Child Rights Violation Cases - Page 63

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…

Private Hospital’s Two Doctors Booked For Declaring Alive Newborn Dead

HYDERABAD: A case has been registered at the Baldia police station against two doctors and other staffers of a private hospital for negligently declaring a healthy newborn dead. The FIR has been registered on the complaint of the father, Muhammad Rafiq Bhayo, a resident of Muhammad Bux Shoro village of…

Mosque Cleric Rapes Girl

OKARA: A mosque cleric was arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old madrassa student. According to the first information report, the girl had been attending Quranic lessons at the seminary in Azam Town, Renala, where around seven months ago, the cleric allegedly raped her and threatened her into silence. Recently, noticing…

Tutor Rapes Minor Boy In Lodhran

BAHAWALPUR: A tutor allegedly raped his 13-year-old student at Basti Baghwala of village Khanpur Ghalwan in the limits of the Qureshiwala Police Station in district Lodhran. According to Ladhran police spokesperson Bahadur Khan, the tutor called his student from his house and took him to nearby fields on the pretext…

Misconceptions Rise as Polio Cases Surge Across Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Fed up with Pakistan’s rising polio cases, health authorities across provinces are increasingly attributing the spread of the virus to a range of unique factors, including malnutrition, gaps in Routine Immunization (RI), parental refusals, and, most recently, paralysis linked to injection neuritis a theory recently posited by health officials…

Blast Near Police Van on Security Duty Of Polio Team Kills 9 in Mastung

QUETTA: A bomb blast near a girls’ high school in Mastung, Balochistan, claimed the lives of nine people, including six schoolchildren, a police officer, and two passers-by. Thirty others were injured. The explosive device, planted on a motorcycle, exploded with great force, damaging several cars. Following the blast, eleven of…

Teenager Assaulted

LAHORE: An accused on 01-November-2024 assaulted a teenage girl in the Shad Bagh area. According to Shad Bagh police, accused Rohit alias Chitta barged into the house of a 17-year-old girl with his accomplices and assaulted her, and took away 1.5 tola gold jewellery and Rs200,000. The police registered the…

Govt Gets Six Weeks To Frame Rules For Enforcing Medico-legal Law

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that the enactment of the Sindh Medico Legal Act, 2023 was a progressive step, but it required implementation through rule-making and appointments. The SHC directed a committee, headed by the Sindh chief secretary, to ensure compliance with the law, frame rules within…

Minor Girl Lured To Brothel, Repeatedly Gang-Raped

CHINIOT: Saddar police have booked six persons, including two women, for the abduction and gang-rape of a minor girl at a brothel they were allegedly running in a house near Jaman Colony, Lahore Road, Chiniot, arresting the two nominated ones. The suspects, four of them, including a woman, unidentified, under…

Parents Opt For Tent Schools Over Privatised Education

Residents have set up a temporary school with volunteer teachers RAWALPINDI: Families in Sumbul Syedan village, Murree, have withdrawn their daughters from schools recently handed over to NGOs, opting instead to educate them in makeshift tent schools. Unhappy with the former Government Primary Girls School’s privatisation, residents set up a…

Misconceptions Deprive 25pc of Pakistani Children Of Breast Milk: Experts

ISLAMABAD: Around 20-25 percent of children in Pakistan never receive even a single drop of their mother’s milk, primarily due to misconceptions and a lack of awareness among women and their families, who often consider breast milk to be either less nutritious or even harmful, leading child health and nutrition…