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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…

Four Suspects Booked Over Gang Rape Of Teenage Girl In Malir

The Malir City police on 17-April-2025 registered a case against four suspects, including a student named Faizan, for allegedly subjecting a 17-year-old girl to gang rape. According to the FIR, the incident occurred on April 14 when the victim was on her way to school. As per the complaint filed…
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Child Crime and Charity

The greater part of the Juvenile Justice System Act, 2018, which repealed the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000, deals with the reintegration of the child offenders in society instead of shunning them as an outcaste. Philanthropy can prove helpful in achieving this goal of juvenile justice as demonstrated in the…
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Teenage Girl Confesses To Killing Father In Deepalpur

DEEPALPUR. The mystery behind a murder case in Deepalpur’s Kari Wala Jagir has been unravelled, revealing that the victim’s own daughter was responsible for his killing. The revelation emerged after police investigations found that the 14-year-old accused shot her father and staged the crime as a robbery. The motive behind…
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Boy Tortured In Unlawful Custody Sent To Juvenile Jail

UMERKOT: A teenage youth arrested by the Dhoronaro police station of Umerkot city in a firing case was produced in the district and sessions court on 1st March and was granted bail in one of the two FIRs registered against him. The family and lawyer of the suspect, Allah Bachayo…
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Underage Boy Among Four Jailed For 14 Years In Drugs Case

KARACHI: A sessions court on 24th February sentenced four peddlers, including an underage boy, to 14 years in prison for possessing over 20kg of drugs. Additional District and Sessions Judge (West) Aurangzeb Shah found a car driver, Muhammad Saleem, and three passengers — Sikandar, Syed Wali and underage Muhammad Ahmed…
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THE PRISONS CRISIS OF PAKISTAN

Pakistan’s prison system is at a breaking point, with over 102,000 inmates crammed into overcrowded, under-resourced facilities. Prison conditions in Pakistan fall significantly short of international standards, with inmates facing numerous systemic challenges, including severe overcrowding, unhygienic living conditions, insufficient access to clean water, nutritious food and healthcare, exploitative labour practices,…
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LHC Grants Bail To Juvenile In Blasphemy Cases

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has granted post-arrest bail to a Christian who was a juvenile at the time of his arrest in a second FIR of blasphemy out of three registered against him at different police stations of Sargodha. The suspect was initially arrested in an FIR of Satellite…
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Beggary Barracks Set Up In Punjab Jails

LAHORE: In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Punjab Home Department has set up beggary barracks in every jail across the province, increasing the total capacity to 10,000 beggars with spaces for women and children as well. In Lahore’s two jails, the department has designated barracks to keep 1,000 beggars while others…
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Sindh Govt To Empower Convicted Prisoners’ Kids Through Education

The provincial minister for education Syed Sardar Ali Shah and the minister for prisons Ali Hassan Zardari on 23-January-2025 in a meeting decided to empower convicted prisoners’ kids through education. Officials said that the Sindh government has decided to formulate a plan to assist the children of convicted prisoners in…
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CRM and NCRC Join Forces to Tackle Key Child Rights Issues

A delegation from the Child Rights Movement (CRM) Punjab held a meeting with the members of the National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC) to discuss key child rights issues and to strengthen the collaboration between civil society organisations and the NCRC to deal with critical issues, including: Child…
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