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Nadra launches platform to track sex offenders in Pakistan

Nadra, the National Database and Registration Authority, has created the National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR) platform, which includes an SMS verification service to aid in the identification and monitoring of individuals who have been convicted of sexual offenses against children and women  . The database is connected to various law enforcement agencies and provincial governments to ensure that updates are…

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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Girl Murdered After Rape

☰  BAHAWALPUR: A minor girl was allegedly killed after rape here on 24th March in the fields of Chah Aliachiwala in Baqirpur locality. According to complainant ‘G’, her 11-year-old daughter (class-III student) went to fetch drinking water from a hand pump near the local mosque after Iftar on Monday night.…
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Ministry Seeks Afghan Students Record

Peshawar. Security cell asks for details amid ongoing repatriation drive Amid the ongoing repatriation drive, the federal interior ministry has sought record of Afghan students enrolled in educational institutions across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). According to sources, the ministry’s security cell has sent an official letter to the provincial home secretary, directing…
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Pakistan Is Struggling To Eliminate Child Labor

Despite being illegal, child labor is still prevalent in Pakistan. Last year’s catastrophic floods, which destroyed infrastructure and rendered families homeless, and the country’s downward political and economic spiral, have exacerbated the problem.…
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50 Afghan Children Sent Back Through Torkham On Humanitarian Grounds

KHYBER: As many as 50 captured Afghan children were sent back to their country by the Pakistani authorities via the Torkham border on ‘humanitarian’ grounds late on 23rd March evening after the intervention of a tribal jirga. Local police official Adnan Khan told Dawn that those children, including 17 girls, were seized at…
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SHC Dismisses Bail Plea In The Child Molestation Case

The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a child molestation case. The applicant, Nazar Hussain, was arrested by the Zaman Town police for molesting a seven-year-old boy in the Korangi area on August 9, 2023. A counsel for the applicant submitted that he…
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Karachi, Dhaka To Receive 5.4m Climate Migrants By 2050: UN

ISLAMABAD: Karachi and Dhaka will be the only two cities in Asia-Pacific region among the 10 cities of the Global South that will receive eight million climate mig­rants by 2050 if the world warms by more than 1.5 centigrade above pre-industrial levels, a UN study finds. Of those 10 cities,…
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Throat-slit Body Of Girl Found In Graveyard

LAHORE: Body of a 14-year-old girl with her throat slit was found in Shah Gohar Pir Darbar graveyard in the Baghbanpura area on 23-March-2025. According to police sources, the victim was unidentified, so far and no documents or belongings were found near her body that could help determine her identity.…
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Teenage Girl Dies After Quack Administers IV Drip In Malir

KARACHI: A teenage girl died during treatment by an alleged quack in the Malir area, police said on 22nd March. Malir City SHO Farasat Shah said that the 15-year-old girl, identified as Nusrat Wahid, complained of pain due to fasting, and her family took her to a local clinic in…
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UNICEF’s National Ambassador for Child Rights, Saba Qamar, highlights the impact of child marriage on young girls’ futures and calls for unified action to protect children.

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