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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…

School Principal Arrested For Alleged Abuse Of Teachers, Students

SHEIKHUPURA: A school principal has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing several teachers and students in the Mirza Virkan area of Sheikhupura, reported Ary News. The case came to light after videos of the victims went viral on social media and WhatsApp groups. Following the emergence of the videos,…

Juvenile Offenders in Punjab

The total number of convicted and undertrial juveniles imprisoned in various borstal…

Maar Nahi Pyaar (End Corporal Punishment)

A public service message by Cities for Children on the International Day…

Maid Abducted in Karachi, Raped for Snubbing Indecent Advances

KARACHI: A 17-year-old domestic worker was abducted and sexually assaulted in Gulshan-e-Maymar, highlighting urgent concerns over the safety of young domestic workers. Police have arrested the main suspect, while a search continues for his accomplice. According to police reports, the victim, resident of Gulshan-e-Maymar, Jehanabad, was abducted by men in…

Faisalabad Police Launch Course to Combat Campus Drug Abuse

LAHORE: In a first initiative so far, the Faisalabad region police have introduced an activity-based anti-drug module for students from Grade 5 onwards and suggested to the Punjab government to replicate it to the educational institutions across the province after they detected a large-scale pervasive supply of illicit drugs –…

Man Allegedly Fakes Son’s Kidnapping

FAISALABAD: Police claimed to have uncovered a case in which a man allegedly kidnapped his own adopted son with the help of a friend and the friend’s wife in a bid to implicate his estranged wife in the crime. Khurrianwala police recovered the four-year-old boy, Muhammad Ahmed, from Jhang and…

FIR registered over alleged Rape of Minor Maid

RAWALPINDI: A 13-year-old girl was raped several times and subjected to torture allegedly by her employer in Sadiqabad area, police said. A relative of the victim lodged an FIR with the police saying that since the father of the girl had died and her mother gotten a second marriage, she…

Court Seeks Karachi Mayor’s Response over Manhole Death

The East Sessions Court has summoned arguments from the lawyers of the Mayor of Karachi, the Town Chairman, the Water Board, and the BRT contractor on Friday regarding a plea to register a case over the death of three-year-old Ibrahim, who fell into a manhole near NIPA in Karachi on…

Student Tortured by Madrassa Teacher, Dies

KARACHI: A minor boy who was critically injured after allegedly being tortured by a madrassa teacher in Aziz Brohi Goth, Manghopir, has died, police said on Monday. The incident had occurred on November 30 last year. Manghopir police had earlier registered a case for causing injuries and arrested the teacher,…

Magistrate sends Suspect to Prison in Quadruple Murder Case

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Saturday declined to grant further physical remand of a suspect and sent him to prison in a case pertaining to the murder of a woman and her three children. After the end of his first five-day physical remand, the investigating officer (IO) again brought suspect…

Police say TTP-linked Group attacked Girls’ School in Koh-e-Suleman

LAHORE: Militants belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its affiliated Ustrana group carried out an attack on a government primary school in the Koh-e-Suleman mountainous region, District Police Officer (DPO) Dera Ghazi Khan Sadiq Baloch confirmed. According to officials, the government girls’ primary school located in Basti Jotar, Union…

Mayor throws his weight behind Culling amid surge in Dog-bite cases in Karachi

• Questions whether critics comprehend the suffering caused by dog attacks • Says a small group should not dictate stray dog policy, which must reflect majority’s will KARACHI: Amid a surge in dog-bite cases across Karachi, Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab on January 7 signalled that the situation was approaching a…

Five held for Gang-rape, Torture of Teen Girl

KHANEWAL: Police claimed to have arrested five men, including the primary suspect, for the alleged abduction, gang rape and torture of a 15-year-old girl over several days. The victim was also subjected to an acid attack before being dumped, semi-naked, in a street. Police said that as per the victim…