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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…

Man accused of raping, murdering girl arrested

GUJAR KHAN: Police on 17 April 2024 arrested a suspect accused of killing a girl after subjecting her to sexual assault. According to details, a 10-year-old girl who had gone missing around a fortnight ago from her house situated in Dulmi village, in the limits of Gujar Khan police station,…

Missing minor girl found killed in fields

NAROWAL: The minor girl, who had been abducted six days ago, was allegedly raped and found killed in fields. Muhammad Shakeel, a resident of Marth tehsil, told the police that he had come to his in-laws village Sarai Shah Fateh Tehsil, Pasrur, along with his family. He said on April…

Remand extended in sexual abuse case

A magisterial court has extended the physical remand of an accused, implicated in a sodomy case involving a minor, by three days. The extension comes after the police requested additional time to conduct further tests on the accused. Accused Qari Abubaker was once again brought before the Shahdara police, seeking…

Non-Muslim women vulnerable to forced conversion

ISLAMABAD: United Nations (UN) human rights experts have expressed dismay at the lack of protection for women and girls belonging to non-Muslim communities in Pakistan, saying that they remained vulnerable to forced marriages and conversions, Dawn.com reported. “Christian and Hindu girls remain particularly vulnerable to forced religious conversion, abduction, trafficking,…

Three detained in Child Murder Case

The Jamshoro district police have detained three suspects in connection with the murder of an eight-year-old Asia Mughal whose dead body was found in the ruins of an old house in Mahmood Shah Colony area of Kotri. Besides rounding up the suspects for interrogation, SP Muhammad Tahir Nawaz formed a…

Missing minor girl found dead in Kotri

DADU: An eight-year old girl, who had gone missing since evening a day before, was found dead in a desolate place in Kotri Site area on 8 April 2024. Father of the victim, Liaqat Ali Hazara, said that his daughter had left home in Mahmood Shah Colony in Kotri Site…
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Cleric on remand in another child abuse case

LAHORE: The Lahore police on 8 April 2024 obtained four-day physical remand of cleric Abubakar Muaviya in another child rape case lodged with the Shahdara Police Station. Police shifted the suspect to the police station for interrogation in the new child abuse case. An official said police claimed that the…

Are Schools Ignoring a Bullying Epidemic?

Mrs Arshad’s son, Aalyan, was subjected to bullying at a private school when he was 14 years old. ‘My child was traumatised to the extent that he refused to go back to school, and for two years we have been homeschooling him,’ she reveals. He could not sleep for a…

Report notes use of AI for violence against females

LAHORE: A report has found a surge in the technology-facilitated gender based violence (TFGBV) in Pakistan in 2023 with nearly 2,500 cases reported in the year with significant rise of such complaints by women and marginalised groups, including girls. The year saw another alarming trend, i.e. the use of generative…

PTA blocks 1.07m ‘objectionable’ web links

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority told the Peshawar High Court on 4 April 2024 that it had blocked 1.07 million web links after finding their contents to be blasphemous or pornographic. A bench consisting of Justice Syed Mohammad Attique Shah and Justice Syed Arshad Ali disposed of a petition of…
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