ high school, took him to the school and molested him. After a medical examination