GUJAR KHAN: Two boys have been arrested under the charge of sexually abusing a special minor girl in the Bara Gawah area of Domeli police station in Jhelum district. A resident of Gajial village told the police on March 16 that his son Mohammad Ali had left his five children with him after divorcing his wife. He added that one of his two granddaughters, aged 14, was mentally retarded. He alleged that on March
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KOHAT: Around 4,000 students from Kohat, Karak, Hangu, Teerah, Shakardarra and Darra Adamkhel, who have changed schools, have accused the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Kohat, of not allowing them to sit their 9th and 10th grade exams in their new institutions. In a statement issued here, they stated that they were charged Rs1,500 each as a migration fee. The upcoming board exams for 9th and 10th grades are scheduled from March 31
ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that tuberculosis kills 140 people per day in Pakistan, it informed during World Tuberculosis Day on Mar 24. The government of Pakistan and the WHO have reminded the public that tuberculosis(TB) is curable and that early detection and treatment are vital to save lives, encouraging people to visit the more than 2,000 facilities (both public and private) that offer free diagnosis and treatment across the country.
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has disclosed that while the 2022 floods damaged over 19,500 schools across the province, the government is reconstructing and repairing more than 5,000 of them under provincial, federal and donor-funded programmes, thereby restoring educational facilities for more than 1.4 million students. The meeting, held at CM House, reviewed the progress of school reconstruction and rehabilitation. It was attended by Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Shah, Chief Secretary Asif
CHINIOT: The district education authority (DEA) has sealed 140 private educational institutions operating across the tehsils of Lalian, Bhowana and Chiniot for functioning without valid registration certificates and e-licences. Under the Private Educational Institutions (Promotion and Regulation) Ordinance, 1984, as amended from time to time, all private schools are required to obtain registration and an e-licence from the relevant district education authority to continue operations. However, data collected by the DEA through its field
WORLD Tuberculosis Day is meant to remind governments that one of humanity’s oldest diseases remains among its deadliest. Despite decades of medical progress, TB continues to infect millions each year. The WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 estimates that 10.7m people developed TB in 2024and about 1.23m died, making it the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent worldwide. While Covid-19 once dominated global attention, TB has quietly continued to kill on a
The Water and Power Development Authority on Mar 24 allocated over Rs94.2 million for 75 community-based girls’ schools in Diamer, in a fresh push to promote education, particularly for girls, under the Diamer-Bhasha Dam project. The funding, approved under the Community-Based Accelerated Learning Schools (CBALS) programme, will support the operation of these schools for the next three years through a joint arrangement involving WAPDA, the Gilgit-Baltistan Education Department and the READ Foundation. The initiative
BUREWALA: Under the leadership of DPO Vehari Tassawar Iqbal, Model Town police carried out a swift operation and safely recovered a three-year-old girl, who was abducted from Habib Colony. According to the police, the girl was forcibly taken by unidentified abductors in a car while playing outside her house with her siblings. Following the incident, the police established immediate checkpoints and conducted raids at multiple locations. Using modern technology and investigative expertise, the child
LAHORE: An eight-year-old girl died after being attacked by a stray dog in the Quaid-i-Azam Industrial Estate area. The victim, Mehar Qaiser, was reportedly bitten by a stray dog near Township’s B-Block. Police said the dog inflicted severe injuries to the child’s neck and arm, including a critical bite to the jugular vein. The girl was rushed to a hospital in critical condition but succumbed to her injuries during treatment. Reportedly the child’s parents
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that parental conflicts are badly affecting children’s mental well-being in multiple ways, and such trauma leaves deep scars on their psychological health and personality when these disputes land in court. A single-judge bench of the SHC headed by Justice Muhammad Hasan Akber also noted that the only provision for protection of these children is available in the guardians and wards law, empowering the courts to pass
RAWALPINDI: A 16-year-old girl, who had mysteriously gone missing from her home in February this year, has reportedly been married to a 25-year-old man. Ratta Amral Police have registered a case under the Child Marriage Act, along with charges of abetment, following a complaint lodged by the girl’s mother. According to the police, Shamim Akhtar, a resident of Milad Nagar, stated that her 16-year-old daughter went missing on February 21, 2026, allegedly taking with
KHANEWAL: Reports of seven child deaths within a week in a village near Khanewal have raised alarm among residents, with initial fears of a measles outbreak later challenged by health authorities. According to local sources, the deaths occurred in Chak 2KM of Kot Islam, where residents claimed that a suspected outbreak of measles had led to the deaths of several young children. The deceased were identified as Ali Zamin, Manzar Abbas, Zahra Bibi, Afshan