ISLAMABAD: The country has reported its third wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of 2025, with the latest victim being a 54-month-old girl from Ratodhero tehsil in Larkana district. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health
A three-year-old boy on 22-February-2025 lost his life after falling into a manhole in Surjani Town’s Hasan Brohi Goth. The child, identified as Asadullah, son of Faisal, was rushed to hospital but was later confirmed dead. According to the child’s father, Faisal,
KARACHI: A two-day 3rd Global Conference on Research in Education and Social Sciences (GCoRESS) 2025 that commenced on 21st February saw some interesting panel discussions, presentations and talks about education, parenting, language and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The event was organised by SZABIST
The provincial education minister, Syed Sardar Ali Shah, on 21-February-2025 ordered taking action against permanently absent teachers (around 5,000) and dismissing them if they fail to report back. Officials said an annual review meeting, chaired by Sindh Minister for Education and Mines
The Sindh government’s women development department aims to actively partner with dedicated charities and non-profits in the education sector to build quality schooling facilities for minor children of female jail inmates who live in the prisons in Sindh along with their mothers.
A sessions court has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for rape of a minor boy. Muneer Ahmed was found guilty of assaulting the 10-year-old boy in Chakiwara, Lyari on August 16, 2023. Additional Sessions Judge (South) Abdul Zahoor observed
Fact-finding committee tasked to scrutinise BIEK results submits report to minister KARACHI: The fact-finding committee established by the Sindh Assembly to scrutinise the results of the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) has recommended the grant of grace marks to the first
A girl who was set on fire by her uncle in the Bagh-e-Korangi area succumbed to her injuries at the hospital on 16 February 2025 after battling for her life for a week. Her mother Gulshan had died on the same day
BEING a child in this society should not be so hard. But recurrent reports of child abuse — from burying girl children alive to torturing a 12-year-old domestic worker to death for consuming her employers’ chocolate — point to a pervasive malaise.
SUKKUR: Every schoolteacher should foster students’ confidence by integrating STEAM education opportunities into their classrooms. Providing the right platforms will unlock their potential and enhance their abilities. “I strongly believe in empowering the young minds of Sukkur to become the scientists and