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LHC Full Bench To Hear Cases On Girls’ Harassment, Fake Videos

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Aalia Neelum on 18th October expre­ssed her deep displeasure over the failure of authorities to remove a viral video, based on ‘misinformation’ about an alleged rape involving a female student of a private college, from social media. “Why wasn’t the viral video stopped from circulating…
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AJK Launches Vocational Training Courses In 11 Seminaries

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has launched technical and vocational training courses in 11 religious seminaries under its “Skilled Kashmir” programme, where 192 male and female students are currently benefiting. This information was shared on October 10 during the meeting of an official committee established to oversee…
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Man Arrested For Assaulting Granddaughter

KOHAT: The police here have arrested a man on charges of sexually assaulting his teenage orphan granddaughter. An FIR of the alleged occurrence was registered at Shakardara police station on Oct 14, on the complaint of the alleged victim, who claimed that her grandfather repeatedly assaulted her during the last…
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94 Public Schools Placed Under Supervision of 37 Sindh MPAs

KARACHI: In a first, the Sindh government has tasked 37 MPAs belonging to both ruling and opposition parties with the supervision of 94 public schools in their respective constituencies in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta and Sujawal. The 94 public schools — 74 in Karachi, 11 in Hyderabad and nine in Thatta…
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Watchman Of Private School Held For Assaulting Girl

SWABI: The police have arrested the watchman of a private school in Razaar tehsil for ‘assaulting’ a 12-year-old girl. They said the incident took place in Adina village in the limits of Kalu Khan police station on October 8. The victim, who is fourth grader, along with her mother and…
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School Girl Sexually Assaulted In Jhelum

GUJAR KHAN: An eight-year-old girl has allegedly been sexually assaulted by the vendor of her school canteen in Pind Dadan Khan town. According to police sources, Sajida Khanum, a widowed mother of the girl, reported to the police that her daughter was a student of KG class at a private…
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Policeman Guns Down Daughter In Name Of Honour

LARKANA: A policeman shot dead his 16-year-old daughter early on 16th October in a graveyard near Bagan Shah Bukhari’s tomb in the jurisdiction of Qambar police station and fled. The accused was identified as Safeer Buriro. Sources in the Qambar-Shahdadkot SSP office told Dawn that the suspected policeman was currently deployed at…
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Sindh Adopts New Grading System For Matric, Inter Exams

KARACHI: The Sindh government has formally adopted a new grading system for matriculation and intermediate exams. Developed by the Inter-Board Coordination Committee (IBCC), the new grading structure awards grades-based on scores, with categories ranging from ‘Exceptional’ for scores of 95 per cent and above to ‘Unsatisfactory’ for scores of 40pc…
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Police Fail To Recover Boy Abducted By Kiln Owners

SAHIWAL: Saddar police failed to recover a 13-year-old labourer allegedly kidnapped by brick kiln owners after his family demanded payment for their work at Chak 41/12-L of tehsil Chichwatni. The victim, Ali Murad, son of Zafar, was allegedly abducted two weeks back. However, Saddar SHO Muddasir Ghaffar told Dawn that…
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Protecting Children

THIS country’s children make the news for unfortunate reasons. At the core of their plight is the state’s inability to recognise that child rights violations indicate administrative failure and a rejection of our young ones’ existence. The Anti-Kidnap for Ransom Unit of the Lahore Organised Crime Unit and the Azad…
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