Message from SPARC highlighting the role of the teacher in dealing with corporal punishment
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ISLAMABAD: Fed up with Pakistan’s rising polio cases, health authorities across provinces are increasingly attributing the spread of the virus to a range of unique factors, including malnutrition, gaps in Routine Immunization (RI), parental refusals, and, most recently, paralysis linked to injection neuritis a theory recently posited by health officials…
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QUETTA: A bomb blast near a girls’ high school in Mastung, Balochistan, claimed the lives of nine people, including six schoolchildren, a police officer, and two passers-by. Thirty others were injured. The explosive device, planted on a motorcycle, exploded with great force, damaging several cars. Following the blast, eleven of…
Teenager Assaulted
LAHORE: An accused on 01-November-2024 assaulted a teenage girl in the Shad Bagh area. According to Shad Bagh police, accused Rohit alias Chitta barged into the house of a 17-year-old girl with his accomplices and assaulted her, and took away 1.5 tola gold jewellery and Rs200,000. The police registered the…
Balochistan Govt Urged For Steps To Address Malnutrition In Kids
QUETTA: Civil society leaders and social activists have called on the government to take concrete steps to improve nutrition for malnourished children and ensure policies that support farmers who provide healthy food to communities. Speaking at a seminar organised by Hope Balochistan, in collaboration with Welthungerhilfe, a non-governmental organisation in…
