Child Rights Violation Cases - Page 49

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…

Girls School In Barang Tehsil Non-functional Since 2008

BAJAUR: A government high school for girls in Barang tehsil here is yet to be made functional since its construction about 15 years ago, residents complained here on 25 August. The school in the Sharbati area was approved in 2006 to promote girls’ education in the region. Its building was…

Minor Girl Found Raped, Murdered Near Lucky Star

KARACHI: The body of a minor girl, stuffed in a gunny bag, was found near a garbage dump in the Lucky Star area on 25 August and doctors said she was murdered after being raped. The Saddar police said that the body was found on Mir Karam Ali Talpur Road.…

Medics Negligence Claims Infants Life

RAWALPINDI: A patient at Holy Family Hospital – Rawalpindi’s largest public health facility – has accused the hospital’s staff of killing her newborn by allegedly dropping her to the floor in the labour room. The patient, Amina Bibi, has filed a complaint with the Medical Superintendent (MS) of the hospital,…

Friend Of Lahore Girl’s Father Turns Out Her Killer

LAHORE: Police recovered remains of the body of a minor girl who was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by her father’s friend for ransom in the Batapur area. Police recovered her clothes, hair, and bones from the nearby jungle of Batapur, suspecting that the wild animals had attacked and eaten most…

Madressah Teacher Beats Up Seven-year-old Boy

KARACHI: In a case of corporal punishment in a Korangi 1½ madressah, a minor orphan child was beaten by a seminary teacher with a thorny stick only for not memorising his lessons, said Korangi-SSP Tauheed Rehman Memon on August 22. The seven-year-old boy, Maaz, received injuries on different parts of…

Two Girls Killed In Attock School Van Shooting

RAWALPINDI: Two minor schoolgirls were killed and six others injured when gunmen opened fire on a school van in Dheri Kot village located in the foothills of Kala Chitta Pahar in the jurisdiction of Saddar Model Police Station, Attock. The shooting took place on the morning of 22 August. The…

Young Girl Kidnapped In Karachi Recovered In Ghotki: Police

SUKKUR: Ghotki police on 21st August 2024 claimed to have recovered a young girl, who had gone missing in Karachi, and arrested members of a gang involved in abducting children and selling them. Police officials said that they conducted a raid on a place along a road leading into a…

Ganga Ram Medics Protest Alleged Rape Attempt on Minor Girl

LAHORE: Tension escalated at the Fatima Jinnah Medical University (FJMU) and the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here on 20 August when hundreds of lady doctors and medical students took to the streets to condemn the rape attempt on a minor girl on the hospital’s premises here on Tuesday. The medics…

Teachers Protest Sealing Of Private Schools

PESHAWAR: Dozens of private school teachers protested outside the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly here on August 20 against the sealing of their educational institutions by the Peshawar Development Authority. Forty-two privately-owned schools were recently closed by the PDA over illegal operations in Hayatabad Township’s residential areas. The protesters demanded the immediate…

Balochistan DCs Discuss Efforts To Curb Polio

QUETTA: After almost a dozen cases of poliovirus in Balochistan since January, an emergency meeting was held in Quetta on 18 August, attended by the deputy commissioners of all 35 districts of the province. The meeting was held to prepare a strategy for the fight against the polio virus, which…