Child Rights Violation Cases - Page 2

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…

IHC Judgement on Child Marriage Case

Honourable Justice BABAR SATTAR of the The Islamabad High Court Issuing a…

Murree Tightens Checks on School Vans after Fire Incident

RAWALPINDI: Following the school van fire incident in Murree, the City Traffic Police has formed special squads to check fire safety arrangements in public service and school vans to prevent such incidents in future. A spokesman for the City Traffic Police Murree said in a press release that, on the orders of…

Bail Plea Dismissed in Minor Rape Case

ABBOTTABAD: The Abbottabad Bench of the Peshawar High Court has dismissed a post-arrest bail petition filed by Shahrukh Habib, an accused in a case involving the alleged rape of a minor girl, observing that the material available on record at this stage provided reasonable grounds to connect the petitioner with…

Teenager Killed 19 Days Ago Laid to Rest as Family Ends Sit-in

KARACHI: Nineteen days after he was shot dead during a house robbery in Manghopir, family and relatives of 17-year-old Rosham Hussain ended their protest sit-in outside the Manghopir police station and buried their loved one in a local graveyard on Sep 27. His funeral prayer was offered at a ground near…

Another Peshawar Girl Faces Assault

Incidents of sexual violence against girls in Peshawar have escalated into a grave crisis, with another child becoming the latest victim of a gang rape by neighbours that left her in critical condition. According to Chamkani police, the father of the 10-year-old girl, residents of Budhai, reported that his daughter…

Man held Over Girl’s Killing in Two Hours

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police on Sep 21 arrested a man in less than two hours for allegedly subjecting a three-year-old girl to abuse before killing her in the jurisdiction of Noon Police Station. An official said Noon police immediately registered a case and launched an investigation after receiving…

Accused Denied Bail in Girl Abduction, Murder Case

HARIPUR: A juvenile court here on Sep 23 rejected the bail petitions of three minors arrested on charges of kidnapping and killing a four-and-a-half-year-old girl. The three accused were also named in the charge-sheet submitted by the police investigation wing, which placed their names in column No. 2 under Section…

3-year-old Girl Found Murdered after Kidnapping in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: A three-year-old girl who was kidnapped on Sep 22 was found murdered in a wooded area, located about one-and-a-half kilometres from a police station, on Wednesday, police said. It was also suspected that the girl had been raped before her murder based on the physical condition of her body.…

Online Grooming puts Pakistani Children at Risk

ISLAMABAD: Zara Shah was targeted by a stranger while playing a computer game, drawn into a conversation that would expose her to terrifying online sexual exploitation. Zara, whose name has been changed by AFP for safety reasons, is one of an estimated 1.5 million children in Pakistan who experienced online…

Abduction of Two Sisters Sparks Protest in Swabi

SWABI: The alleged abduction of two teenage sisters sparked protest in Yar Hussain village of Razaar tehsil here on Sep 20. Protesting people said that the two girls were on their way to a local religious seminary when they were allegedly kidnapped by unidentified persons. The news spread rapidly in…

Father Arrested Over Child Marriage in Balochistan’s Kuchlak

QUETTA: Police on Sep 17 arrested the father of a minor girl from Chaman who was allegedly married to an elderly man in Kuchlak. Efforts were also underway to arrest other people who allegedly played a role in the illegal marriage. Chaman Deputy Commissioner Habib Bangulzai confirmed the arrest of…