RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi police on June 28 said they have rounded up the suspect who allegedly slashed the neck of an 18-month-old girl. The injured girl, shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) with a wound on her neck, was stated to be out of danger. Shortly after the incident, Dhamial police registered an FIR on the complaint of a detective foot constable (DFC), who said he rushed to the scene after receiving an emergency
Child Rights in Focus
KARACHI: Scores of families whose children contracted HIV infection, leading to at least nine deaths, in an apparent case of serious medical negligence at a government hospital last year gathered at the Karachi Press Club on June 28 to demand the registration of an FIR against the hospital staff concerned. They also asked for proper treatment for their children and financial compensation. According to the details shared during the presser, the total number of affected
BAHAWALPUR: Police registered on June 28 two cases, one of a rape attempt on a minor girl and the other pertaining to alleged rape of a boy, reported in the limits of Gaggo Mandi, Vehari district, and Jalalpur Pirwala in Lodhran district, respectively. In the first incident reported in Chak No 225/EB, as per Gaggo Mandi police, six-year-old ‘M’, niece of Muzamil, was playing in the street, when the suspect, ‘S’, finding her alone,
TOBA TEK SINGH: Police have arrested a man for allegedly poisoning his wife and a minor daughter to death at Chak 61/15L over a domestic issue. Earlier, the suspect, Iqbal, had claimed that his wife Maryam had attempted suicide by taking poison after poisoning their two-year-old daughter Ibadat Noor. As per Chhab Kalan police in Mian Channu tehsil of Khanewal district, complainant Iqbal, the father of Maryam, said in the FIR that his son-in-law
SARGODHA: The Sargodha police on June 28 refused the news reports circulating on social media regarding the DNA report related to the Muntaha Zahra case, calling them baseless, misleading and contrary to facts. It was clarified by a police spokesperson who said that no forensic or DNA report had been received in this case yet. He said that investigation into the case was still going on and the public should not believe sensational and
LAHORE: Another student was brutally tortured in a madressah by his teacher and others in Lahore on June 28. The Kahna police arrested the prime suspect in the incident who was also the madressah head. As per the reports, the minor student, identified as Sameer, suffered multiple wounds on different parts of his body when head of the seminary, identified as Tahir, and some students subjected him to torture. The footage of a CCTV
SARGODHA: Three minor boys were raped in the Sargodha district during the last two days. A 14-year-old boy who was subjected to rape and the suspect tried to bury him alive in a pit in connivance with his two brothers at village Marri. However, the farm workers nearby pulled out the boy on hearing his cries. According to an FIR registered with Jhal Chakian Police, the mother of the boy said her son had
LAHORE: A seminary student from Bahawalnagar succumbed to injuries after he was subjected to physical abuse at a madrassa in Lahore Cantonment area on June 27. According to police, Ali Haider (14)’s torture was not reported to police. His parents took him to their native town in Bahawalnagar and continued treating him privately without informing law enforcement agencies. Police said the child later succumbed to his injuries. It was only after his death that
SWAT: The Swat police arrested two suspects on charges of sexually assaulting and killing a teenage girl who had gone missing from her home town Abbottabad some three days ago. Police registered an FIR under multiple sections of the Pakistan Penal Code after the 17-year-old girl died at Saidu Teaching Hospital following an alleged abduction, sexual assault and murder. According to FIR No. 624/26 registered at Rahimabad police station, Mingora, the complainant, Muhammad Farooq,
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Pediatric Association Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has warmly welcomed the release of Rs2.1b by the provincial government for early operationalisation of the Children’s Hospital attached to the Khyber Institute of Child Health (KICH), Peshawar. The association expressed profound gratitude to the chief minister, Muhammad Sohail Afridi, health minister Khaliqur Rehman and secretary health Shahidullah Khan, for their visionary leadership, unwavering commitment and strong support for child health services in the province. The timely release
KARACHI: A woman and her minor daughter were found dead at their home in Malir, police said on June 27. An Edhi Foundation spokesperson said the bodies of Saba Hanif, 30, and her eight-year-old daughter, Nabiha Hanif, were found inside their house near the Malir river within the remit of the Malir City police station. The bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for medico-legal formalities. Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed
SWABI: Construction work on the much-awaited government high school in the Besak area of Gadoon Amazai region here has been launched, and it is expected to be completed next year if there is no paucity of funds, sources in the communication and works department told Dawn here on June 27. The girls’ high school had been a longstanding demand of the people, who said 98 per cent of girls left education after passing eighth