The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that the issues of gender-based violence and societal oppression demand continued attention and action from both the legal system and society as a whole. Issuing an order on a petition of a 14-year-old minor girl Shahzadi who had sought protection against her ex-spouse,…
ALPURI: Three children lost their lives in Sangarai area in the Shangla district after consuming “toxic” snacks while another child was under treatment at Saidu Sharif Hospital in Swat. It was learned that a group of children fell ill after having papad which they had bought from a local shop.…
Islamabad: The experts 30-January-2025 underscored the need for tweaking laws handling missing children cases and avoiding de-criminalisation of the victims. They called for action against the perpetrator of abuse and violence against the missing children. They were speaking at a policy seminar on issues pertaining to child abuse and missing…
ABBOTTABAD: A Newborn Care Unit started functioning at the Women and Children Hospital Abbottabad today, established with the support of UNICEF to provide quality care for critically ill newborns. The unit was inaugurated by Advisor to the KP Chief Minister on Health, Ihtesham Khan, in the presence of UNICEF Chief…
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the West SSP to conduct an inquiry into the kidnapping of three children of a man from Punjab and submit a report within seven days. The high court also directed an East district court to assign magistrates to record statements of two minor…
QUETTA: A man who had recently brought his family back to Pakistan from the United States on 29 January 2025 confessed to shooting dead his teenage daughter, motivated by his disapproval of her TikTok content, Pakistani police said. The shooting happened on a street in Quetta on 28-January-2025. The suspect,…
Police have reunited two children, who had gone missing in the Tariq Road area, with their parents. According to Sindh Police Madadgar 15, a citizen had informed the police about the children. For finding the children, the parents expressed gratitude to the police. The incident of the missing children in…
During a meeting he chaired on 27 January 2025 to discuss the increasing cases of missing children, Sindh police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon decided to hold regular meetings with governmental and non-governmental sectors, and social organisations. The review meeting was held at the Central Police Office to determine the exact…
ISLAMABAD: Identifying southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) as the epicentre of poliovirus transmission, with 73 cases recorded nationwide in the past year, the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Polio Eradication has urged Pakistan’s polio eradication program to capitalise on the first six months of 2025 as a “crucial window” to meet…
The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the police has claimed the arrest of a gangster allegedly involved in kidnapping children for ransom in the Surjani Town area and seized weapons from his possession. According to a spokesperson for the SIU, the SIU police arrested the suspect, Nabeel son of Saleem,…
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