Children

AFP/APP Hong Kong: Australia’s landmark move to ban under-16s from social media, coming into effect on Wednesday, is drawing global attention — and mixed reactions. AFP spoke to teenagers and adults across several countries to gauge…

APP Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif chaired a meeting on Monday to review traffic violations and improve road safety, directing authorities to stop arresting underage students for traffic offences. She expressed…

APP Lahore: Lahore’s Air Quality Index (AQI) remained in the very unhealthy range on Wednesday, prompting the National Institute of Health (NIH) to advise citizens to take precautions against smog and harmful air pollutants. The city…

News Desk Peshawar: An estimated 745,000 children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are currently trapped in various forms of child labour, raising serious concerns about their right to education, protection and play, according to a report issued by…

News Desk  Islamabad:Three people, including children, were killed and six others injured on Sunday after an explosion triggered by an explosive device hidden in scrap material ripped through a warehouse in Tatta Pani, Kotli (AJK).…

Nadeem Tanoli Islamabad: Pakistan’s deepening education challenges came into sharp focus in Parliament on Friday as the Ministry of Education acknowledged that literacy gains remain far too weak to keep pace with the country’s rapidly…

APP United Nations: For Gaza’s children, the sound of explosions has long replaced the laughter of play. Two years into one of the most relentless wars in the enclave’s history, an entire generation is growing up in fear, displacement,…

APP Sargodha: Three people, including the bus driver, were killed and at least 11 others, including women and children, sustained injuries in a collision between a private bus and a 12-wheeler truck near the Bhera Toll Plaza late…

New Desk  Lahore: The people of Lahore woke up again this week to a thick, choking haze — a poisonous fog that has turned their city into a gas chamber. But this time, health experts say, the toxic air did not originate within Punjab…

Fareena Abbas  Islamabad: When the Taliban returned to power in 2021, they promised reform — respect for women’s rights, opportunities for education, and no return to the past. But within months, those promises unraveled. Schools and…