BAHAWALPUR: The Dunyapur City Police claimed on July 23 to have arrested five alleged rapists for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy by blackmailing him through a video shot. According to a Lodhran Police spokesperson, the prime rapist ‘S’ allegedly lured the victim ‘A’ to his cousin’s house in Fazal Colony…
CHAKWAL: A man shot himself dead after murdering a minor boy and injuring his mother who also expired at a hospital in Rawalpindi, police said on July 23. The incident occurred in Pidh village of tehsil Choa Saidan Shah on Wednesday night. The alleged killer was identified as Attaullah, a…
A seven-year-old boy died after falling into an open manhole in Moach Goth’s Noor Shah area, triggering protests by the victim’s family and other locals, and causing major disruption to traffic on Hub River Road and the Northern Bypass. The child was identified as Jahangir. According to initial information, the…
I. Understanding child protection Child protection, as generally understood under various federal and provincial acts of Pakistan, refers to the prevention and response to violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect experienced by children. It encompasses the systems, services, and legal mechanisms that are put in place to identify children at risk…
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on July 21 remanded two relatives in police custody, who were allegedly involved in the killing of a minor girl in Quaidabad last month. On June 24, three-year-old Kalsoom was kidnapped and later her body was found in a gunny bag just outside her residence in Muslimabad…
BAJAUR: Terrorists blew up a government school in War Mamund tehsil of Bajaur district on the night of July 20. Officials and residents told Dawn on July 21 that the incident took place in the Kharkai area within the limits of War Mamund police station. Residents said that unidentified miscreants…
Islamabad: The Pakistan Institute of Education (PIE), in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has officially launched the “Annual Statistical Report 2024-25” and the “Federal Non-Formal Education (NFE) Strategy 2025″ here on July 21 aimed at reintegrating out-of-school children into the educational fold. According to the report, 34,256…
Police on July 21 claimed to have solved the murder of 16-year-old Urmesh, whose body was found inside a flat in the Keamari area on March 4, with the arrest of her former fiancé. According to investigating officers, the suspect, identified as Faizan, was arrested during a raid in the…
ISLAMABAD: The Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against the death sentence of a convict involved in the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Karachi’s Landhi area, while upholding the verdicts of trial court and the high court. A five-member Shariat Appellate Bench,…
LAHORE: A matriculation student and son of senior Daily Jang journalist Iqbal Nadeem, 16-year-old Saad Nadeem, was shot dead by two armed men on Canal Road in Harbanspura while he was travelling with his father on a motorcycle to attend a court hearing. According to the complaint, motorcycle-riding shooters Zubair…
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