A seventh-grade student has developed a smart stick for visually impaired individuals that alerts users of obstacles through sound and vibration. The invention was showcased at the Bachaapreneur competition held at the National Incubation Centre in Karachi. Radhe Krishna, who has been interested in robotics since Grade 5, told The Express Tribune that he was inspired by a video on social media. “I researched, built several prototypes, and this is my latest version,” he said. The
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PESHAWAR: Health experts have demanded that the government to make operational the province’s first-ever children hospital forthwith. They made the demand while speaking at a function held at the Khyber Institute of Child Health (KICH), Hayatabad, on November 22. The event was organised by Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter, in collaboration with the Unicef, in connection with Children’s Day. Addressing the ceremony, PPA provincial president Dr Syed Bawar Shah said KICH’s affiliated
LAHORE: The Pakistan Civil Services Academy (CSA), Walton Campus, has launched a five-day public school attachment programme for probationary officers of the 53rd Common Training Programme (CTP), marking a significant step toward strengthening public education and promoting environmental responsibility across Punjab. The initiative, introduced in November 2025, places trainee civil servants directly inside government schools to observe ground realities, support teaching activities, and engage with students and communities. The programme aligns with the United
Islamabad: It’s time to look beyond the headlines of child labor and face a harsher truth. The poor are losing their sons to the streets. Across our class-divided society, a chilling wave of juvenile criminality is sweeping up the voiceless children of marginalised families. This crisis isn’t an anomaly—it’s the inevitable, systemic consequence of extreme poverty and the deliberate, unequal distribution of life’s essential resources. The shattered innocence, are not just falling through the
The Department of Education, Punjab, has granted final approval for the revised admission policy for the 2026 academic year, together with the new school calendar and the schedule for annual examinations. It has also sanctioned the replacement of 29 textbooks for classes from six to matric. The newly proposed syllabus has been endorsed with only minor amendments, and the updated textbooks are set to go to print in December. The department has confirmed that
Across Pakistan’s towns and cities, families wrestle with agonising choices each month: which bill to pay, which cost to delay and, increasingly, whether to keep paying school fees. After rent and food, little remains. For many households, that scarcity means deciding which child gets to stay in school. More often than not, boys are prioritised while girls are asked to step aside – a reflection of entrenched cultural norms that see sons as future
LAHORE: Senior Minister Punjab Marriyum Aurangzeb said that practical measures are being taken for the protection and welfare of children under the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. She reiterated that the Punjab government upholds a strict zero-tolerance policy towards child abuse and exploitation, and child violence is a ‘red line’ for the chief minister. She said this while addressing a ceremony organised by Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) in collaboration with
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on November 21 called upon private organisations and individuals to join hands with the government in promoting education, announcing that if any private entity or individual adopts a school under the Accelerated Digital Learning Programme (ADLP), the government would match their contribution by establishing another school bearing their name. Addressing the Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) programme of the Phase-II of the ADLP, he said that the initiative
TOBA TEK SINGH: Under the Punjab government’s Dog Population Control Policy, Faisalabad will be transformed into a rabies-free city by the end of 2026, in collaboration with an organisation working for animal welfare. This announcement was made by Faisalabad Commissioner Raja Jahangir Anwar during his visit to the Tahirah Animal Welfare Foundation (TAWF) on November 21. He said that to protect people from rabies, a fatal disease transmitted through dog bite, the government will
BAHAWALPUR: Lodhran Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Muhammad Ayyaz handed down a 14-year jail term with a fine to a man, who attempted to rape a boy in Basti Gailiwal in the city police station limits. According to the prosecution, on May 5, 2024, 11-year-old, ‘A’, was going to a shop to send a sum of Rs15,000 through electronic transaction platform, when Kausar Abbas forcibly took him to the rooftop of a nearby mosque. The
NAROWAL: The district police have concluded that a 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly kidnapped, has eloped to Afghanistan on her own free will. According to details, Abdul Haq, a labourer in Sialkot, complained to the police that on Oct 27, his 16-year-old daughter Samina went out of the house to throw a garbage bag. He alleged that an unknown person forcibly abducted her in a car. The Kotwali Police registered an FIR against an
KARACHI: On the occasion of World Children’s Day, which is celebrated on November 20, Unicef and singer and musician Bilal Maqsood unveiled Bachpan Bemisaal, a powerful new series that champions Early Childhood Development (ECD) — the foundation of every child’s health, learning and well-being — through storytelling and music at the Aga Khan University’s (AKU) main auditorium on Thursday. Jointly conceived by Bilal Maqsood and Unicef, Bachpan Bemisaal is a four-part series under the