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HIV Crisis

From Taunsa, to Ratodero and now Karachi. It seems like there is not a town or city left in Pakistan where the country’s children are safe from HIV, one of the most dangerous diseases in the world. Last week, the Sindh labour minister reportedly confirmed that at least 78 children…
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Man Booked For Rape, Blackmail Of Minor Girl In Bahawalpur

BAHAWALPUR: Dhanote police in Lodhran district registered a case against a man for raping a minor girl and blackmailing her with objectionable videos. According to police, the FIR against the suspect was registered on the complaint of the victim’s mother. According to the complainant, her victim’s daughter had gone to…
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25m Pakistani Children Are Out Of School: CSA Report

LAHORE: More than two years after Pakistan declared a National Education Emergency, the country continues to struggle with one of the world’s largest out-of-school children crises, as over 25 million children remain outside classrooms despite constitutional guarantees of free and compulsory education and repeated policy announcements at federal and provincial…
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Four Minors Raped In Separate Incidents

SAHIWAL: Four separate incidents of rape of minors were reported in the region within the past 24 hours. In the first case, a 10-year-old boy, a resident of Chak 7/12-L, was taken by his two friends to an orchard where they allegedly raped him and fled leaving him unconscious. In…
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Three Girls Killed In Quadcopter Attack In KP

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Three girls were killed and four other family members wounded in the early hours of July 5 when a quadcopter drone dropped munitions on a home in the Nar­gasi area of Birmal tehsil in Lower South Wazi­ristan, local sources said. The strike hit the residence of Mohammad Gul…
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Boy Killed In Wana Mosque In Lower South Waziristan

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: A nine-year-old boy was killed inside a mosque in the Zeri Noor area of Wana tehsil in Lower South Waziristan district, police said on 4 July. They said the deceased, identified as Waqas, belonged to the Wazir Mughalkhel tribe. Police officials said the child was allegedly murdered inside…
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Bodies Of Two Missing Children Found In Swat

MINGORA: The bodies of two young children, who had been reported missing a day earlier, were found inside a large storage chest on the second floor of their house in the Shamozo area of Barikot tehsil in Swat, police said. The victims were identified as five-year-old Malik Ahmad Khan and…
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Abuse Cycle

LULLED into a sense of false security by its own denial and apathy, Pakistan is a long way from achieving tangible solutions to the curse of child abuse. The state’s refusal to address the presence of this scourge, and the lifelong traumas associated with it, is a ticking time bomb…
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