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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…

Domestic Helper’s Bail Plea Rejected In Sexual Abuse Case

KARACHI: A domestic help was held on 20th November within the premises of the City Courts after his pre-arrest bail application was rejected by a sessions court in the case pertaining to sexual abuse of a teenage girl in her DHA phase-6 residence. The man had been employed at the…
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Sindh Govt Directs Quick Resolution Of Fatima Furiro Murder Case

KARACHI: The Sindh Home Department has instructed the Inspector General of Police and the Prosecutor General for the swift disposal of the Fatima Furiro murder case in Ranipur, district Khairpur, Sindh. The case has attracted national and international attention, with implications for Pakistan’s global human rights rankings. Fatima Furiro, a…
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Court Orders Formation Of Body To Check Bullying In Schools

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on 4th November directed the provincial secretary of the school education department to form a committee to make efforts to control physical bullying, cyberbullying, and harassment of children at the educational institutes. Justice Jawad Hassan passed the order hearing a public interest petition filed by…
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16 Booked For Abducting Rape Victim After Court Hearing

NAROWAL: Police on 28th October registered a case against 16 suspects for allegedly abducting a 14-year-old rape victim when she was on her way home after recording her statement in a sessions court. Complainant ‘K of Mandiala village, Shakargarh tehsil, told the police that her niece ‘A’ had gone to…
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IOs Snubbed For Flawed Probe Into Girl’s Murder

LAHORE: Punjab Prosecutor General Syed Farhad Ali Shah on 24th October admonished police investigators for ignoring provisions of anti-rape law in the probe into the murder case of a minor girl employed as a home help in the Defence-C area. Declaring the minor girl’s murder a high-profile case, the prosecutor…
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Rape Victims Abandoned On The Doors Of Justice

KARACHI: What was she wearing? What did she say? Why was she outside the house? These are just a few of the seemingly innocent questions debated by the flagbearers of morality in the aftermath of nearly every other rape case. Amidst such shameless victim blaming, for a survivor of sexual…
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LHC Full Bench To Hear Cases On Girls’ Harassment, Fake Videos

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Aalia Neelum on 18th October expre­ssed her deep displeasure over the failure of authorities to remove a viral video, based on ‘misinformation’ about an alleged rape involving a female student of a private college, from social media. “Why wasn’t the viral video stopped from circulating…
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