RAWALPINDI: The incidences of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS), more fatal forms of the infection are recording an alarming increase this year among patients of dengue fever being tested positive as nearly 47 per cent of all patients so far tested positive for dengue fever here at the three Rawalpindi Medical University allied hospitals in town have been diagnosed with DHF or DSS. Data collected by ‘The News’ has revealed
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ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Federal Education & Professional Training launched an initiative ‘Connected Classrooms’, a transformative project designed to revolutionise education across the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) schools through cutting-edge digital technology on October 3. Federal Education Minister Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui attended the launching ceremony of the Digital Hub: Connected Classroom, held here at Islamabad College for Girls, F-6/2. “This pioneering program leverages a centrally operated smart classroom, led by expert subject
KARACHI: Over 90 percent of rural households depend on self-supplied drinking water, often drawn from contaminated groundwater sources, which is posing serious health risks and leaving people highly vulnerable to waterborne diseases. This emerged on October 3 during a meeting between Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and a World Bank delegation led by its Country Director Bolormaa Amgaabazar. The meeting was held to review the proposed Sindh Transformational Accelerated Rural Water Supply,
• ‘Coalition Against Drugs’ to monitor children’s behaviour, attendance, academic performance and social interactions • Those doing drugs should be treated as victims, not criminals, says Shehzad Roy KARACHI: The Campus Security and Substance Abuse Watch Force, comprising 50 police personnel, was established on September 2 to curb the menace of drugs in educational institutions within the jurisdiction of the South Zone of Karachi police. A decision to this effect was taken in a
SUKKUR: A six-member health department team has arrived in Jacobabad to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a young girl, who allegedly passed away after being inoculated, officials said on Wednesday. According to Sumaira’s family, the teenager and her younger sister Naseeman had been rushed to a private hospital in Sukkur after they both lost consciousness. Their uncle, Gul Meer, told reporters that the incident occurred after the two were administered the HPV
BAHAWALPUR: Lodhran Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ayyaz has sentenced three men to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment each for the gang-rape of a nine-year-old boy ‘S’. The court also imposed a fine of Rs1million on each convict. According to the prosecution, Kabir Baloch, Hassan Baloch and Iqbal Baloch gang-raped the boy on the night of Feb 25, 2024. The victim was forcibly taken from a Milad event at a local mosque within
ISLAMABAD: A number of organisations have joined hands to develop the Pakistan Youth Development Index (PYDI) 2026 to systematically measure and track the progress of youth well-being and development in the country. The organisations preparing the tool include the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Prime Minister’s Youth Program (PMYP), and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI). The SDPI, as the implementing partner of PMYP and UNFPA, will provide secretariat support to the PYDI
TOBA TEK SINGH: A woman was booked by the Khanewal Chhab Kalan police on Wednesday for retracting her statement in an attempted rape case against a man. Police said that on July 4, the accused woman claimed in her complaint to the police that one Ramzan had attempted to rape her 12-year-old disabled daughter, and he was arrested. However, when she appeared before the area magistrate and recorded her statement, she retracted her allegation
RAWALPINDI: A revelation has come to light concerning 45,000 fraudulent new enrolments across various educational institutions in the Rawalpindi district. Following a complaint, the School Education Department commissioned a third-party survey, which confirmed the existence of these fictitious admissions. Sources at the Rawalpindi District Education Authority Office said that inspection teams formally visited a number of boys’ and girls’ schools in Rawalpindi. During these inspections, it was discovered that the admission registers of several
KARACHI: Every day, eight women in Pakistan lose their lives to cervical cancer — a preventable disease caused almost entirely by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). If timely interventions are not undertaken, experts warn, the burden of this disease could triple in the next seven decades. These alarming statistics were shared by Dr Muneeba Ahsan Syeed, Consultant and Faculty of Infectious Diseases at the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and Research Centre, Dow University of Health
Terrorists struck again at the right to education in Lakki Marwat district, destroying a girls’ primary school in Ghazni Khel tehsil. Fortunately, there were no casualties, though the school building sustained heavy damage. The explosion occurred on the night of September 30 in Pahar Khel Paka village, where unidentified attackers planted explosives inside the Government Girls’ Primary School. The powerful blast reduced classrooms to rubble, rendering the facility unusable and spreading fear among local
The Islamabad High Court has allowed a 15-year-old girl to live with her husband, ruling that “while underage marriage is valid under Shariah, it is considered a crime under Pakistani law.” Justice Muhammad Azam Khan issued the detailed judgment in the case of Madiha Bibi, who had married of her own choice. In her statement to the court, Madiha said she did not wish to return to her parents and confirmed her desire to