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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…
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Man Awarded Life Imprisonment For Raping Teenage Niece

A sessions court on 27 August 2024 awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a 13-year-old girl. Umar Farooq was found guilty of assaulting his wife’s niece multiple times at his house in Baldia Town last year. Additional Sessions Judge (West) Irshad Hussain observed that the prosecution established its…
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Man Sentenced To Seven Years In Jail For Raping Minor Boy

A sessions court has sentenced a man to seven years imprisonment for sexually abusing a minor boy. Saifullah alias Qari was found guilty of assaulting a ten-year-old boy in the Kashmir Colony within the jurisdiction of the Mahmoodabad police station in November 2022. Additional Sessions Judge (South) Ashraf Hussain Khowaja…
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Suspension of Gizri SHO Stayed In Girl Kidnapping Case

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on 02-August-2024  stayed an additional sessions’ court order with regard to the suspension of the Gizri SHO in a girl abduction case and directed the Karachi additional IG to conduct an inquiry into the matter and take appropriate action against police officials if their negligence…
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Child Labour Abuse Victims Await Justice

LAHORE: For a society that still refuses to consider child labour as a gross violation of the rights of children, innumerable girls from impoverished households continue to work as domestic workers and nannies across affluent households in the country. While some of these girls are lucky to find humane employers,…
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Indian Woman Seeks Custody Of Her Sons From Pakistani Husband

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on 19 July 2024 heard a petition of an Indian Muslim woman seeking custody of her two minor sons from the alleged illegal custody of their Pakistani father. Petitioner Farzana Begum appeared before the court along with her lawyer Bushra Qamar. The lawyer told the…
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Court reunites child with mother

RAWALPINDI: “There can be no better guardian for a child than his own mother, there is no substitute for the mother.” These were the remarks of a Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge with which he declared a father’s move to send his 10-year-old child over to a friend during…
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