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Police on Monday clamped down on teachers protesting for regularization in Karachi, with women protesters also being beaten and dragged into police wagons.

“They are gone and can't come back," says one of the parents. "But we will strive till the end of our days to see that they get justice." Most of the parents of the children martyred during APS massacre have not reached any closure even after the passage of six years. The only times where they have an opportunity for empathy, is when they all collect to remember their lost children. It is only them who can understand the depth of the grief that consumes them.

-Police have arrested a man for the alleged murder and rape of a minor girl in the Kot Momin area. -Terminated schoolteachers from the Kech district continue their hunger strike for the second consecutive day in Quetta

October 5th, 2020; By Rehan Piracha; LAHORE; On International Day for Teachers, teachers claim that thousands of their colleagues have lost their jobs due to school closures, further staining the education system.

Jul 25, 2020: In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, all educational institutions have been closed since the start of the lockdown in March. During this time, because of the closure, some private schools have laid off their teachers from the jobs as well ...

Jun 23, 2020: The gash that liberal society received of educationist Junaid Hafeez’s arrest over alleged blasphemy, is still as fresh as it was on the first day. Hafeez, a 34 year old Fulbright scholar, who was teaching at the Bahauddin Zakariya University ...

Education is a fundamental right under the constitution of Pakistan and now the internet has become a ‘ key means’ by which individuals can exercise their right to freedom of opinion and expression, as stated in Art. 19 of the Universal ...

Minor Tortured To Death In Karachi: The body of a 14 year old boy bearing torture marks was discovered in a ditch by residents of Taiser town in Karachi. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for a post-mortem examination ...

Laborers Desperate for Work: Daily wage laborers in Karachi are risking unsafe travel to other cities to seek out employment due to the prevailing lockdown in Sindh drying up their means of livelihood. Due to bus and taxi services being ...