Child Rights Violation Cases - Page 40

Reconciliation Between Family Of Murdered Maid, Main Accused

KARACHI: In a shocking development, the family of Fatima Furiro, a minor girl found dead under suspicious circumstances at the Haveli of the influential Pir of Ranipur last year, has reconciled with the main accused, Asad Shah Jeelani. Adding to this, other eyewitnesses and close relatives of Fatima Furiro have also cleared all accused persons, including Asad Shah, his wife…

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 going to hand over 13,000 non-performing public schools of the province to non-government organisations (NGOs), Dawn learnt on 3rd April 2024. The chief minister presided over a meeting to review the School Education Reforms Programme and decided to…

Five Girls Raped At School In Gujranwala

GUJRAT: In a shocking incident, the case of rape of at least…

IHC Judgement on Child Custody

This case involves the future of a young girl (Meher Fatima) who…

Transformative Education: Mobile School

KARACHI: An experiment in homeschooling, which was started for underprivileged children some 37 years ago by renowned infectious disease specialist Dr Naseem Salahuddin, has borne its fruit as many of her students, who had begun their studies from the lawn of her house, have successfully joined different professions and careers…

Housemaid in Khairpur was subjected to sexual assault and torture

The initial findings from a post-mortem report on August 20, 2023 revealed that the Khairpur housemaid, whose death occurred under mysterious circumstances, had been subjected to a sexual assault. This was reported by Daily Dawn on August 21, 2023. Dr. Irshad Memon, the Director General of Health Services, stated that…

Mahira Khan spoke against child domestic labour

Mahira Khan has raised her voice for all victims of child labour — calling the practice illegal, wrong and unethical. In a video shared by fellow actor Nadia Jamil on Twitter, Khan made an appeal to people to stop encouraging child labour and to raise their voices against the abuse…

Woman Arrested in Islamabad for Allegedly Torturing 13-Year-Old Maid

Police in the G-15 sector of Islamabad have apprehended a woman on allegations of subjecting her 13-year-old domestic helper to torture. As stated by law enforcement officials, the accused individual, who is linked with an online business enterprise, was detained based on accusations raised by the maid’s mother, Khalida Bibi,…

Minors charged with terrorism offence to be tried in juvenile court

The Peshawar High Court has ruled that a juvenile accused charged with terrorism-related offence should be tried by a juvenile court notified under the Juvenile Justice System Act, 2018, and not by an anti-terrorism court. A single-member bench consisting of Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim accepted plea of an under-trial juvenile accused…

IHC Judgement on Child Marriage Case

Honourable Justice BABAR SATTAR of the The Islamabad High Court Issuing a written order on the plea of a woman seeking recovery of her 16-year-old daughter who had filed an affidavit to say she had tied the knot of her own free will. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) declared the…

Man sentenced for sharing child pornography

As reported by Express News and Daily Tribune, a court in Faisalabad on March 11, 2023, sentenced a man involved in sharing child pornography to two years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000. According to a spokesperson for the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the accused, Asif Mehmood Raza, had…