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Five-year-old Girl Murdered After Rape

GUJRANWALA: A five-year-old girl was killed after being raped at Kamoke. Eman Fatima was playing in a street when she went missing. Receiving information about it, Wahndo police reached the spot and arrested Hassan on suspicion. During preliminary investigation, Hassan told the police that he abducted the girl and raped her. Later, he killed her and buried her in his…

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.…

Birth Registration Of Girls Remains Low

Majority of women and girls have no legal existence in the official…

Missing Priya Kumari

The disturbing case of missing seven-year-old Priya Kumari has sparked a wave…

Three Siblings Rescued, Search Underway for Boy ‘Sold to Beggars’

KARACHI: The Sindh Child Protection Authority has taken three minor siblings into protective custody and shifted them to a shelter home in Malir, while efforts continue to recover a fourth child, a 10-year-old boy allegedly handed over by his father to a group of beggars near Kala Pul in exchange…

Mera Pyara Reunites 200 Kids Daily

LAHORE: Evolving as a local alternative to the United States ‘Amber Alert’ system to trace missing kids, Punjab government’s Mera Pyara initiative is reuniting at least 200 children per day with their families across the province, according to official data. Since its launch on July 26 last year, the Punjab…

Police find ‘Kidnapped’ Girl Eloped to Afghanistan

NAROWAL: The district police have concluded that a 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly kidnapped, has eloped to Afghanistan on her own free will. According to details, Abdul Haq, a labourer in Sialkot, complained to the police that on Oct 27, his 16-year-old daughter Samina went out of the house to…

Lahore Police Clueless about Two Minor Sisters Abducted on Way to School

LAHORE: The police failed to recover two minor sisters studying in Class VI and a young woman, who were allegedly abducted in two separate incidents occurring in different areas. As per the parents of the two minor sisters, the girls were going to school on November 13 when they were…

Kidnapped Teenager Recovered from Karachi

TOBA TEK SINGH: The Kotwali police claimed to have safely recovered a 15-year-old boy, who was kidnapped from Jhang, from Karachi in a raid. A police official said Hussain Javed (15) left home due to a minor domestic dispute and went to his friends. However, later, the official claimed the…

Bhakkar Police Rescue Minor Girl

BHAKKAR: Police rescued a four-year-old girl who had been kidnapped from Kalurkot and taken to Lakki Marwat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. District Police Officer (DPO) Shehzad Rafiq Awan handed over the recovered child, identified as Safeena Zainab, to her parents in an emotional reunion on November 5. Police said the…

Probe into Alleged Abduction by Cops Ordered

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to constitute a special joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the alleged involvement of Punjab Police officials in the kidnapping of three minor girls and their mother from Lahore and Bahawalpur. Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani issued the…

IHC Orders Probe into ‘Abduction of Woman, Her Children’

• Case linked to multimillion-rupee naval farms land scam • Plea alleges officials implicated woman in criminal case ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has ordered the constitution of a joint investigation team (JIT) to investigate into the alleged abduction of a woman and her three minor children, an episode now…

Talash Jirga Demands Early Recovery of Minor Girl

LOWER DIR: A five-year-old girl, who went missing from Nagri Payeen village in Talash valley, still remains untraced, prompting local elders to convene a jirga to press for vigorous investigation. The jirga attended by political elders, social activists and police officers here the other day voiced deep concern over the…

Kidnapper Turns Out to be Victim during Investigation

OKARA: Police claimed to have solved a kidnapping case in which the alleged kidnapper was found to be the victim and vice versa. As per details, around two weeks ago a private tuition centre’s in-charge Ayesha Bibi and a 13-year old student named Ahsan went missing. Ayesha’s family got a…