LAHOREThree more measles patients died at a local hospital on Friday, taking the overall death toll in the City to 63. So far 100 children have died in the province because of the measles. Muhammad Usman, 1, Sana, 6, and Haleema Zahra, 1, breathed their last at Mayo Hospital. As many as 70 more ...

LahoreThree more measles patients died at a local hospital on Monday, taking the overall death toll in the City to 58. So far 81 children have died of measles in the province. Muhammad Javed, 2, Muhammad Imran. 2, and Shahzeb, six months, breathed their last at Children’s Hospital. As many as ...

LAHORE  - Two more measles patient died at a Lahore hospital on Wednesday, bringing the death toll in the provincial capital City to 50. So far 75 children have died of measles in the province. On May 9, authorities claimed to have achieved the target fixed for nine-day anti-measles campaign ...

SCOTLAND (MO): If you’re ever tempted to give in to your children’s demands for chicken nuggets and chips for tea, bear this in mind. Children who eat the same food as their parents rather than being indulged with ‘kids’ meals’ are far more likely to have healthy ...

NEW YORK (Reuters): Kids and teens, who are born abroad and immigrate to the United States, are about half as likely to have asthma and allergies as those who are born in the US, according to a new study. Researchers surveyed the parents of 80,000 children in one of six languages and found that ...

LAHORE - Three more measles patient died on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 41 in Lahore.Aurangzab, 1, of Chungi Amar Sadhu, and Muhammad Ahmed, 2, of Pattoki died at Children’s Hospital while Maham, 1, lost her life at Mayo Hospital. As many as 149 more patients were admitted to different ...

LAHORE - Seeking a detailed report on preventive steps, the Lahore High Court observed on Monday that children were being died of measles and the Punjab government was busy transferring and posting Patwaris.Hearing a petition seeking judicial inquiry into measles deaths, Justice Muhammad Khalid ...

peshawar -  At least seven children sustained injuries when roof of a mosque collapsed owing to torrential rain in post Hayatabad township on Friday.According to details, roof of Nimra Mosque at phase-6 Hayatabad town collapsed due to heavy rain and hailstorm. As a result, seven children were ...

SARGODHA : A dejected women allegedly slaughtered her two minor children and later committed suicide by burning herself in nearby village over domestic dispute here on Sunday. Reportedly, 35-year-old Shugfta Bibi, a resident of Village 86/NB situated in the remit of Cantt Police allegedly ...

LAHORE - Police Tuesday recovered dead bodies of two minor boys from different parts of Lahore. Both the kids were missing for the last couple of days under mysterious circumstances, police investigators said. The police have removed the bodies, recovered from Gujjarpura and Shera Kot areas, to the ...

SIALKOT - Three minor children, two daughters and a son of a labourer, were killed while the fourth one sustained serious injuries when roof the house, they had gone to attend a wedding, was collapsed here in suburban Khokhar-Kingra village here on Sunday.Reportedly, the family of labourer Muhammad ...

SIALKOT - Three minor children, two daughters and a son of a labourer, were killed while the fourth one sustained serious injuries when roof the house, they had gone to attend a wedding, was collapsed here in suburban Khokhar-Kingra village here on Sunday.Reportedly, the family of labourer Muhammad ...

LONDON (AFP) - A British couple were handed lengthy jail terms on Thursday for killing six of their children in a plot to torch their house that went disastrously wrong. Mick Philpott, 56, was jailed for life, while his 32-year-old wife Mairead was jailed for 17 years for the manslaughter of their ...

BAHAWALPUR - The annual sports gala of The City School Bahawalpur was held here in which a large number of both the boy and girl students from nursery, junior branches besides teaching staff took part in different events and performed remarkably. The gala featured about 25 sports events including ...

An augmented-reality app that "translates" grown-up newspapers for children has been developed in Japan. The Tokyo Shimbun, one of the country's biggest daily titles, has worked with advertising firm Dentsu to create the AR News software. It allows children to hold a smartphone over the newspaper ...

