Child Rights Violation Cases - Page 100

School Principal Arrested For Alleged Abuse Of Teachers, Students

SHEIKHUPURA: A school principal has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing several teachers and students in the Mirza Virkan area of Sheikhupura, reported Ary News. The case came to light after videos of the victims went viral on social media and WhatsApp groups. Following the emergence of the videos, the B-division station police conducted a raid on complaints of…

Five-year-old Girl Murdered After Rape

GUJRANWALA: A five-year-old girl was killed after being raped at Kamoke. Eman Fatima was playing in a street when she went missing. Receiving information about it, Wahndo police reached the spot and arrested Hassan on suspicion. During preliminary investigation, Hassan told the police that he abducted the girl and raped…

Reconciliation Between Family Of Murdered Maid, Main Accused

KARACHI: In a shocking development, the family of Fatima Furiro, a minor…

13,000 non-performing schools to be given to NGOs in Punjab

In the name of bringing reforms, the Maryam Nawaz-led provincial government is…

Poliovirus Spreads To 71 Districts, Says PM’s Focal Person

Four children have lost their lives out of 39 affected by polio, while the majority of the remaining children have been paralysed for the rest of their lives. This was stated by the Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Polio Eradication Ayesha Raza Farooq 21-October-2024. She urged parents to vaccinate their…

Faith Healer Arrested For Rape Of Follower’s Daughter

TOBA TEK SINGH: Faisalabad’s Chak Jhumra police on 15th July arrested a so-called faith-healer who allegedly raped a 16-year-old daughter of his follower, working as a house help at his residence. The city police spokesperson said a police team formed by the city police officer, headed by Madina Town police…

Underage Marriage Foiled

SARGODHA: The Kot Momin police arrested three people, including the would-be groom, and foiled an underage marriage. A case was registered against the accused under the Child Marriage Restraint Act and other provisions. The police were alerted that some people had planned the forced marriage of a 13-year-old girl in…

Prayer Leader Held As Three Children Assaulted in Haripur

HARIPUR: Three children, including two siblings, were allegedly assaulted during the last two days in different parts of the Haripur city, the police said here on 20th October. One of the accused, allegedly a prayer leader, was arrested while the man charged in another FIR was still at large, the…

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…

In The Shadow Of Injustice: Rape Culture and Protests

Govt insists no rape occurred at a Lahore college but the protests in response are fueled by years of injustice Karachi/Lahore: In a country where popular political leaders have publicly passed judgements on the character and veracity of rape victims, perhaps it is no surprise that sexual violence against women…

CM Maryam Calls For Polio Eradication Plan In Punjab

LAHORE: The chief minister has sought a practical and sustainable plan to eliminate environmental samples of poliovirus. Maryam Nawaz was presiding over a meeting regarding elimination of polio here on October 19. A decision was made to track and register mobile and migrant populations in Punjab. The chief minister directed an effective…

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…

Four Women Of A Family Found Murdered In Lyari Flat

In a shocking incident in the Lyari area of Karachi, the mutilated bodies of four females — a middle-aged woman, and her daughter, granddaughter, and daughter-in-law — were discovered in a residential building on 19 October 2024. Police suspect that someone from the family, or among the relatives or neighbours…

Students, Villagers Stand Up To Women Teachers Harassers

SUKKUR: A large number of schoolchildren, teachers and residents of villagers took out a procession in Hassan Phulpoto village, Khairpur district, on 18th October in protest against harassment of female teachers by local thugs, who tried to kidnap the teachers when they were returning home on a rickshaw a day…