Child Rights Violation Cases - Page 80

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…

Police Refuse To Register Father’s FIR After Girl’s Gang Rape

SUKKUR: A man complained to media persons in Shikarpur on Saturday that four men subjected his 12-year-old daughter to sexual assault when she went out of the home to buy milk for the family’s breakfast at around 7am but police refused to register the case and issue a letter for…

Four Women Of A Family Found Murdered In Lyari Flat

In a shocking incident in the Lyari area of Karachi, the mutilated bodies of four females — a middle-aged woman, and her daughter, granddaughter, and daughter-in-law — were discovered in a residential building on 19 October 2024. Police suspect that someone from the family, or among the relatives or neighbours…

Students, Villagers Stand Up To Women Teachers Harassers

SUKKUR: A large number of schoolchildren, teachers and residents of villagers took out a procession in Hassan Phulpoto village, Khairpur district, on 18th October in protest against harassment of female teachers by local thugs, who tried to kidnap the teachers when they were returning home on a rickshaw a day…

Courts Order Release Of 388 Students Arrested For Violent Protests In Pindi

RAWALPINDI: Local courts on 18th October ordered the release of 388 students arrested for holding violent protests against the alleged rape of a student in Lahore a day earlier. As many as 367 of the students arrested in the garrison city were discharged from the cases by concerned courts of judicial magistrates while 21 others…

LHC Full Bench To Hear Cases On Girls’ Harassment, Fake Videos

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Aalia Neelum on 18th October expressed her deep displeasure over the failure of authorities to remove a viral video, based on ‘misinformation’ about an alleged rape involving a female student of a private college, from social media. “Why wasn’t the viral video stopped from circulating…

Polio Cripples 4 More Children In KP, Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s battle against polio has taken a devastating turn with four new cases confirmed in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), raising the total number of polio infections this year to 37, according to Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) officials on 18-October-2024. The latest victims, all young children, include a 30-month-old…

Forced Marriage Of Under-age Girl Thwarted

LAHORE: Raiwind Police thwarted forced marriage of a 12-year-old girl and arrested multiple individuals involved, including the girl’s mother, the groom, witnesses, and Nikah registrar. According to a police spokesperson, the operation was initiated after receiving a report from M Sharif, the elder brother of the girl. Sharif informed the…

Section 144 In Punjab as Student Protests Spiral

LAHORE: The Punjab government closed all education institutions, including public and private sector institutions on Friday (today), after student protests that started in Lahore earlier this week against the alleged rape of a student spread to other cities and towns of the province on October 17. According to an official…

Women, Girls Make Up 70pc Of Human Trafficking Victims, NA Told

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar informed the National Assembly on 17 October 2024 that according to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2023-24, the number of women and girls who are victims of human trafficking stands at 24,398, making up 70.6 percent of the total victims, which…

Man Arrested For Assaulting Granddaughter

KOHAT: The police here have arrested a man on charges of sexually assaulting his teenage orphan granddaughter. An FIR of the alleged occurrence was registered at Shakardara police station on Oct 14, on the complaint of the alleged victim, who claimed that her grandfather repeatedly assaulted her during the last…