KARACHI, June 23: City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil said on Friday that special attention should be given to children's literature as presently trend to write for children was decreasing.

She was talking to a delegation of the Sirajuddaula Government Degree College, comprising Prof Mujeeb Zafar Anwar Hameedi and Prof Mohammad Zareef Khan who called on her at her office. They also presented her their books on children literature.

Nasreen Jalil said children should also participate in extra-curricular activities. She said the city government would continue to promote healthy activities.—PPI

Opinion

Editorial

Digital growth
Updated 25 Apr, 2024

Digital growth

Democratising digital development will catalyse a rapid, if not immediate, improvement in human development indicators for the underserved segments of the Pakistani citizenry.
Nikah rights
25 Apr, 2024

Nikah rights

THE Supreme Court recently delivered a judgement championing the rights of women within a marriage. The ruling...
Campus crackdowns
25 Apr, 2024

Campus crackdowns

WHILE most Western governments have either been gladly facilitating Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, or meekly...
Ties with Tehran
Updated 24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...