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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…

Justice Shah Advocates For Child-Centred Judicial System

ISLAMABAD: Senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has emphasised the need for collective efforts to create a compassionate and just system for children. He was speaking at the launch event of “Re-imagine Justice for Children in Pakistan — The Voice of Children,” a joint…

Gold Smuggling Minors Granted Bail

Peshawar. The Peshawar High Court has ordered the release of four Afghan refugee girls on bail. They were arrested for allegedly being in possession of gold at the Torkham checkpoint. Justice Ijaz Anwar heard the appeal filed by the girls. During the hearing, their lawyers, Shahid Raza Khan and Bilal…

Teenager Held In Quetta For Murder Of Young Boy

QUETTA: Police have arrested a teenager in connection with the murder of a young boy whose partially burned body was found in Hazara Town on September 20. Mushtaq Hussain, alias Mehdi, was arrested by police for killing Arman Ali, SSP Serious Crimes Unit Zohaib Mohsin told a press conference on…

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…
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13-year-old Held On Charge Of Killing Boy

GUJAR KHAN: Jhelum police have solved the blind murder of a six-year-old boy by arresting his 13-year-old relative. Abdul Jabbar, a resident of Kotha Purana area, told Kala Gujaran police on August 6 that the body of his son, Usman, with his throat slit was found under a tree near…
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LHC Sets Rules For Juvenile Safety

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Ali Zia Bajwa has directed the government to establish observation homes to provide safe shelter for juveniles in every district. Instructing the government to ensure prompt implementation of the Juvenile Act in a judgment, Justice Bajwa issued eight directives, observing that the physical separation…

TheCase for Revitalizing Remand Homes in Sindh

ON a cold morning in 1937, a remand home was inaugurated in Karachi under the Bombay Children Act, 1924. This remand home was later shifted to near Central Jail in Karachi, and is now functioning in accordance with the Sindh Children Act, 1955, and the Sindh Remand Homes Rules, 2011.…

SOPs for operation of borstal institutions

LAHORE: The Punjab government has instructed the inspector general of prisons to implement the revised standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the operation of borstal institutions to ensure that the juvenile prisoners be treated in line with the international best practices. The SOPs shared by the Punjab Home Department to the…

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