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By Muhammad Daud Khan
ISLAMABAD: On Commemoration of the 40th year of hosting Afghan refugees, the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) says Pakistan is hosting three million refugees.
The Safron has released the data of registered population (Proof of...
A comparison of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces reveals that an average per primary school enrolment is higher in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (130) than Punjab (111).
Punjab has a total of 36,622 public primary schools with overall 4,072,416 students enrolled in...
Would you believe a girls’ high school in district Jhang of Pakistan’s Punjab province has no regular administrative head since 1984? Similarly another boys’ school in the same district has no regular head since 1999.
This has been revealed in...
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By Numan Wahab
Pakistan’s fight against polio attracted widespread media attention and global appreciation after video of a Pakistani polio worker Irfan, braving harsh snow...
Why Kohistan has the lowest number of voters’ population in Pakistan?
By Khalid Khattak
LAHORE: Kohistan district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has one of the country’s most inaccessible and conservative pockets.
The district was in...
Setting Up of Schools in Punjab, Pakistan: Before and After 1947
By Khalid Khattak
This analysis of public sector schools in Pakistan's Punjab province brings to light significant insights from available data of 52,000+ schools across...
Dataset: Intermediate level seats in Punjab’s public colleges (2015)
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