Child Rights Violation Cases - Page 30

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…

SC Gives KP Govt Six Months More to Complete Quake-hit Schools

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on October 30 granted the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government an additional six months to implement its orders regarding the completion of reconstruction work on schools destroyed in the 2005 earthquake, directing the provincial authorities to submit a comprehensive progress report as well. A five-member constitutional bench…

Video of Teacher Assaulting Student in Gujar Khan Sparks Police Action

RAWALPINDI: In the Gujar Khan area of Rawalpindi, a video showing a school teacher brutally beating a child has gone viral on social media, prompting police action. The accused teacher has been taken into custody. Authorities say the incident occurred nearly a year ago. According to police, the video shows…

Case filed against LUMHS professor, several doctors of Liaquat Hospital

HYDERABAD: Market police have lodged a case against a professor of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro and several doctors of Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) Hyderabad under judicial orders passed on an application of Amir Lutuf Zardari about the death of his son Hasnain Zardari (17), who…

School Vandalised in South Waziristan

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Unidentified armed men on Oct 29 attacked a government high school in Azam Warsak area of Lower South Waziristan’s Birmal tehsil, looting valuable equipment and damaging the building. Locals said the attackers vandalised classrooms, damaged doors, windows and boundary wall. They said the assailants entered the school early…

SHC Slams State Failure to Protect Kids From Drug Trade

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that criminal networks are exploiting children, often through poverty, lack of education or coercion, and that stronger child protection laws and rehabilitation programmes are needed to combat it. A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Omar Sial, also remarked that the state has…

Teacher’s Bail Plea Dismissed in Rape Case

KARACHI: A sessions court declined a bail plea of a teacher in a case pertaining to raping a 13-year-old boy on the roof of an academy located in District Central. The suspect had filed an application before Additional District and Session Judge (Central) Mirza Tauseef Ahmed and sought post-arrest bail…

Child Maid Tortured by Employer in Ghaziabad .

LAHORE: A nine-year-old domestic worker was allegedly subjected to brutal physical violence by her employer in Lahore’s Ghaziabad area, leaving her injured and with a broken tooth. Police said the victim, identified as Muqaddas, had been working at the home of a woman named Naheed in Tajpura. The assault allegedly…

Van Locked with School Children Inside

RAWALPINDI: The efficiency of the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) staff took a harsh turn when a school van, found with an expired annual token, was impounded along with the students inside the vehicle at the Old GTS bus stand in Rawalpindi. Students of grade five and six from a government…

Teacher ‘Breaks’ Student’s Arm

RAWALPINDI: A private school teacher in the Sadiqabad area allegedly broke a student’s arm for not bringing a book to class. Police registered a case and arrested the teacher. According to the police, three children of the complainant study at the same private school. The victim, Ahmad Raza, a ninth-grade…

57 Children Died of Vaccine-preventable Measles in Province This Year

KARACHI: Expressing serious concern over growing numbers of measles’ cases these days, especially in Karachi, health experts at an event held on Tuesday urged parents to get their children protected against the highly contagious and potentially fatal viral infection — which has claimed at least 57 lives this year so far,…