BAJAUR: Students of various government schools in the far-flung Arang and Barang areas on November 13 complained about the shortage of teachers and basic facilities in their institutions, saying the situation is adversely affecting their learning. The students of Government Middle School for Boys Seri Sar Arang, Government Primary School for Boys Seri Sar, Government Primary School for Boys Nakhtar Targaoo Barang and Government Primary School for Boys Rag Majal Barang tehsil, have formally
Child Rights in Focus
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has said education remains the foundation of the province’s future and his government is investing heavily in schools and colleges so that every child, boy or girl, has access to a safe, modern and inclusive learning environment. He said this while chairing a meeting held to review the progress of the Education Department’s development portfolio, covering both the School Education and Literacy Department (SELD) and College Education
Floods Cause Over 1,000 Deaths and Widespread Damage Across Pakistan, NA Told ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that recent floods and urban flooding across Pakistan caused: 1,037 deaths 1,067 injuries 229,763 damaged houses 22,841 livestock losses The PMO shared this information in a written reply to MNA Huma Akhtar Chugtai. Provincial Breakdown of Fatalities Region Total Males Females Children Punjab 332 155 53 124 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 599
SWABI: A couple and their two-year-old son were killed, and a minor daughter was critically injured when their rivals opened fire on them in Maneri Bala union council here on the night of November 12, the police and rescue officials said. The incident occurred in Azad Kashmir village, and a rescue team shifted the bodies and the injured to the District Headquarters Hospital. The doctors said that condition of the minor girl was critical.
KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) has overturned the life imprisonment handed down to a seminary student in the murder case of his classmate by extending to him the benefit of doubt. The apex court observed that the prosecution’s case, which rested wholly on circumstantial evidence, was mired in doubt as the motive had not been proved, while there was no proof against the appellant/petitioner for allegedly teasing or quarrelling with the deceased before the
TOBA TEK SINGH: The Kotwali police claimed to have safely recovered a 15-year-old boy, who was kidnapped from Jhang, from Karachi in a raid. A police official said Hussain Javed (15) left home due to a minor domestic dispute and went to his friends. However, later, the official claimed the same friends took the boy hostage and shifted him to Karachi. The alleged kidnappers called the victim’s father and demanded a huge sum of
PESHAWAR: A child protection court here has acquitted a medical doctor arrested on charges of sexually assaulting his 12-year-old sister-in-law over two years ago. The court presided over by the additional sessions judge, Mohammad Haneef, pronounced after completion of the trial that the prosecution failed to prove its case against the accused, and the evidence on record didn’t connect him with the commission of the offence. The accused was arrested after the occurrence, which
KARACHI: With around 3.6 million abortions occurring annually in Pakistan, the Sindh Population Welfare Department has launched an online application designed to offer free and confidential guidance on contraceptive methods and reproductive health. The initiative seeks to address the challenges faced by couples who are reluctant to visit family planning centres due to concerns about privacy or social stigma. Through the app, users will be able to receive personalised counseling, learn about modern contraceptive
HYDERABAD: A divorcee employed at a barber shop has turned out to be the suspect who has allegedly kidnapped, raped, and killed a seven-year-old schoolgirl in Mirpurkhas district in connivance with one more hitherto undisclosed suspect. SSP Mirpurkhas Sumair Noor Channa on November 12 shared with the media the police accomplishment of catching the suspect in three days after dead body of Aamna Kundrani was found lying by the side of a distributary in
RAWALPINDI: The Education Department has successfully completed a project to harvest and recycle rainwater for reuse in 18 high and higher secondary schools across the Rawalpindi district. In the next phase, the initiative will be expanded to an additional 100 schools. The project was executed with the financial and technical assistance of the international social welfare organisation SheherSaaz, which operates in the fields of education and social development. The system was formally inaugurated during
PESHAWAR: Private schools functioning in congested residential areas are creating multiple problems for the people residing in urban localities of the provincial capital. The residents of such areas say that they face disturbance in the morning and departure time of students as vans many schools and vehicles of parents cause traffic mess on roads and streets outside private educational institutions. They say that private schools functioning in certain areas of University Town, Hayatabad, and
Jag Baurana is a powerful short film about a poor laborer and his wife trapped in the endless cycle of debt slavery. Their lives revolve around the kiln, a place of relentless work, broken promises, and crushing debt where hope fades with every brick made. This short film exposes the harsh reality of bonded labor in Pakistan’s brick kiln industry, a system that keeps families enslaved for generations. The final, haunting sequence shows the