Child Rights Violation Cases - Page 79

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…

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…

13-year-old Held On Charge Of Killing Boy

GUJAR KHAN: Jhelum police have solved the blind murder of a six-year-old boy by arresting his 13-year-old relative. Abdul Jabbar, a resident of Kotha Purana area, told Kala Gujaran police on August 6 that the body of his son, Usman, with his throat slit was found under a tree near…

NA Body Wants Modern Education Facilities In Capital’s Rural Areas

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Friday stressed the need for modern educational facilities in the rural areas of the federal capital. The National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training at a meeting chaired by Dr Azimuddin Zahid Lakhvi discussed various agenda items, including the ongoing face-lifting and…

Monsoon Brides: Extreme Weather Fuels Child Marriages In Pakistan

DADU: As monsoon rains loomed over Pakistan, 14-year-old Shamila and her 13-year-old sister Amina were married off in exchange for money—a decision their parents made to help the family survive the impending threat of floods. “I was happy to hear I was getting married… I thought my life would become…

Suspected Child Molesters Held In Kallar Syedan

Rawalpindi. Two suspects who allegedly raped three children in Kallar Syedan area of Rawalpindi police station and his accomplice have been arrested. The accused were charged with rape while filming the indecent act and uploading the videos online. While registering the case the parents of the victim said that the…