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Nadra launches platform to track sex offenders in Pakistan

Nadra, the National Database and Registration Authority, has created the National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR) platform, which includes an SMS verification service to aid in the identification and monitoring of individuals who have been convicted of sexual offenses against children and women . The database is connected to various law enforcement agencies and provincial governments to ensure that updates are…

Three school education depts merged into one authority

LAHORE: The Punjab government on 14 June 2024 established the Punjab Education, Curriculum, Training and Assessments Authority (PECTAA) after merger of three departments -Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB), Quaid-i Azam Academy for Educational Development (QAED) and Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) with a view to reform school education. Earlier, the…

Over 4,200 children sexually abused in 2023, says Sahil

ISLAMABAD: The data compiled by Sahil shows that 11 children were abused…

13% hike in education budget by Punjab Government

LAHORE: The Punjab government has announced a significant increase of 13 per…

Countering Cybercrime

THE new National Cyber Crime & Investigation Authority appears to have landed in limbo, with the authorities apparently unsure about what purpose they expect to see it fulfil. According to a news report in this paper, the government has formally repealed the rules devised to govern the body, leaving its…

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…

Man Arrested For Gruesome Murders Of Four Females Of His Family

Police have registered a case regarding the murders of four females in a Lyari flat. FIR No. 279/24 was filed at the Baghdadi police station on the complaint of the head of the family, Muhammad Farooq, whose son Bilal was later arrested as the prime suspect. Although the complainant had…

Police Refuse To Register Father’s FIR After Girl’s Gang Rape

SUKKUR: A man complained to media persons in Shikarpur on Saturday that four men subjected his 12-year-old daughter to sexual assault when she went out of the home to buy milk for the family’s breakfast at around 7am but police refused to register the case and issue a letter for…

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…

Police Fail To Recover Boy Abducted By Kiln Owners

SAHIWAL: Saddar police failed to recover a 13-year-old labourer allegedly kidnapped by brick kiln owners after his family demanded payment for their work at Chak 41/12-L of tehsil Chichwatni. The victim, Ali Murad, son of Zafar, was allegedly abducted two weeks back. However, Saddar SHO Muddasir Ghaffar told Dawn that…

Pakistan’s Kafkaesque Identity Problem

Khadija Hafiz was looking to buy a black cloth for her lawyer’s gown at Lahore’s Liberty Market when a man approached her. “Are you a lawyer?” he asked, looking at the black coat she had on, before adding, “I need your help, please.” A daily wage labourer, Ahmed* told Khadija…

10th Class Girl Gang-raped By Police Officer, His Friend

SARGODHA: A police officer along with his friend gang-raped a student of the 10th class who was trying to get her father released from the custody of Kot Momin police. The suspects left the girl in front of her aunt’s house when her condition became critical and fled. As per…

SI Arrested For Abusing Two Minor Children

ISLAMABAD: A sub-inspector (SI) of the capital police was suspended and put behind bars after he was found involved in detaining two minor children illegally for two days and physically abusing them, police said on 23rd September 2024. The action against the SI was taken in response to a complaint…

Govt Pledges To Put 26 Million Kids Back In School

ISLAMABAD: In their messages on International Literacy Day, the president and prime minister have highlighted the challenge of millions of out-of-school children and vowed to increase the literacy rate to “transform” Pakistan. According to the detailed results of the 7th Population and Housing Census conducted last year, around 25.37m children…