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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,…

Alcoholic Gets 14 Years In Prison For Assaulting Teenage Daughter

KARACHI: A sessions court on Tuesday sentenced a man, said to be an alcoholic, to 14 years in prison for raping her teenage daughter. Additional District and Sessions Judge Ghulam Mustafa Laghari, who is also presiding officer of the Gender Based-Trial Court (Central), found Muhammad Mukhtiar, 40, guilty of raping…

Awareness Drive Launched In Schools Against Harassment

Islamabad: The Federal Ombudsperson Secretariat for Protection against Harassment (FOSPAH) has launched a nationwide initiative aimed at informing students of their rights and empowering them to understand harassment and its prevention. The ground-breaking campaign began with an awareness session at the Government Girls High School in Sohan in collaboration with…

10th Class Girl Gang-raped By Police Officer, His Friend

SARGODHA: A police officer along with his friend gang-raped a student of the 10th class who was trying to get her father released from the custody of Kot Momin police. The suspects left the girl in front of her aunt’s house when her condition became critical and fled. As per…

Two Children Allegedly Sexually Assaulted

TAXILA: Two children were molested in separate incidents in the jurisdiction of Pindigheb and Wah police stations, police sources said. In the first incident, a 10-year-old boy was sexually assaulted by a man in Mohallah Gulzarabad in the limits of Pindigheb police station. The victim’s mother reported to police that…

Boy Given In Probation Officer’s Custody In Rape Case

KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced an underage accused to one-year in prison for raping a seven-year-old boy. The court handed over the underage convict to a probation officer. The additional district and sessions judge (central) found the teenager guilty of committing an offence under Section 337-B of the Pakistan…

Court Reopens Boy’s Rape Case, Orders Fresh Probe

BAHAWALPUR: Bahawalpur Bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered restoration of a case pertaining to alleged rape of a boy registered at Shaidani Sharif police station in Rahim Yar Khan district, directing Bahawalpur regional police officer (RPO) to initiate a fresh probe into the matter to deliver justice…

Man Booked For Raping Boy

GUJAR KHAN: Kallar Syedan police have registered a case against a man for allegedly raping a boy who reportedly injured the suspect when he put up resistance on 25th September 2024. According to details, the case was registered on the complaint of the victim’s father, who told Kallar Syedan police…

Teenage Girl Gang-Raped During Road Robbery

SAHIWAL: A teenage girl was gang-raped allegedly by robbers during a road robbery in the presence of her relative family near village Malik Rahmoo in Pakpattan between the nights of Sunday and Monday, 22nd and 23rd September 2024. A resident of Bahawalnagar was on a visit to family friends in…

Hospital Staffer Accused Of Raping Teenage Patient

TOBA TEK SINGH: An employee at Allied Hospital in Faisalabad allegedly raped a teenage patient in hospital premises on 22nd September 2024. The complainant, the patient’s mother, filed a first information report (FIR) with the Civil Lines police under section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code that she brought her…

School Principal, Hostel Warden Held For Molesting Children

QUETTA: Police on 18 September 2024 arrested a private school principal and a warden allegedly involved in child molestation. Police told The Express Tribune that the accused had subjected five children to sexual abuse in the Dera Allah Yar town of Balochistan. Moreover, the local authorities have sealed both the…