Tag: Children
Govt using all means for children’s educational uplift
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said children are the architects of future and national government is taking all possible measures to provide them with...
Society duty-bound to take care of special persons, protect their rights:...
President Mamnoon Hussain on Saturday said it was the duty of every individual of society to take care of the special persons, ensure their...
Grenade attack in Upper Dir school injures 2 children
A hand grenade exploded Tuesday, wounding two school children, one critically, as they were playing with it in Upper Dir school, police said.
The incident...
Children in Syria’s Madaya await urgent medical help
Eyes closed against the searing light, a 10-year-old with meningitis writhes in agony on a bed in Syria’s besieged town of Madaya as his...
Pope meets children, says migrants ‘not dangerous, but in danger’
Pope Francis held an emotional meeting with hundreds of children on Saturday, including a Nigerian boy whose parents drowned in a shipwreck, and told...
Children exposed to raw sewage, noxious fumes at Greek border camp
At a migrant camp on the Greece-Macedonia border, children queue barefoot in the mud and rain for a single sandwich, others wade about in...
Senate passes bill designed to protect children from cruel treatment
The Senate on Friday passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2015 aimed at providing protection to the children from cruel treatment.
Another bill seeking further...
Two more children die in Mithi
Two more children died of malnourishment taking the death toll to 165 within 47 days on Tuesday.
People of drought stricken Tharparkar including women and...
Toll mounts to 162 as two more children die in Tharparkar
Two more children died of water borne diseases and food shortage at Civil Hospital Mithi on Monday which as death toll mounted to 162;...
Two more children die of malnutrition in Thar
Two more children died of malnutrition in drought-hit Tharparkar on Monday, raising the death toll to 120 in over a month. Reportedly, 18-days-old Barkat...
Over 10,000 migrant children disappeared in Europe, says Europol
Over 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children have disappeared in Europe, the EU police agency Europol said on Sunday, fearing many have been whisked away into...
One in nine children globally live in conflict zones: UNICEF
Some 250 million children — one in nine children worldwide — live in countries affected by violent conflicts, UNICEF lamented Tuesday, saying it needed...
Strikes on east Syrian town kill 63, including children: monitor
At least 63 people, including nine children, have died in air strikes believed to be carried out by Russian warplanes on a town in...
Turkey finds drowned bodies of at least 36 migrants, including children
Turkish authorities on Tuesday found the dead bodies of at least 36 migrants, including several children, washed up on beaches and floating in the...
Man throws acid on wife and children
A man allegedly threw acid on his wife and two children after a domestic dispute in Ghareeb Shah area of Rahim Yar Khan district...
Children out in the cold after quake rocks education up north
Ishtiaq Khalid is having a snow day, forced to stay home from his school in Shangla due to inclement weather ─ but unlike most...
‘Free legal aid for needy children’
The Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) and Safety Commission of Pakistan (SCP) have decided to provide legal services to needy children voluntarily.
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