Anti-Corruption Unit Arrests UNICEF Official for Dual Employment

By Manik Aftab ⏐ 1 month ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Anti-Corruption Department raided the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for the Polio Eradication Programme in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and arrested UNICEF Health Specialist Dr. Tufail on…

Pakistan Develops First Indigenous Anti-Rabies Vaccine

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 5 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

KARACHI: In a groundbreaking leap for Pakistan’s healthcare and biotechnology sectors, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) has successfully formulated the country’s first-ever lab-scale indigenous…

National Cert Unicef Forge Strategic Partnership To Advance Child Online Protection Cop

National CERT & UNICEF Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Child Online Protection (COP)

By Abdul Wasay ⏐ 5 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Islamabad, Pakistan — In a significant step toward enhancing digital safety for children across Pakistan, the National Cyber Emergency Response Team (National CERT) of Pakistan…

Pakistani Teen Appointed UNICEF Youth Advocate for Climate Action and Girls’ Empowerment

By Tehniyat Zafar ⏐ 10 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Islamabad: UNICEF has appointed 14-year-old Zunaira Qayyum as its Youth Advocate for Climate Action and Girls’ Empowerment in Pakistan. Hailing from Balochistan, Zunaira has emerged…

Over 5,000 Child Abuse Sites Blocked by PTA

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has taken significant action against online child sexual abuse by blocking approximately 5,000 websites identified by Interpol as hosting such…

Smog Clean Tower Set Up in Lahore by Punjab Government

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 12 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

LAHORE: Lahore now features the Smog Clean Tower, a joint project between the Punjab Government and NUST. APP said, “The tower is being installed in…

Telenor, UNICEF hand over digital birth registration system to Sindh

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

With the help of innovative technology, Telenor Pakistan and UNICEF have joined hands to hand over the Digital Birth Registration (DBR) system to the Sindh…

One million schools mapped: UNICEF and ITU’s Giga initiative, with support from Ericsson, reaches milestone towards connecting every school to the internet

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

One year after Ericsson entered a global partnership with UNICEF to support the Giga Initiative’s school connectivity mapping efforts, the initiative has reached a major…

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Remote learning is setting back millions of children in Pakistan, other South Asian countries: UNICEF

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused immeasurable suffering for the masses. One of the most affected sectors of the population is school-going…

Multan district to soon launch digital birth registration of new born babies

By Faisal Saeed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Local Government Department of Multan district has collaborated with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to start the digital registration of new…

Children in Pakistan need safe and censored access to internet, Unicef

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

People, including children, all over the world are embracing the internet. While for the children, it is very important to provide a safe and productive…

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