From Risk to Rights: The Dangers of Child Labour and Legal Protections
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Pakistan Struggling To Reduce Number Of Zero-dose Children Despite Years Of Immunisation: Lancet
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has made significant strides in routine childhood immunisation over the past four decades, yet it remains one of eight countries contributing to more than half of the world’s “zero-dose” children—infants who receive no vaccinations in their first year of life. According to a landmark global study published by…
Climate change: Students’ Woes
This will have a profound impact on long-term outcomes It is not just flooding or other disasters that are taking a toll on our schoolchildren. Increasing extreme weather events are making school a dangerous place to be for several weeks out of the year. The searing classrooms of Lahore and…
All Work And No Play
IDIOMS and proverbs are said to be a reflection of society, and they provide valuable insight into the shared wisdom and ways of thinking in a particular culture. Let’s take a look at two sayings from two different cultures on the topic of play and sports to try and understand…
Three Children Die After Taking Poisonous Milk In Pindi
RAWALPINDI: A woman was fighting for her life in the emergency of the Holy Family Hospital (HFH) after her three children died apparently due to food poisoning. However, the police have launched an investigation to ascertain the real circumstances in which the tragic incident happened in the limits of Banni…
Civil Society For Sustainable Strategy To End Child Labour
LAHORE: Civil society organisations, academic institutions and the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) called on the Punjab government to adopt a comprehensive and sustainable child labour eradication strategy to uphold children’s rights and protect them from economic exploitation. This call to action was made during the Provincial Policy Dialogue…