Children aged 6-15 who are not in school and are engaged in child labor are at a higher risk of child abuse and trafficking.” – Amer Habib, Child Protection Consultant, UNICEF Pakistan
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12-year-old Boy from Balochistan Dies of Rabies in Karachi Hospital
KARACHI: A 12-year-old boy from Balochistan, who had been battling rabies for the past four days at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), died at the facility on the evening of Nov 4. Sources said that the patient with a history of dog bite developed rabies despite getting the vaccine…
CCD Arrests Teenager for Murder of Child
KASUR: The Crime Control Department (CCD) claimed on Nov 4 to have solved the blind murder of an 11-year-old boy, whose body was found near his home in the fields of Hussain Khanwala village. According to details, a case was registered against an unidentified suspect after the 11-year-old victim F…
Four Cases Registered over Resistance to Polio Teams in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: Four incidents involving obstruction of polio vaccination teams in different areas of Rawalpindi over the past two days have been reported to the police by district health department officials. In one incident, a female polio team member was allegedly punched and assaulted, while her mobile phone was smashed by…
Disciplinary Proceedings against Karachi’s Valika Hospital Employees over HIV Outbreak Slow, Regrets Mmbudsman
HYDERABAD: Sindh Ombudsman Dr Mohammad Sohail Rajput, who is a former chief secretary of Sindh, has expressed his disappointment over the slow pace of disciplinary proceedings against 64 employees of the Kulsoom Bai Valika Hospital over an HIV outbreak there. He was speaking to journalists at the local press club…
12 Dilapidated Classrooms of Charsadda School Sealed
CHARSADDA: The district education officer (DEO) on Saturday ordered the sealing of 12 classrooms and the principal’s office at Government Shaheed Tariq Sentinel Model High School in Turangzai here, and the shifting of students to safer rooms due to the deteriorating condition of the building. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary Dr…