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1.5 Million Pakistani Children Face Online Sexual Abuse Risks
Around 1.5 million internet-using children in Pakistan experienced at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation or abuse in a single year, according to a…
Pakistan Launches National Mental Health Policy 2026-2035
The Government of Pakistan has launched the National Mental Health Policy 2026-2035, aimed at reaching more than 32.4 million people who need mental health care.…
PMYP, UNICEF and Generation Unlimited Strengthen Partnership for Youth Development
Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme (PMYP), Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan, held a high-level meeting with Kevin Frey, Chief Executive Officer of Generation Unlimited,…
Meta Thinks Social Media Ban Will Push Teens to “Darker Corners” of Internet
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, has publicly asserted that existing scientific evidence does not support broad bans on social media use…
Anti-Corruption Unit Arrests UNICEF Official for Dual Employment
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Remote learning is setting back millions of children in Pakistan, other South Asian countries: UNICEF
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…
