Children

News Desk Islamabad: The UK government has recently implemented a ban on the use of mobile phones by students in schools. The decision, aimed at minimizing disruptions during classroom instruction, was announced by the British…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: “My first child died during delivery at home as I could not reach the hospital," said Haleema Sadia, a resident of Adiyala Road, Rawalpindi. She has a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter now, and is expecting…

Tahira Khan Loralai: Muhammad Zubair, a 16-year-old resident of Loralai, is employed in one of the coal mines in Duki, a renowned coal mining region in Balochistan province, Pakistan. Zubair, once an ambitious school-going boy with…

Nadia Nawaz Gujrat: Shayan, a second-class student, exhibits a growing silence in his class and his teacher Kalsoom expresses concerns about his inattentiveness and declining competence. The advent of mobile phones, computers and the…

APP Islamabad: The National Child Rights Commission (NCRC) has drafted a comprehensive piece of legislation aimed at preventing child domestic labor. The proposed bill demonstrates a strong commitment by criminalizing child domestic labor…

APP Islamabad: Pneumonia continued to claim lives on Saturday as seven more children have died of the disease during the past 24 hours in Punjab. According to the Punjab Health Department, a total of 942 new pneumonia cases have been…

APP Lahore: Amidst smog and dry, cold weather, Punjab is grappling with a concerning rise in pneumonia cases in Lahore and other parts of the country. In the past 24 hours on Sunday, seven children in Punjab and two in Lahore lost their…

News Desk United Nations: The world's children in 2024 are likely to see increased exposure to violence and war as well as economic hardship, the UN Children’s Agency (UNICEF) warned in a flagship study released on Tuesday. At the…

APP Lahore: Professor Dr Ashraf Jamal, Head of the Pulmonology Department at Allama Iqbal Medical College, on Sunday emphasised the need for heightened care among the elderly and young children in the current foggy and cold weather.…

News Desk Bahawalpur: The Meteorological Office (Met Office) has issued a forecast for dense fog and extremely cold weather in the city over the next 24 hours. During the past 24 hours, the recorded temperatures ranged from a maximum of…