Tag: Children
Two more malnourished children die in Thar
MITHI: Two more children died of malnutrition here on Thursday at Civil Hospital, Mithi in Thar region.
According to local media reports, two girls including...
Nationwide anti-polio campaign to begin today
ISLAMABAD: In a coordinated effort to eradicate polio from the country, a nationwide anti-polio campaign will commence in all provinces on Monday.
In KP, more than...
Train-bicycle collision kills four children in Netherlands
AMSTERDAM: Four children were killed and two people were wounded when a train struck a cargo bicycle, widely used by Dutch parents to transport their...
Yemen war a ‘living hell’ for children: UNICEF
SANAA: In the malnutrition ward of a hospital in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, doctors weigh toddlers with protruding rib cages and skeletal limbs.
Twenty children,...
UK says 80,000 people pose online sexual threat to children
LONDON: Britain's home secretary says up to 80,000 people pose an online sexual threat to children, and warned that major internet companies could face...
Couple, two kids found dead at home
LAHORE: The bodies of four persons were discovered at their house in the Johar Town area of the city on Friday.
On receiving information, the police...
1m children in Idlib at risk if assault mounted: UNICEF
GENEVA: More than a million Syrian children are at risk in the event of a government military assault on the rebel-held province of Idlib,...
Four more children die in Mithi due to viral infections, malnutrition
THARPARKAR: At least four more children lost their lives due to malnutrition and the outbreak of viral infections in Sindh’s Tharparkar district over the...
UN says 1 million children at risk in Syria’s Idlib
BEIRUT: A battle between Syrian government forces and rebels for the northwestern Idlib province could affect the lives of more than 1 million children,...
At least 24 children injured in school van-truck collision
PESHAWAR: At least 24 children were injured in a collision between a school van and a truck in Peshawar's Matni area on Thursday.
It was...
36 women, children kidnapped by IS last week in Syria’s Sweida:...
BEIRUT: The Islamic State group kidnapped dozens of Druze women and children when it attacked their villages last week in Syria's southern province of...
PM orders free education for all under-16
Mulk gives instructions to implement Article 25-A
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk has directed to prepare a comprehensive and robust mechanism to provide free...
Rescue workers recover tortured bodies of two children from pond
FAISALABAD: Tortured bodies of two minors were recovered by Rescue 1122 workers on Sunday from a pond in Faisalabad.
Seven-year-old Rehan, and three-year-old Ayyan left home...
Two children drown while taking bath in Khairpur canal
KHAIRPUR: Two children drowned while taking bath in a canal here on Sunday. Body of one fished out, search for other was underway.
Rescue sources said...
Minister stresses ‘friendship with books’ for national progress
LAHORE: Caretaker Minister for Human Rights & Minorities Chaudhary Faisal Mushtaq on Monday said that books were the best friends of human beings and nations...
Roadside mines kill 3 children in Afghanistan
KABUL: A government official says two roadside mines possibly meant for later use against security forces have exploded in a residential area in Afghanistan's...
‘70% children are still out-of-school in Balochistan, 57% in FATA’
--Education report says 26 per cent government primary schools across the country run by single teacher
--22.84m children, 49 per cent girls not admitted in...
