Child Rights Violation Cases - Page 71

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…

Teachers Observe Black Day Against Govt Policies

BAHAWALPUR: Teachers across Punjab took to the streets on World Teachers’ Day on 5th October, demanding a reversal of privatisation policies in the education sector and the restoration of pension benefits. Demonstrations were held in Lodhran, Okara, Faisalabad, and Sahiwal, where teachers condemned the outsourcing of public schools and other…

Violence A Reality For Half Of World’s Children, Says WHO

ISLAMABAD: Violence is a reality for half of the world’s children as one billion of them experience physical, emotional or sexual abuse every year. “Experiencing violence is not only a violation of children’s rights, it also increases the risk of mental health conditions, non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer,…

Experts Sound Alarm Over Rise In Hepatitis A Cases Among Children

• AKUH doctor says Mefenamic acid, not paracetamol, should be used for fever, pain • People urged to practice good hygiene, use boiled water for drinking, eat properly cooked food, and getting their children vaccinated KARACHI: A growing number of children reporting to health facilities these days with non-specific signs,…

Bodies Of Farmer, Three Children Found Hanging From Tree

UMERKOT: The bodies of a 32-year-old man and his three children aged between four and eight were found hanging from a tree near Palli Morr (turning) within the jurisdiction of the Bodar Farm police station of Umerkot district late on the evening of October 4. The police collected the bodies…

Minor Boy Drowns In Sohrab Goth Drain

KARACHI: A minor boy drowned while another was rescued from a drain at Sohrab Goth on 4th October, rescue services officials said. Rescue-1122 official Hassaan Khan told Dawn that two children were playing with an electric wire at the bank of a nullah (drain) near Sohrab Goth when they suffered…

Boy Blackmailed, Raped

OKARA: A 15-year-old boy was allegedly raped by two suspects at Chak 22/4-L. As per FIR, the suspect called the victim’s mother on Sept 1 and asked her to send her son to Mandi Bahauddin for a job. When the boy reached there, the suspect, along with his accomplice, administered…

Teachers Shortage Threatens Girls Education In Shangla

SHANGLA: Over a dozen government schools for girls in Shangla district have been closed, while a majority of primary schools for girls have been functioning with a single teacher since January 2023, with educators fearing a decline in girls’ education. Official sources told Dawn that over a dozen schools in parts of…

Prayer Leader Rapes Child

GUJRAT: Police arrested a prayer leader on charge of raping his minor student in the mosque in the Azizpura locality of Saddar Kharian. Reports said the father of a 12-year-old boy lodged a complaint with the police, saying that his son had gone to have a Holy Quran lesson from…

Alcoholic Gets 14 Years In Prison For Assaulting Teenage Daughter

KARACHI: A sessions court on Tuesday sentenced a man, said to be an alcoholic, to 14 years in prison for raping her teenage daughter. Additional District and Sessions Judge Ghulam Mustafa Laghari, who is also presiding officer of the Gender Based-Trial Court (Central), found Muhammad Mukhtiar, 40, guilty of raping…

2 More Children Paralysed By Polio As Pakistan’s 2024 Tally Rises To 26

ISLAMABAD: Polio eradication authorities in Pakistan reported two more polio cases on 01-October-2024, raising the total number of children paralyzed by the virus this year to 26. The cases, confirmed by the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health, involve children from Karachi East and…