LAHORE: A child died and at least five other persons were injured after the roof of an under-construction private school building collapsed in Lahore’s Baghbanpura neighbourhood on July 2. A statement issued by the Baghbanpura police says an eight-year-old boy died, while four men and another child were injured in…
LAHORE: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) Punjab has established a dedicated cell to ensure prompt registration, investigation and prosecution of cases involving women and children. According to NCCIA Punjab Director Muhammad Ali Wasim, the initiative had been taken to provide women and children with expedited legal assistance, protection…
RAWALPINDI: At least three minors were sexually assaulted in three seperate incidents across Rawalpindi, police have said. According to the police, a 13-year-old deaf and mute girl was allegedly raped in the Naseerabad area, while a teenage housemaid was subjected to rape in Bahria Town. The alleged rape of the…
SARGODHA: A prayer leader was arrested after he was allegedly caught red-handed while committing rape with a minor boy in an adjoining room of a mosque in Shahwala South in Khushab district. In her complaint to the Noorpur Thal Police, the victim’s mother said that her nine-year-old son ‘H’ used…
GUJRAT: Police in Gujrat have registered at least six cases against the complainants, victims and witnesses in boys’ rape cases, for withdrawing or changing statements against the suspects before the court of law. All the cases have been lodged with the Kakrali police station in Kharian tehsil of Gujrat district…
UMERKOT: Three girls, aged 3 to 13, were killed after a portion of the outer wall of a government primary school collapsed and the rubble fell on them in the Gamoori Kori locality near Umerkot on June 30. The girls were returning home after attending a nearby seminary. While they…
SARGODHA: The police have booked a youth and his accomplice for allegedly raping an orphaned boy at gunpoint and recording a video of the heinous crime in Bhakkar. According to the FIR, K, a youth from Chandani Chowk area of Bhakkar, and his accomplice S, lured an eighth class student…
When the most vulnerable members of a nation are repeatedly subjected to sexual violence, torture and murder, the crisis extends far beyond law and order. It becomes a moral failure. The past week has delivered two such horrifying reminders. In Sargodha, a seven-year-old girl was reported to have been sexually…
BAJAUR: A suspected quadcopter, reportedly operated from an unknown location, struck a house, leaving a child killed and a woman injured in War Mamund tehsil here on June 28, afternoon, the police said. Police sources and residents said the incident occurred in the Inam Khoro China Gai area when a…
LAHORE: A new community-led initiative, “Mind First, Screen Later”, was launched on June 28 urging parents, teachers and guardians to discourage mobile phone use among children under the age of 16. The campaign called for a conscious shift from constant screen exposure towards activities proven to strengthen focus, creativity and…
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