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IHC Judgement on Child Marriage Case

Honourable Justice BABAR SATTAR of the The Islamabad High Court Issuing a written order on the plea of a woman seeking recovery of her 16-year-old daughter who had filed an affidavit to say she had tied the knot of her own free will. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) declared the marriage of anyone under 18 years of age as being…

SC Overturns Conviction Of Man In Incest Case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has set aside the conviction of a man accused of incest, observing that such grave allegations require a higher standard of proof supported by credible prosecution witnesses. “A rare allegation of one of the most serious offences committed in the presence of other children and old…

Minors charged with terrorism offence to be tried in juvenile court

The Peshawar High Court has ruled that a juvenile accused charged with…

LHC directed Punjab Government to revise Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929

LAHORE: Declaring the definition of ‘child’ in the Child Marriage Act, 1929…

SHC Dismisses Bail Plea In Child Molestation Case

The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a child molestation case. The applicant, Ghazi Khan, was arrested for allegedly molesting a child along with other co-accused in the Malir area on May 6, 2024. A counsel for the applicant submitted that the complainant…

Dua Zehra’s Plea To Declare Nikahnama Forged, Void Disposed Of

A Karachi court has rejected a jactitation of marriage suit filed by Dua Zehra, the teenage girl who was allegedly kidnapped from Karachi and later found to have married in Punjab in 2022. Civil Judge (East) Muhammad Nouman Jatoi declared her marriage with Zaheer Ahmed, as well as their Nikahnama,…

Man Handed Down Three-year Imprisonment For Sexually Abusing Boy

A sessions court has sentenced a man to three-year imprisonment for sexually abusing a teenage boy. Sunil Anthony, alias Sunny, was found guilty of assaulting the 13-year-old boy at the former’s residence in Azam Town within the jurisdiction of the Mehmoodabad police station in October 2023. Additional Sessions Judge (South)…

High Court Allows Govt Two Months For Updating Nikahnama

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has allowed two months’ time to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for introduction and implementation of an updated Nikahnama and enforcement of a law on premarital screening for thalassaemia and Hepatitis-C. A bench consisting of Justice Mohammad Ijaz Khan and Justice Syed Mudasser Ameer was requested by an…

Bail Denied To Man Held For Molesting Minor With Disability

The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a sexual assault case. Applicant Mohammad Maroof had been arrested by the Tipu Sultan police for allegedly molesting an underage girl with a mental disability. According to the prosecution, the applicant who had a toy shop…

Woman Sues ‘Rapist’ For Child Support

LHC directs trial court to seek evidence about alleged rapist’s biological child LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed a trial court to seek evidence from a woman to substantiate her claim that a certain individual is the biological father of her child conceived after her alleged rape. A…

Underage Boy Among Four Jailed For 14 Years In Drugs Case

KARACHI: A sessions court on 24th February sentenced four peddlers, including an underage boy, to 14 years in prison for possessing over 20kg of drugs. Additional District and Sessions Judge (West) Aurangzeb Shah found a car driver, Muhammad Saleem, and three passengers — Sikandar, Syed Wali and underage Muhammad Ahmed…

LHC Grants Bail To Juvenile In Blasphemy Cases

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has granted post-arrest bail to a Christian who was a juvenile at the time of his arrest in a second FIR of blasphemy out of three registered against him at different police stations of Sargodha. The suspect was initially arrested in an FIR of Satellite…

Girl Recovered Six Months After Abduction

SAHIWAL: On Lahore High Court orders, Dera Rahim police recovered a kidnapped minor girl after six months from village 100/9-L. The eldest of the four abducted siblings reported she was gang-raped by two kidnappers throughout her captivity. Reports said that on Aug 20, 2024, six armed men had kidnapped four…

Man Sentenced To 10-year Imprisonment In Boy Rape Case

A sessions court has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for the rape of a minor boy. Muneer Ahmed was found guilty of assaulting a 10-year-old boy in Chakiwara, Lyari on August 16, 2023. Additional Sessions Judge (South) Abdul Zahoor observed that the victim being 10-year-old boy provided…