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…

Two Teachers Arrested For Torturing Student In Swabi

SWABI: The police on 22nd January arrested two teachers of a private welfare institution here for allegedly torturing an 11-year-old orphan boy. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has banned corporal punishment in educational institutions. The Chota Lahor city police station booked the teachers under the Child Protection Act after a video…

Students Granted Bail In Bookstall Case

QUETTA: Judicial Magistrate Court One in Gwadar has granted bail to four students of the Baloch Students Action Committee who were arrested for setting up a book stall in front of Dhoriyah Academy. The court ordered their release after they submitted a bail bond of Rs40,000 each. The lawyers representing…

Punishment For Rapists Of Minors Or Special Persons To Be Toughened

ISLAMABAD: With the aim of strengthening punishment for rapists, the sub-committee of the Senate committee on interior has unanimously agreed to amend the punishment for those who commit rape of a minor or a person with mental and physical disability include: “or imprisonment for life but shall not be less…

Children Contracting Preventable Diseases Due To Rising Vaccine Hesitancy

Despite being a low transmission season, around 10 children are currently admitted at the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital (SIDH) at NIPA in Karachi with measles, while four children are undergoing treatment for diphtheria. Similar cases are being reported at other health facilities of Karachi, including the National Institute of Child…

SI Remanded in FIA Custody For 2 More Days In Minors’ Kidnapping Case

ISLAMABAD. Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Shahzad Gondal 20-January-2025 handed over Sub-Inspector Sohaib Ali Pasha of the federal police, arrested for alleged rape and kidnapping of minors, to the FIA on an additional two-day physical remand here. The FIA officials presented the arrested sub-inspector in court after completion of his three-day physical…

Seven-year-old Boy Raped Before Being Murdered, Autopsy Reveals

• Body found in water tank appears to be ‘four-five days old’: MLO • DIG says cause of death is yet to be determined by doctors KARACHI: Investigators are now treating the death of a seven-year-old boy, whose body was found in an underground water tank of the high-rise building he lived…

Missing Boy’s Body Recovered After Two Months

RAWALPINDI: The body of a four-year-old boy, who went missing about two months ago in Rawat, was recovered from a pond close to the house where he had gone along with her mother and two siblings to attend a wedding ceremony. The mother, who also had a baby girl and…

Students, Parents Protest Lack Of Teachers In Charsadda Girls School

CHARSADDA: Students, their parents, political activists, and councillors staged a demonstration against the lack of teachers at a government girls’ primary school in Tangi tehsil here the other day. The protesters set a 15-day deadline for the appointment of teachers to the school in Sahibzada Kallay area of Gundheri union…

Missing Boy Found Dead In Water Tank 11 Days After His Disappearance

• Injuries, particularly around the neck, suggest the death was not accidental, opines police surgeon • DIG says it’s too early to call it a homicide • Efforts on to find two boys ‘kidnapped’ from Garden KARACHI: A seven-year-old boy, who had been missing from North Karachi since Jan 7,…

Rapist-murderer Of 5-year-old Girl Killed In Police Encounter

LALAMUSA: A grim chapter in the Khohaar tragedy concluded when the alleged rapist and murderer of a five-year-old girl was killed in a police encounter near Bole Bridge, Civil Lines Police Station limits, on 17 January 2025. The suspect, Muhammad Nadeem, a gardener employed at a college in Rasul, had…