Pakistan’s Education Profile: GER, PTR, ETR, and Literacy Rate
Source: Pakistan Education Statistics 2022-2023
Pakistan’s Education Profile National Level
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Preventable Deaths
THE deaths of 144 children from measles and diphtheria in Karachi during the first seven months of the year expose a grave failure of routine immunisation. That failure is evident in the large number of children who receive their earliest vaccines but are never brought back for the doses needed…
Climate & Lactation
EVERY year in August, Breastfeeding Week arrives with the same kind of messaging all over the media: ‘breastfeeding is best’. That is where the conversation begins and ends. This year, the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, alongside Unicef and the WHO, has deliberately questioned the math behind it all, instead…
30 Percent Matric Students Fail Peshawar Board Exam
PESHAWAR: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Peshawar on August 4 declared the results of the annual Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations, with around 30 per cent of 10th-grade students and nearly 60 per cent of 9th-grade students remaining unsuccessful. According to the exam result gazette issued by…
Karachi Police Arrest 17-Year-Old Relative for Alleged Rape, Murder After Toddler Dies in Qayyumabad
The Karachi police apprehended a 17-year-old suspect over alleged sexual assault after a one-and-a-half-year-old girl died in Qayyumabad on August 5. The first information report (FIR) was registered today at the Defence Police Station under Section 302 (murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on the complaint of the victim’s…
Protect the Children
Last Sunday at around 11pm, I went to a restaurant about two miles from my home with my wife and children for dinner. As we sat waiting for our meal, two little girls, who appeared to be between 10 and 12 years old, approached our table carrying crunchy Papadom. They…