Child Rights Violation Cases - Page 22

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…

Specialised Investigation Unit Sought To Handle Child Abuse Cases

ISLAMABAD: Highlighting the alarming situation of violence against children in the federal capital, with systemic gaps in the criminal justice system for such offenses, a civil society organisation has sought specialised investigation unit sought to handle child abuse cases and violence. In its report, the Sustainable Social Development Organisation (SSDO)…

Seminary Student Gang-raped

SAHIWAL: A 12-year old seminary student was gang-raped by two youths on the mosque premises at Chak 90/6-R. According to reports, the victim, son of a grocery shop owner in the village had been attending the mosque for Hifz-i-Quran. The complainant said that over the past two weeks, he noticed…

Minor House Help Tortured To Death

GUJRANWALA: A 13-year-old domestic worker was allegedly tortured to death by her employers in Krishan Nagar (Faisalabad) locality of Gujranwala on August 11. In the first information report (FIR) lodged with Model Town police, Abid Ali, a labourer from Noshera Virkan, said that he had left his daughter, Erum, for…

Man Slaughters Daughter, Her Three Minor Kids

LAHORE: An elderly man allegedly slit the throats of his daughter and her three children, who have been living with him in his house in Multan, on 8th August. Police said Irshad Bibi (36) had been living with his father, Waris Khokhar, in his house at Basti Malook, along with…

Man Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Marrying Underage Girl

KARACHI: A sessions court on 8th August sentenced a man to two years in prison for marrying an underage girl. After hearing the complainant counsel Daniyal Muhammad Hussain and the defence side, Judicial Magistrate (East) Noor Ahmed Chandio, found Azhar Ali guilty of marrying the teenage girl under Section 3…

Rising Costs Shut Out Marginalised Students

RAWALPINDI. Access to higher education shrinks amidst soaring merit thresholds Thousands of students across the Rawalpindi Division have been denied admission to leading government colleges despite having passed their matriculation examinations with first, second, or third division, due to increasingly high merit thresholds. At the same time, the cost of…

Minor Boy Saved After Weeks in Captivity

RAWALPINDI: A nine-year-old boy, who was abducted from the katchi abadi (informal settlement) area of Westridge Police jurisdiction in Rawalpindi in July, has been recovered from Chishtian, District Bahawalnagar. The rescue operation was made possible through a timely intervention, aided by the Zainab Alert App and swift action taken on…

SC Disposes Of Free-will Marriage Case Of Girl Who Converted To Islam

The Supreme Court on 07-August-2025 disposed of a petition with regard to the kidnapping of a girl after the statement of the girl who deposed that she married of her free will. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi inquired the girl whether she married with her free…

Mother Of Seven Shot Dead By Husband Over Domestic Dispute in Lyari

A 40-year-old woman was shot dead allegedly by her husband during a domestic dispute in Lyari’s Mirza Adam Khan Road area on 05-August-2025. The Chakiwara police said that the victim, identified as Bakhtawar, wife of Nawab, was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi, where doctors confirmed her death. The victim…

NGO Head Sent To Prison In Child Trafficking Case

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on 5th August sent the chairperson of a non-governmental organisation to prison on judicial remand in a child trafficking case. On Monday, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had arrested Mubina Cassum Aboatwala, chairperson of the Health Oriented Preventive Education (HOPE) after a court dismissed her pre-arrest…