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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,…

Police Bust Child Smuggling Ring, Rescue 29 In AJK

LAHORE: In a major operation, the Lahore Organised Crime Unit dismantled a child smuggling ring involved in luring and trafficking vulnerable children from Punjab to Azad Kashmir. During an intelligence-based operation in Kotli, Azad Kashmir, 29 children were safely rescued, police officials confirmed at a press conference. The operation, led…

Suspect Remanded In Police Custody In Minor Girl’s Murder Case

A judicial magistrate on 11-October-2024 remanded a suspect in police custody for five days in a case pertaining to the murder of a three-year-old girl. The child’s body was recovered from a street in Qabail Colony in Block 11 of Gulberg Town on October 9. The investigating officer produced the…

Man Arrested For Raping Sister

OKARA: A man was arrested by police on the charge of raping his sister at Chak 18/4L on October 11. As per FIR, the 24-year-old man used to harass his unmarried sister who complained to her mother but she did not believe her daughter. A day back, the suspect overpowered…

Over 370m Girls Experience Rape Before Age Of 18: Unicef

ISLAMABAD: As the International Day of the Girl is being observed on 11th October to recognise girls’ rights and the unique challenges they face around the world, latest Unicef estimates reveal more than 370 million girls and women alive today experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18.…

Man Arrested For Raping Three Minor Seminary Students

GUJRAT: Police have arrested a drug addict who allegedly raped at least three students residing in a seminary located in Attawa locality in Gujranwala Saddar police station precincts. As per police sources, the suspect was traced after the footage of the incident captured by a CCTV camera installed at the…

Man Held After Three-year-old Girl Found Dead Near Her House

A three-year-old girl was found dead on 09-October-2024 in a street near her residence in Federal B Area Block 11. The body was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities. According to police, the girl was identified as Amna who was the youngest of six siblings, and her father…

Shangla Man Held For Assaulting Minor Boy

SHANGLA: A four-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted and injured by his neighbour in Sanila area of Puran tehsil here on Wednesday, police said, adding the suspect had been arrested. Aloch police station SHO Bakhtzeb Khan told Dawn on phone that Sameer, a resident of Sanila, brought the injured boy to the police…

Boy Blackmailed, Raped

OKARA: A 15-year-old boy was allegedly raped by two suspects at Chak 22/4-L. As per FIR, the suspect called the victim’s mother on Sept 1 and asked her to send her son to Mandi Bahauddin for a job. When the boy reached there, the suspect, along with his accomplice, administered…

Prayer Leader Rapes Child

GUJRAT: Police arrested a prayer leader on charge of raping his minor student in the mosque in the Azizpura locality of Saddar Kharian. Reports said the father of a 12-year-old boy lodged a complaint with the police, saying that his son had gone to have a Holy Quran lesson from…

Child Protection Unit Inaugurated in Bajaur

BAJAUR: In a first step towards ensuring the protection and welfare of children in the merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) supported child protection unit (CPU) was inaugurated here on 3rd October. Social Welfare Department’s Additional Secretary Mohammad Farooq was the chief guest on the…