QUETTA – At least four kids were killed due to measles in Loralai District on Tuesday.According to reports, four kids identified as 2-year-old Sabira, 4-year-old Ziaul Haq, 3-year-old Pervez and Abdul Rehman, 3, lost their lives as they had been suffering with measles for the last several ...

BAGHDAD  - Some 21 children living with their mothers in a Baghdad women’s prison represent a potential “time bomb,” an Iraqi rights group warned in a report that also noted claims of rape and torture. The Hammurabi Humanitarian Organisation, headed by ex-migration minister ...

YOUNG people who sustain brain injuries are more likely to commit crimes and end up in prison, new research suggests.Injuries caused by trauma to the head can cause maturing brains to ‘misfire’, affecting judgement and the ability to control impulses.The study, from the University of ...

RAWALPINDI – Children are the worst sufferers of the rising intensity of heat, coupled with menacing power cut offs.With the rise in mercury, the power outage timing has been increased up to 12 hours, causing severe water crisis in Rawalpindi and its suburbs.With this situation, the children ...

At least seven children were killed and 15 others injured when roof of a private school collapsed here in Shakargarh on Monday.According to rescue sources, dilapidated roof of a private school located in Shakargarh area of Narowal district suddenly came down at the time the classes were underway.As ...

ISLAMABAD  – Nearly two-thirds of children are dehydrated because they hardly drink anything during breakfast, a new study says.An analysis of more than 450 children between nine and 11 years showed 60 percent were classed as ‘not sufficiently hydrated’ - a stage just below ...

NANKANA SAHIB - The Warburton police registered theft and dacoity cases against three kids of 4, 6 and 8 years old. The family reached the Press Club to raise their voice against the police. A few days ago, Shahida, a resident of Mahmoodpura was kidnapped by accused Akbar and others and was ...

BUREWALA - Two Children dead and another got fractures on legs when the agate of the house fell over them while playing here at Chak 423/EB the other day.Reportedly, three children of a family at Chak 423/EB including 8year-old Saghir Naseem, 6-year-olde Farhan Bashir and 4-year-old Natasha Saleem ...

PESHAWAR - Ulema urged the parents to vaccinate their children and help the Health Department officials eradicate polio and thus give a healthy life to their children.  “Treatment is treatment, whether it is taken from Muslim or non-Muslim doctors, as there is no such restriction in ...

ISLAMABAD – Nearly 227,000 children under the age of five would be administered anti-polio drops in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) during the three-day campaign beginning from today (Monday), an official said.The ICT administration has requested the parents to get their children ...

khyber agency  - Six persons, including two children, were killed in two separate incidents of mortars hits on Saturday in Shlober and Aka khel areas of Tehsil Bara, sources said. In the first incident took place in Shlober, unknown militants fired a mortar shell at the house of Zel Akbar, ...

LONDON - A change in law that would allow the criminal age of responsibility in Pakistan to be raised from seven to 12 has been hindered by authorities who claim it is unnecessary... because of curry.The concerned minister said that the nation’s children grow up more quickly than in other ...

MALAM JABBA - It was a carnival-like situation witnessed here in Malam Jabba on Sunday as kids were enjoying skiing in the snow-packed sloops, their faces were glittered with joy and enjoying every bit of the moment.An NGO arranged a ski festival in the area and hundreds of kids of different age ...

HASILPUR - The resident of Basti Masetaan, Moza Dera Izzat complained that their children have been left unvaccinated for the last two years.Zahoor Ahmed, the resident of the area, said that their children had not vaccinated for the last two years and no one from the Health Department visited to ...

OKARA - As many as six armed persons abducted a labourer’s wife and his five children in Haveli Lakha on Wednesday. Identified as Aman, Riaz, Islam, Kashif, Ikram, the abductors barged into the house of Mohammad Yasin and allegedly whisked away his wife Halima, sons Mustafa, Murtaza, Shakeel ...