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HRCP Shows Alarming Rise In Violence Against Minorities

LAHORE: The participants in a seminar at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on 19th September highlighted an alarming rise in violence against religious minorities during the last year. Launched at the seminar, the HRCP’s report, Streets of Fear: Freedom of Religion or Belief in 2024/25, documents a deeply troubling year…
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Punjab Government’s Decision To Extend School Summer Vacations Challenged

RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench on 18th August admitted for regular hearing a petition challenging the Punjab government’s decision to extend summer vacations in schools until August 31. The petition was filed by a seventh-grade student arguing that the government’s decision was “arbitrary and unlawful” and violated…
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Kidnapping of School Principal Sparks Protest in Wana

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Armed men shot and injured two men before abducting the principal of a private educational institution in Wana, Lower South Waziristan, on 18th August. According to DSP Imranullah, the armed assailants intercepted principal Rahmatullah Wazir outside the school, forced him into a car and took him away. Sources…
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Woman Remanded In Police Custody For Killing Minor Son, Daughter

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on 17th August remanded a woman in police custody in a case pertaining to the killing of her two minor children. The investigating officer (IO) of the case brought Adeeba, 37, before the duty judicial magistrate (South) and sought her physical custody for 14 days. According to…
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Over 60 Schools Destroyed, 414 Damaged in KP Rains, Floods

PESHAWAR: Education has emerged as the worst-affected sector as the recent devastating rains and flash floods have completely destroyed 61 government schools while 414 others have been damaged in the affected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Of the total destroyed schools, 52 are government primary schools, seven middle and two high schools, according to…
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Non-Muslim Students To Get Grace Marks Due To missing Textbook

SAHIWAL: Sixty non-Muslims twelfth grade students appearing in the subject of Civics of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Sahiwal, will get marks as per their previous class score due to the unavailability of the prescribed textbook in the market. The decision in this regard was made during…
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Rapist of Girls Killed in Accomplices Firing

BAHAWALPUR: A suspect allegedly involved in the rape of girls, was killed in the firing by his “accomplice” during an encounter with a Crime Control Department (CCD) team near Pull Khanpur in the limits of Mailsi police in Vehari district on 15th August. According to Mailsi CDD, two unidentified suspects…
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Man Sentenced To 50-year Imprisonment In Gang Rape Case

KARACHI: A sessions court sentenced a man to a total of 50 years in prison in a case pertaining to the abduction and gang rape of a minor girl. Additional District and Sessions Judge Naseer Noor Khan, who is also the presiding officer of the Gender-Based Violence Court (East), found…
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Two Arrested for Torture of Boy

LAHORE: The Hanjarwal police reportedly arrested two suspects for allegedly subjecting a minor boy to brutal torture here on 15th August. Identified as Ali Hassan and Rehan, the suspects were traced through various CCTV cameras’ footage soon after a video clip of the incident surfaced on social media, showing them…
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