Crimes Comitted By Children

THE PRISONS CRISIS OF PAKISTAN

Pakistan’s prison system is at a breaking point, with over 102,000 inmates crammed into overcrowded, under-resourced facilities. Prison conditions in Pakistan fall significantly short of international standards, with inmates facing numerous systemic challenges, including severe overcrowding, unhygienic living conditions, insufficient access to clean water, nutritious food and healthcare, exploitative labour practices, limited contact with family and legal counsel, and a lack…

Child Crime and Charity

The greater part of the Juvenile Justice System Act, 2018, which repealed the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000, deals with the reintegration of the child offenders in society instead of shunning them as an outcaste. Philanthropy can prove helpful in achieving this goal of juvenile justice as demonstrated in the…

Teen Student Kills Van Driver

GUJAR KHAN: A teenage student allegedly shot dead the driver of a…

Victims’ Families Pardon IHC Judge’s Son in Hit-and-run Case

A judicial magistrate on December 6 ordered the release on bail of…

AI-guided Bid to Poison Father: Teenager Sent to Jail on Judicial Remand

LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Sep 30 sent a teenage suspect to jail on a 14-day judicial remand in a case of allegedly attempting to poison his father after seeking information about poisoning from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) produced the 17-year-old suspect before…

Two Arrested over ‘Sexual Assault’ of 10-Year-Old

KARACHI: Police have arrested two minor relatives in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in Machhar Colony, within the remits of Sohrab Goth police station. According to police, the incident took place when the girl’s father left her at a relative’s house while he went out…

Teenager Held for Attempt to Assault Minor Girl

KARACHI: A teenage son of a watchman at a government school in Soldier Bazaar was arrested on charges of attempting to sexually assault a minor girl. Soldier Bazaar SHO Waqar Azeem said the 17-year-old suspect was arrested for “attempting to sexually assault” an eight-year-old girl. The officer said police had…

Teenager held for attempt to assault minor girl

Karachi Police Arrest 17-Year-Old Relative for Alleged Rape, Murder After Toddler Dies in Qayyumabad

The Karachi police apprehended a 17-year-old suspect over alleged sexual assault after a one-and-a-half-year-old girl died in Qayyumabad on August 5. The first information report (FIR) was registered today at the Defence Police Station under Section 302 (murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on the complaint of the victim’s…

Boy Raped By Fellow Students At Seminary In Gujrat

GUJRAT: An 11-year-old student of a madressah (seminary) was allegedly gang-raped by his four fellow students, who also recorded a video of the episode, at Kotla Qasim Kham village in Lalamusa Saddar police precincts. The police claimed to have arrested all the four suspects aged between 13 and 16 years.…

Woman along with Kids kills Husband

BAHAWALPUR: A woman, along with her three children, including two daughters and four unidentified accomplices, allegedly killed her husband and concealed his body in a trunk at their house in Basti Kukranwali, within the jurisdiction of Baghdadul Jadid police station in Bahawalpur. According to police PRO Naeem Ahmed, a team,…

Kotli Seminary Incident Exposes Gaps in Oversight, Child Protection

MUZAFFARABAD: The alleged sexual assault and death of a young seminary student in Kotli district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has exposed serious gaps in oversight and child protection mechanisms in religious institutions in the region, with police acknowledging that similar incidents often go unreported or fail to reach…

Missing Girl Found Murdered

DIJKOT: A four-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and strangled by a teenage cousin, police said on Mar 10. According to the police, Muhammad Imtiaz, a resident of Sulaimania Colony, reported that his granddaughter, Anaya Jannat, had gone outside to play but gone missing. The police registered a case and initiated…

Juvenile Gets 14-year Jail for Rape Bid on Minor Girl

BAHAWALPUR: Vehari Additional District and Sessions Judge Traiq Mahmood Shad, in a juvenile trial, awarded 14 years’ sentence along with fine to a 14-year-old boy in an attempted rape case of a four-year-old girl. According to the prosecution, Muhammad Zohaib (14) allegedly allured the girl child and attempted to rape…

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