Missing Children

Missing Priya Kumari

The disturbing case of missing seven-year-old Priya Kumari has sparked a wave of concern and action from her parents and civil society, who have reiterated their demands for transparency and urgency in the investigation. During a protest sit-in at Teen Talwar in Karachi last week, they called on the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and Sindh Home Minister Zia Lanjar to…

Situation Analysis of Children in Pakistan

The Situation Analysis of Children in Pakistan, published by UNICEF Pakistan, considers the progress made in recent years and outlines issues to be considered in policy-making to strengthen the realisation of children’s rights. While taking stock of progress in Pakistan, it also identifies gaps and priorities for government-led programme interventions.…

The State of Children in Pakistan

The state of children in Pakistan is a complex issue that is…

ZARRA Missing and Abducted Children Data

Pakistan has established the Zanaib Alert, Response and Recovery Agency (ZARRA) under…

Protest Against Police Failure To Recover Missing Boy

KASUR: Scores of residents in Kot Murad Khan staged a protest on 27th September 2024 against the failure of the B-Division police to recover a boy who had been missing for the past 25 days. They blocked Ferozepur Road near the bypass by parking bikes and rickshaws, burning tyres and…

PR Police Rescue, Reunite 626 Children, Women With Families

LAHORE: Pakistan Railways Police rescued and reunited around 626 children and women with their heirs in the last eight months over the period of 1st Jan to 31st Aug 2024. Around 2,000 lost luggage of passengers valued at Rs19.2m were retrieved and returned safely to the passengers. Additionally, around 13,360…

Abducted Minor Recovered In DI Khan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The local police on September 11 claimed to have recovered a six-year-old boy from kidnappers within 24-hours of the abduction and arrested two culprits. According to a police spokesman, the minor was kidnapped for ransom from Syed-Aliaan area of Paharpur tehsil. He said that following the directions…

Infant Reunited With Family

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police 05-September-2024 rescued a seven-month-old infant, Hassan Ali, who had been abducted from the F-7 area of the Kohsar police jurisdiction. The incident occurred on August 31, when the child was forcibly taken by two individuals in a car. On the request of fruit cart…

Polio Drive: Officials Told To Mark Missing Children

LAHORE: Punjab Emergency Operations Centre Coordinator Khizer Afzaal says data accuracy is the red-line of the EOC and directed health officials across the province to mark the missing children in the upcoming anti-polio campaign starting from Sept 9. Giving a target of 13.9 million children to be accessed in 15…

IHC Orders Recovery, Production Of Minor Girl In Custody Case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered the recovery of a minor girl in her custody case and directed police to produce her before the court today at all costs. The court observed that if the girl is outside the limits of Islamabad, then she should be recovered with…

Couple Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison For Kidnap, Rape Of Minor Girl

A sessions court has awarded a collective sentence of 17 years imprisonment to a couple in a case pertaining to kidnapping and raping a minor girl. Ghulam Rasool and his wife Zaiba alias Naseem were found guilty of kidnapping a ten-year-old girl from Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and taking her…

Reward of Rs10m announced for Priya Kumari’s Recovery

The parents of Priya Kumari, who had gone missing at the age of seven years in Sukkur on August 19, 2021, held a sit-in outside the Sindh Chief Minister House on 20 July 2024, following which a government delegation met the girl’s family and assured them of full cooperation. The…

Parents Get Permanent Custody Of Teenage Girl

A family court has awarded permanent custody of a teenage girl who was reported kidnapped from Karachi in April 2022 but was later found to have purportedly contracted freewill marriage in Lahore, to her parents. Judge Salamat Ali Soomro granted an application filed by the girl’s parents — Syed Mehdi…

Shocking Swap: Sick Baby Boy Replaced with Dead Girl

LAHORE: In what appeared to be a disturbing incident, the Children’s Hospital has reportedly exchanged a ‘male infant with a dead baby girl’ and handed over the body to the parents, making them move to the police for action against the medics for ‘committing a crime’. An official said that…