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Video of Teacher Assaulting Student in Gujar Khan Sparks Police Action

RAWALPINDI: In the Gujar Khan area of Rawalpindi, a video showing a school teacher brutally beating a child has gone viral on social media, prompting police action. The accused teacher has been taken into custody. Authorities say the incident occurred nearly a year ago. According to police, the video shows a private school in the Gujar Khan jurisdiction where a…

Maryam Introduces Aghosh Programme For Women

LAHORE: Under Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s first-ever Aghosh program, pregnant women and mothers of children under 2 will get Rs23,000 each. “Health of a mother and her child requires special attention, a healthy mother guarantees a healthy family,” said Maryam while introducing the Aghosh program to provide medical facilities…

Punjab CM Launches Initiatives For Special Children

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has introduced a series of…

3 Nomadic Youths Rape Underage Girl

Rawalpindi: Police have launched a formal investigation after a man filed a…

School Meal Programme Launched in Bhakkar

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif inaugurated a Danish School in Mankera, Bhakkar, and launched the School Meal Programme at Government Primary School Kisanwala, terming education and nutrition key pillars for a brighter future of children. During a visit, the chief minister announced the upgradation of three schools in…

7-Year-Old killed, 3 CCD Officers Injured in Firefight with Outlaws

BHAKKAR: A seven-year-old girl was killed and three Crime Control Department (CCD) police officers sustained serious injuries during a late-night police encounter with a proclaimed offender and his accomplices in the Kacha Shah Alam area of Mango Changar, on the outskirts of Bhakkar, police said on Sunday. Official sources said…

Over 600 Child Abuse Videos Recovered as Major Exploitation Network Busted

RAWALPINDI: Authorities have exposed a major network involved in producing, buying and selling obscene videos of children, arresting a key operative and recovering more than 600 videos. The suspect, identified as Taimur Mahmood, a resident of Murree, was arrested from Rawalpindi by the National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency (NCCIA). According…

Rights Groups Oppose Children’s Digital Exclusion

LAHORE: Several digital and child rights groups have cautioned that blanket bans or age-based prohibitions on children’s access to social media are a flawed and regressive response to risks including online abuse, exploitation, harassment and exposure to harmful content. Such measures shift responsibility away from the government and technology companies…

Woman, Daughter’s Death in Manhole: Data Darbar Project’s Entire Team Suspended; Three Arrested

LAHORE: Three officials of the contractor working on the project were arrested on January 29 in the wake of the death of a young mother and her minor daughter after their fall into an open manhole of the under-construction Data Darbar extension project. Those arrested for their negligence were identified…

Couple gets 34 Years Jail for Killing Newborn

TAXILA: A court in Taxila on January 29 sentenced two persons involved in the murder of a newborn baby girl to a combined 34 years of imprisonment along with fines amounting to Rs80,000. According to the verdict, the prime accused Zulfiqar was awarded 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for murder, five…

Five Students killed in Road Crash

KOT ADDU: Five school and college students riding two motorcycles were killed in a tragic road accident in Chowk Sarwar Shaheed in Kot Addu on Thursday. Police said the accident occurred on Layyah Road near Man Pump in the tehsil of Chowk Sarwar Shaheed. A speeding trailer, while attempting to…

LHC seeks Govt Response on Plea Seeking to Ban Social Media for Under-16s

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on January 28 sought replies from the federal government and other authorities on a petition seeking a ban on the use of social media by children under the age of 16. LHC Chief Justice Aalia Neelum heard the petition filed by Aliya Saleem and…

Teen Murder Case Transferred to CCD

RAWALPINDI: The investigation into the abduction and murder of a 13-year-old girl from Mohallah Kashmiriyaan, Dhoke Hassu, in the Ratta Amral area of Rawalpindi has been transferred to the Crime Control Department (CCD) Rawalpindi, while a high-level team from the district police continues its inquiry. According to police, over the…

Bribery Claims Rock Housemaid Rape Probe in Pindi

RAWALPINDI: The Investigation Officer of Sadiqabad Police Station, who was probing the case involving the alleged rape of a 13-year-old domestic worker was suspended from service for allegedly declaring the real accused innocent and falsely implicating a male domestic worker. The victim is reportedly seven months pregnant. Sub-Inspector Taimoor Waqar,…