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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…

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…

SPARC State of Pakistan’s Children Report

“State of Children Report” is an annual publication produced by the Society…

From Javed Iqbal to Kukri: A Filmmaker’s Journey to Bring a Serial Killer’s Story to the Big Screen

The filmmaker behind Yasir Hussain and Ayesha Omar’s film on Javed Iqbal,…

Minister Suggests Judicial Reforms To Curb Child Abuse, Violence Against Women

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on September 2 suggested the formation of a task force, comprising representatives from the federal and provincial governments, for judicial reforms to effectively curb incidents of child abuse and violence against women. The minister gave the proposal in the National Assembly in reply to a…

Reporting Sexual Assault Cases Remains A Social Taboo

PESHAWAR: It was a hot sunny day last June, when six year-old Rabia (not her actual name), went out to play with her friends in the streets on the outskirts of Peshawar. Little did she know that her neighbour, a 14-year-old boy, who had just the other day offered her…

Man Awarded Life Imprisonment For Raping Teenage Niece

A sessions court on 27 August 2024 awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a 13-year-old girl. Umar Farooq was found guilty of assaulting his wife’s niece multiple times at his house in Baldia Town last year. Additional Sessions Judge (West) Irshad Hussain observed that the prosecution established its…

Governor Assures Family Of Raped And Murdered Girl Of Justice

Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tessori went to the Chhipa Foundation’s morgue on 26-August-2024 deliver the body of 12-year-old Ganga, found in the Lucky Star garbage dump in the Saddar area, to her family. During his visit, he met with Ganga’s grieving parents, expressed his condolences, and assured them of his…

Man Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison For Blackmail, Rape Of 18-year-old Girl

A sessions court has awarded a collective sentence of 13 years in prison to a man in a rape case. Najeeb Ahmed, alias Bobi, was found guilty of sexually abusing an 18-year-old girl multiple times through blackmail and criminal intimidation within the jurisdiction of the Madina Colony police station last…

Firefighting Versus Child Protection Systems

Pakistan’s child protection system must evolve with mandatory reporting, audits, and comprehensive case management. The fact that we know of only 4,213 cases of child abuse in 2023 is an insult to common sense and arithmetic. About 26 million children are not attending schools; 3.3 million are involved in child…

Student Allegedly Raped In Pindi

RAWALPINDI: A ninth-class student was allegedly raped in Dhoke Rajgan, Adiala Road, on Saturday, police and the victim said. Police claimed to have detained one of the alleged rapists. The 15-year-old victim lodged an FIR with Saddar Bairooni police, alleging that a boy used to chase her on her way…

Minor Girl Found Raped, Murdered Near Lucky Star

KARACHI: The body of a minor girl, stuffed in a gunny bag, was found near a garbage dump in the Lucky Star area on 25 August and doctors said she was murdered after being raped. The Saddar police said that the body was found on Mir Karam Ali Talpur Road.…

The Way She Wore

On the day I sat down to write this piece about a political leader’s objection to a woman’s clothing, this paper’s front page carried a photograph of doctors at Ganga Ram Hospital protesting the administration’s attempts to bury the alleged rape of a five-year-old girl. A member of the janitorial…

Ganga Ram Medics Protest Alleged Rape Attempt on Minor Girl

LAHORE: Tension escalated at the Fatima Jinnah Medical University (FJMU) and the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here on 20 August when hundreds of lady doctors and medical students took to the streets to condemn the rape attempt on a minor girl on the hospital’s premises here on Tuesday. The medics…