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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, the B-division station police conducted a raid on complaints of…

The Age Of Consent And The Borders Of Belief

ICT Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025 marks a pivotal step toward a safer, progressive Pakistan KARACHI. Child rights organisations and advocates, along with concerned citizens, have warmly welcomed the passage of recent legislation on child marriages, describing it as a landmark step toward protecting the rights and well-being of children.…

3 Nomadic Youths Rape Underage Girl

Rawalpindi: Police have launched a formal investigation after a man filed a…

SC Overturns Conviction Of Man In Incest Case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has set aside the conviction of a man…

Seminary Teachers Held For Raping 3 Students

RAWALPINDI: Wah Cantt police have arrested three teachers of a religious seminary for allegedly raping three minor students. The arrested accused were identified as Ali Akbar, Sameer and Siddiqui. The affected minors were medically examined at the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital (THQ) Taxila. The Saddar Wah police Station registered a case…

Court Orders Medical Examination To Ascertain Age Of Girl Who Married Of Her Free Will

A local court on 24 January 2025 sent a teenage girl, who was allegedly kidnapped from Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal area and later recovered from Naushehro Feroze, to a shelter home. The court also remanded a suspect arrested in connection with her alleged abduction in police custody for interrogation. The girl went…

Police Team Formed To Probe Sarim’s Rape-murder

The investigation into the kidnapping, rape, and murder of a seven-year-old boy, Sarim, in North Karachi has been handed back to the concerned district police from the Anti-Violent Crime Cell. Subsequently, DIG West Irfan Ali has constituted a four-member Special Investigation Team to ensure a thorough probe into the case.…

Deaf Girl Sexually Assaulted

NAROWAL: A 14-year-old deaf girl was sexually assaulted by three youths. A Siddiqpura resident told police that his daughter left the house to buy biscuits from a nearby shop in the evening but did not return. When the family and neighbours started looking for her, they heard her cries from…

Three Booked For Kidnapping, Gang-raping Girl

TOBA TEK SINGH: Three youths were booked on 22nd January for allegedly kidnapping and gang-raping a first-year student in Jhang on the night of January 22. She fell unconscious and was admitted to Jhang DHQ Hospital in a critical condition. The complainant claimed in her FIR, registered under Section 375-A…

Punishment For Rapists Of Minors Or Special Persons To Be Toughened

ISLAMABAD: With the aim of strengthening punishment for rapists, the sub-committee of the Senate committee on interior has unanimously agreed to amend the punishment for those who commit rape of a minor or a person with mental and physical disability include: “or imprisonment for life but shall not be less…

SI Remanded in FIA Custody For 2 More Days In Minors’ Kidnapping Case

ISLAMABAD. Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Shahzad Gondal 20-January-2025 handed over Sub-Inspector Sohaib Ali Pasha of the federal police, arrested for alleged rape and kidnapping of minors, to the FIA on an additional two-day physical remand here. The FIA officials presented the arrested sub-inspector in court after completion of his three-day physical…

Seven-year-old Boy Raped Before Being Murdered, Autopsy Reveals

• Body found in water tank appears to be ‘four-five days old’: MLO • DIG says cause of death is yet to be determined by doctors KARACHI: Investigators are now treating the death of a seven-year-old boy, whose body was found in an underground water tank of the high-rise building he lived…

Three Minors Raped In As Many Incidents in Lodhran

BAHAWALPUR: Three minor boys, one of them mentally-challenged, were allegedly raped by as many suspects, including a prayer leader and an 11-year-old boy, in separate incidents in the limits of different police stations in Lodhran district during the past 24 hours. According to police, in the first incident, a prayer…

Police Launch Units To Investigate Sexual Crimes Under Anti-Rape Act

LAHORE: The Punjab police investigation department is all set to field 1,450 specially trained officers to run the Special Sexual Offences Investigation Units (SSOIUs) across the province in alignment with the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act. These dedicated units were established in Punjab under section 9 of the Anti-Rape (Investigation…