LAHORE: The Punjab government claimed on 12th March to have increased enrollment in public schools from 242,000 to 368,000 and number of teachers from 8,037 to 15,114 across the province under Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s Public School Organisation Programme. According to a news release, the programme is going on successfully as better-educated youth are in the management of the public schools. School Education Department (SED) authorities briefed the chief minister in a meeting and
Child Rights in Focus
LAHORE: Taking cognizance of rising incidents of child abuse in recent months, the Punjab home department has written a letter to the school education department (SED) urging it to educate school children about personal safety. In a letter addressed to the SED secretary, the home department has requested that the department might take measures to raise awareness about “Good Touch and Bad Touch” by equipping them with the knowledge to recognise and report inappropriate
ISLAMABAD: Special Education Director General Asif Iqbal Bhatti on 12th March said that the National Library and Resource Centre will be turned into a hub of learning activities for special persons. He said that the facility would be equipped with Braille-based devices, Chrome books and other latest IT accessibility tools. Mr Bhatti said this while speaking at an event organised by the Directorate General of Special Education in collaboration with Allah Wala Trust at
KARACHI: The Sindh government has launched the “country’s first-ever” program to support the education of children of convicted prisoners. The launch ceremony was held at the Karachi central prison and attended by Education Minister Sardar Ali Shah and Prisons Minister Hasan Ali Zardari. This program is a joint initiative of the education and prisons departments and Paigham-e-Pakistan under which children of 4,684 convicted inmates across Sindh will receive educational support from primary to university
A judicial magistrate on 12-March-2025 remanded a suspect in the Federal Investigation Agency’s custody for five days in a case pertaining to child phonography and misuse of “personal/objectionable” data of minor US citizens for extortion. Investigation Officer Ameer Ali Khoso presented the suspect before Judicial Magistrate (East) Yusra Ashfaq and requested his physical remand for interrogation. He stated that the suspect was involved in child pornography and misuse of personal / objectionable data of
The Sindh government has launched Pakistan’s first-ever programme to support the education of children of convicted prisoners. The launch ceremony was held at the Central Jail Karachi. Over 10,000 children of inmates will be supported in their education from primary school to university. This initiative is a joint effort of the Sindh Education Department, the Sindh Prisons Department, and Paigham-e-Pakistan. Under the programme, children of 4,684 convicted inmates in Sindh’s jails will receive educational
The primary contributors to Pakistan’s pollution crisis are industrial emissions. Pakistan has long decried how it is among the countries worst affected by climate change. Even though it is a minor contributor to global pollution, a new study has found that in at least one pollution category, Pakistan is a world leader. Residents of cities such as Lahore, Peshawar, Faisalabad and Quetta will be completely unsurprised by the fact that Pakistan ranked third-worst in
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal on 12th March announced that polio eradication would be considered as a national responsibility and vowed to take all possible steps during his tenure to make the country free of the virus. He expressed these views during a visit to the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) for Polio where he chaired a meeting to review the government efforts for polio eradication. While briefing him on the current status
Meet Taqwa Ahmad, a 16-year-old activist, author, and motivational speaker from Gujranwala, Punjab, recently appointed as UNICEF’s first-ever Youth Advocate in Pakistan. In this inspiring story, Taqwa shares her vision for a future where every child has access to high-quality education, healthcare, and a supportive environment.
DADU: A seven-year-old girl was bludgeoned and repeatedly stabbed until she died by a suspect, who was caught by her stepfather while the victim was almost buried in a graveyard in Mehar town on 11th March. According to the A-Section police of Mehar, Jinsar Nonari, along with a beggar, Naik Mohammad Panhwar, was arrested for brutally killing the girl and trying to bury her body to conceal the criminal act. Initial inquiry into the
The Sindh Education Department has decided to block the IDs of 6,342 absentee teachers. The department has also decided to take disciplinary action against them. The education department’s letter states that with reference to the summary approval of the education minister, before blocking the IDs, every absentee teacher would be issued a notice by the district education officer (DEO) concerned to appear before the committee headed by the respective chief monitoring officer, along with