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Online Safety for All starts with All of Us

We are happy to share pictures – whether of holidays, celebrations and private moments – directly with each other. That’s beautiful and connects us. However, once online, this personal data is available worldwide and indefinitely. And that can have unforeseen consequences. Which one is described using the example of Ella. In order to prevent abuse, we are all called upon.…

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…
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Alcoholic Gets 14 Years In Prison For Assaulting Teenage Daughter

KARACHI: A sessions court on Tuesday sentenced a man, said to be an alcoholic, to 14 years in prison for raping her teenage daughter. Additional District and Sessions Judge Ghulam Mustafa Laghari, who is also presiding officer of the Gender Based-Trial Court (Central), found Muhammad Mukhtiar, 40, guilty of raping…
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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…
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Man Who Unleashed Dog On Minor Girl Arrested

BAHAWALNAGAR: A landlord, who had allegedly unleashed dog on a minor girl a couple of days back in Model Town here, was arrested on 29th September. As per police sources, nine-year-old seminary student Muneeba, a resident of Model Town, was going home around 8 pm on Sept 26, when the…
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Teenager Held In Quetta For Murder Of Young Boy

QUETTA: Police have arrested a teenager in connection with the murder of a young boy whose partially burned body was found in Hazara Town on September 20. Mushtaq Hussain, alias Mehdi, was arrested by police for killing Arman Ali, SSP Serious Crimes Unit Zohaib Mohsin told a press conference on…
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Another Polio Case Surfaces In Pishin

ISLAMABAD: As the country confirmed its 22nd polio case of the year, government officials renewed their appeals to parents and caregivers to vaccinate their children against the crippling disease. The latest case repo­rted was of a 30-month-old boy from Pishin, Balochistan. The regional reference laboratory for polio eradication at the…
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Boy Given In Probation Officer’s Custody In Rape Case

KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced an underage accused to one-year in prison for raping a seven-year-old boy. The court handed over the underage convict to a probation officer. The additional district and sessions judge (central) found the teenager guilty of committing an offence under Section 337-B of the Pakistan…
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Court Reopens Boy’s Rape Case, Orders Fresh Probe

BAHAWALPUR: Bahawalpur Bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered restoration of a case pertaining to alleged rape of a boy registered at Shaidani Sharif police station in Rahim Yar Khan district, directing Bahawalpur regional police officer (RPO) to initiate a fresh probe into the matter to deliver justice…
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