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Nadra launches platform to track sex offenders in Pakistan

Nadra, the National Database and Registration Authority, has created the National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR) platform, which includes an SMS verification service to aid in the identification and monitoring of individuals who have been convicted of sexual offenses against children and women  . The database is connected to various law enforcement agencies and provincial governments to ensure that updates are…
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Over 4,200 children sexually abused in 2023, says Sahil

ISLAMABAD: The data compiled by Sahil shows that 11 children were abused every day in 2023, with mostly acquaintances and relatives involved in the heinous act. The statistics were reported in ‘Cruel Numbers 2023,’ a signature publication of Sahil, an NGO working for the welfare of children, launched on 29…

Girl Recovered Six Months After Abduction

SAHIWAL: On Lahore High Court orders, Dera Rahim police recovered a kidnapped minor girl after six months from village 100/9-L. The eldest of the four abducted siblings reported she was gang-raped by two kidnappers throughout her captivity. Reports said that on Aug 20, 2024, six armed men had kidnapped four…
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Man Sentenced To 10-year Imprisonment In Boy Rape Case

A sessions court has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for the rape of a minor boy. Muneer Ahmed was found guilty of assaulting a 10-year-old boy in Chakiwara, Lyari on August 16, 2023. Additional Sessions Judge (South) Abdul Zahoor observed that the victim being 10-year-old boy provided…
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Childhood Traumas

BEING a child in this society should not be so hard. But recurrent reports of child abuse — from burying girl children alive to torturing a 12-year-old domestic worker to death for consuming her employers’ chocolate — point to a pervasive malaise. The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights has,…
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School Peon Arrested For Allegedly Molesting Teenage Boy

TAXILA: A man was arrested in Hasan Abdal for allegedly molesting a teenage boy on the school premises, police sources said on 13th February. According to police sources, a complainant told the police that his 13-year-old brother worked at a furniture market adjacent to the school. On Thursday, the suspect,…
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Senate Rights Panel Concerned By Alarming Rise In Violence Against Children

• Human rights body calls for concrete strategy to combat such crime • Legislation regarding children, differently abled rights deferred • Sindh police chief says 289 kidnapping cases reported last year, 269 children recovered ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on 11th February focused on key legislative and administrative matters concerning children’s…
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Suspect Held For Raping Two Minor Brotohers In Sialkot

NAROWAL: Sialkot police claimed on 11th February to have arrested two suspects, one of them for sexually assaulting two minor brothers and the other for allegedly raping a widow, in separate cases. In the first incident, Ghulam Murtaza, a resident of Raipur Awan village in Sialkot district complained to the…
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Man Held For Rape, Murder Of Minor Girl

RAHIM YAR KHAN: Police arrested a suspect involved in the case of and murder of a minor girl on 9th February. According to the first information report (FIR) registered with Iqbalabad Police Station, the complainant, a resident of Bahudipur Machian, told police that his 12-year-old sister resided with him. On…
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Two Awarded Death For Rape, Murder Of Minor Girl

THATTA: In a landmark verdict, Thatta sessions court on 1st February sentenced two accused to death after finding them guilty of abducting, sexually assaulting and murdering a seven-year-old girl in Gharo in December 2019. The incident had sent shockwaves through the area’s residents as one of the convicts was the…
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Two Minor Boys Raped in Separate Incidents

BAHAWALPUR: Two minor boys were allegedly raped in separate incidents in the areas of Qutabpur in Lodhran and Mailsi in Vehari districts on 31st January. In the first case, a nine-year-old boy was allegedly raped by a man on Sui Gas Road, Qutabpur, Lodhran district. The victim’s father, Mudassar, in…
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Punjab To Launch Project For Survivors Of Gender-based Violence

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to launch a four-year project for promoting the protection, rehabilitation, and economic empowerment of the survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) in the province, with the technical assistance of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The project aims to strengthen the provincial mechanisms for effective…
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