Child Rights Violation Cases - Page 92

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…

Gang using women, children and killers to extort money

Gangsters have been using women, children and contract killers to carry out their extortion activities in Karachi, an arrested suspect revealed on 11 Jan 2024 by a Daily News report. The suspect, Kabir Ahmed, is allegedly associated with gangster Wasiullah Lakho’s group based in Lyari, the District City police spokesperson…

Case-Study on Afghan Children Education in Pakistan

A brief impact report released by Relief International in August 2023 discussed evidence-based case study on Afghan children in Education in Pakistan highlighting social behaviour change and retention. Read/Download Report …

SHRC Chairperson Takes Action School Closure

Mr. Iqbal Ahmed Detho, Chairperson of the Sindh Human Rights Commission, took decisive steps during a visit to different schools in District Larkana on 05-01-2024. During the visit, it was shockingly discovered that Boys Primary School, Chawan, District Larkana was closed during school hours. Expressing serious concern, Mr. Detho directed…

Two sisters abducted to avenge freewill marriage

According a news report by Daily Dawn on January 6, 2024, approximately 15 individuals from the Abro clan forcefully entered the residence of a Mahar family in Hekal Pat near Khanpur Mahar, aiming to take away two female family members on January 5, 2024. The assailants argued that Hanif Mahar,…

A missing child found from drain

A decomposed body of a five-year-old child, Ali Muhammad, who had been missing since December 15, 2023, were discovered in a drain in Korangi, near Mehran Town, on 5 January 2024, as revealed by the police. The family, asserting that Ali had been kidnapped and murdered, expressed their distress. According…

Girls’ School Set Ablaze in Bannu

BANNU: According to report by Daily The News, unidentified miscreants torched a girls’ school in Meryan Tehsil of Bannu district on 29 Dec 2023 night. The Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Kotka Mumbati Barakzai was targeted in the overnight incident. The building suffered a significant damage and the science…

Lahore, UK Courts tussle over siblings custody

Courts in the United Kingdom and Lahore are “involved in a complex legal tussle” to decide what should happen to the siblings of Sara Sharif, whose death sparked an international manhunt, BBC reported. Sara Sharif’s body was discovered at her home in Woking, southern England, on August 10. A post-mortem examination found she had sustained “multiple…

Transformative Education: Mobile School

KARACHI: An experiment in homeschooling, which was started for underprivileged children some 37 years ago by renowned infectious disease specialist Dr Naseem Salahuddin, has borne its fruit as many of her students, who had begun their studies from the lawn of her house, have successfully joined different professions and careers…

Housemaid in Khairpur was subjected to sexual assault and torture

The initial findings from a post-mortem report on August 20, 2023 revealed that the Khairpur housemaid, whose death occurred under mysterious circumstances, had been subjected to a sexual assault. This was reported by Daily Dawn on August 21, 2023. Dr. Irshad Memon, the Director General of Health Services, stated that…

Mahira Khan spoke against child domestic labour

Mahira Khan has raised her voice for all victims of child labour — calling the practice illegal, wrong and unethical. In a video shared by fellow actor Nadia Jamil on Twitter, Khan made an appeal to people to stop encouraging child labour and to raise their voices against the abuse…