Talha Chughtai

Over 600 Child Abuse Videos Recovered as Major Exploitation Network Busted

RAWALPINDI: Authorities have exposed a major network involved in producing, buying and selling obscene videos of children, arresting a key operative and recovering more than 600 videos. The suspect, identified as Taimur Mahmood, a resident of Murree, was arrested from Rawalpindi by the National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency (NCCIA). According…
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Rights Groups Oppose Children’s Digital Exclusion

LAHORE: Several digital and child rights groups have cautioned that blanket bans or age-based prohibitions on children’s access to social media are a flawed and regressive response to risks including online abuse, exploitation, harassment and exposure to harmful content. Such measures shift responsibility away from the government and technology companies…
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Screens Over Mothers: Mobile Use Stunting kids’ Minds

KARACHI: Experts have raised concerns that negligence in child rearing is seriously affecting the mental development and growth of children, with many showing signs of psychological issues from an early age. Feeding infants with bottles instead of breastfeeding is contributing to infections, while excessive exposure to mobile phones and cartoons…
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Court Orders Sweeping Reforms in Orphanages

ABBOTTABAD: The Abbottabad Bench of the Peshawar High Court has disposed of a writ petition challenging the election of the Governing Body of Idara Tadreesul Quran orphanage Abbottabad, while issuing an extensive set of binding directives aimed at strengthening oversight, transparency and child welfare standards in orphanages across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. A…
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Five Students killed in Road Crash

KOT ADDU: Five school and college students riding two motorcycles were killed in a tragic road accident in Chowk Sarwar Shaheed in Kot Addu on Thursday. Police said the accident occurred on Layyah Road near Man Pump in the tehsil of Chowk Sarwar Shaheed. A speeding trailer, while attempting to…
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Rabies Deaths

The population of stray dogs in Karachi has been steadily increasing for quite a few years, with no humane plan of action in place to control it. Multiple attacks, injuries and deaths are reported every year, yet the government remains clueless in ensuring both prevention and timely treatment. This year, the…
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Teen Murder Case Transferred to CCD

RAWALPINDI: The investigation into the abduction and murder of a 13-year-old girl from Mohallah Kashmiriyaan, Dhoke Hassu, in the Ratta Amral area of Rawalpindi has been transferred to the Crime Control Department (CCD) Rawalpindi, while a high-level team from the district police continues its inquiry. According to police, over the…
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Bribery Claims Rock Housemaid Rape Probe in Pindi

RAWALPINDI: The Investigation Officer of Sadiqabad Police Station, who was probing the case involving the alleged rape of a 13-year-old domestic worker was suspended from service for allegedly declaring the real accused innocent and falsely implicating a male domestic worker. The victim is reportedly seven months pregnant. Sub-Inspector Taimoor Waqar,…
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Aunt Arrested for Murder of Minor Girl in Wazirabad

GUJRANWALA: Police claimed to have solved the mysterious disappearance and murder of a three-year-old girl in the jurisdiction of Sadr Wazirabad police station, arresting the child’s paternal aunt who confessed to the crime after initially attempting to portray the incident as an abduction. The victim, Ayesha, daughter of Ehtesham, had…
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Bill Proposes Voluntary Student Drug Screening

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior will take up today (27 Jan) the Control of Narcotic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2025, a key legislation aimed at tackling drug use in educational institutions by further amending the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997. Introduced by PPP MNA Sahar Kamran, the…
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