Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Offenders in Punjab

The total number of convicted and undertrial juveniles imprisoned in various borstal institutes and jails of Punjab province was 645 as on 15 March 2022 (Prisons Department, Govt. of Punjab). Out of the total number of juvenile offenders, 81% (523) juveniles were on trial (under trial) and 19% were convicted juvenile offenders. All juvenile offenders were male and no female…

Five-Year-Old Raped, Strangled at Seminary

HYDERABAD: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped and strangled to death at a seminary in Tando Adam, Sanghar district, with police arresting a 16-year-old student and claiming that he confessed to the killing during initial interrogation. The incident occurred on Friday within the jurisdiction of the City police station after…
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Two Arrested over ‘Sexual Assault’ of 10-Year-Old

KARACHI: Police have arrested two minor relatives in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in Machhar Colony, within the remits of Sohrab Goth police station. According to police, the incident took place when the girl’s father left her at a relative’s house while he went out…
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Teenager Held for Attempt to Assault Minor Girl

KARACHI: A teenage son of a watchman at a government school in Soldier Bazaar was arrested on charges of attempting to sexually assault a minor girl. Soldier Bazaar SHO Waqar Azeem said the 17-year-old suspect was arrested for “attempting to sexually assault” an eight-year-old girl. The officer said police had…
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Teenager held for attempt to assault minor girl

KARACHI: A teenage son of a watchman at a government school in Soldier Bazaar was arrested on charges of attempting to sexually assault a minor girl. Soldier Bazaar SHO Waqar Azeem said the 17-year-old suspect was arrested for “attempting to sexually assault” an eight-year-old girl. The officer said police had…
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Boy Raped By Fellow Students At Seminary In Gujrat

GUJRAT: An 11-year-old student of a madressah (seminary) was allegedly gang-raped by his four fellow students, who also recorded a video of the episode, at Kotla Qasim Kham village in Lalamusa Saddar police precincts. The police claimed to have arrested all the four suspects aged between 13 and 16 years.…
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Boy Killed In Wana Mosque In Lower South Waziristan

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: A nine-year-old boy was killed inside a mosque in the Zeri Noor area of Wana tehsil in Lower South Waziristan district, police said on 4 July. They said the deceased, identified as Waqas, belonged to the Wazir Mughalkhel tribe. Police officials said the child was allegedly murdered inside…
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Woman along with Kids kills Husband

BAHAWALPUR: A woman, along with her three children, including two daughters and four unidentified accomplices, allegedly killed her husband and concealed his body in a trunk at their house in Basti Kukranwali, within the jurisdiction of Baghdadul Jadid police station in Bahawalpur. According to police PRO Naeem Ahmed, a team,…
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Afghan Juvenile Granted Bail in illegal Stay Case

PESHAWAR: A single-member Peshawar High Court bench has granted bail to an Afghan juvenile arrested by police for illegal stay in the country. Chief Justice S M Attique Shah accepted the bail plea of the Afghan national on condition of furnishing two surety bonds of Rs100,000 each. The petitioner was…
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Kotli Seminary Incident Exposes Gaps in Oversight, Child Protection

MUZAFFARABAD: The alleged sexual assault and death of a young seminary student in Kotli district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has exposed serious gaps in oversight and child protection mechanisms in religious institutions in the region, with police acknowledging that similar incidents often go unreported or fail to reach…
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