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…

Juvenile Gets 14-year Jail for Rape Bid on Minor Girl

BAHAWALPUR: Vehari Additional District and Sessions Judge Traiq Mahmood Shad, in a juvenile trial, awarded 14 years’ sentence along with fine to a 14-year-old boy in an attempted rape case of a four-year-old girl. According to the prosecution, Muhammad Zohaib (14) allegedly allured the girl child and attempted to rape…

Headmaster Suspended after Student Stabbed at Hazro School

TAXILA: The headmaster of Government Boys High School Hazro has been suspended following a shocking incident in which a Grade-7 student was seriously injured when another student stabbed him on the school premises, officials confirmed on Feb 23. According to rescue and police sources, the incident occurred during school hours…

Teenage Siblings Arrested for Killing Father

TOBA TEK SINGH: Police have arrested a teenage brother and sister for allegedly killing their father and burying his body in the courtyard in Mari Shah Sukhera in the Athara Hazari tehsil of Jhang. As per details, the Kot Shakir Police registered a case on Feb 6 on the complaint…

Teenager Held for Killing Stepmother

KARACHI: A teenage boy murdered his stepmother in Landhi after he did not get a meal on time, police said on Wednesday. Quaidabad SHO Mohammed Ali Shah told Dawn that 15-year-old Jamal Muhammad was arrested on the complaint of his father for stabbing Perveen, 56, to death in their Sherpao…

PHC Grants Bail to Juvenile in Police Lines Bombing Case

PESHAWAR, Feb 06: Peshawar High Court on 6 February granted bail to a juvenile accused after almost three years of his arrest in the 2023 devastating suicide bombing at Peshawar Police Lines which had claimed 84 lives. Justice Sahibzada Asadullah of a single-member bench accepted plea of the accused on…

Student Shot Dead over TikTok Dispute in Charsadda

CHARSADDA: A ninth-grade student was killed allegedly by a fellow student following a dispute over comments on a TikTok post at a private school here on January 28. The slain student has been identified as Salman. The victim’s brother, Shehzad lodged an FIR with Mandani police station, stating that he…

Bribery Claims Rock Housemaid Rape Probe in Pindi

RAWALPINDI: The Investigation Officer of Sadiqabad Police Station, who was probing the case involving the alleged rape of a 13-year-old domestic worker was suspended from service for allegedly declaring the real accused innocent and falsely implicating a male domestic worker. The victim is reportedly seven months pregnant. Sub-Inspector Taimoor Waqar,…

Student Killed During Scuffle

LAHORE: A student died of a head injury after a scuffle broke out between students of a private academy in Harbanspura here on December 18. A police official said the incident took place at night when students of the 9th and 10th classes had a scuffle over some petty issue.…
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