A 14-year-old boy was allegedly buried alive in a village on the outskirts of Mari Lak in Punjab’s Sargodha district after he reported an old rape attempt, police said on June 27, adding that a case was registered and three suspects were arrested. The injured boy was rescued and taken to the District Headquarters Hospital, where doctors said his condition was out of danger. According to police, the 14-year-old was allegedly subjected to a
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BAHAWALNAGAR: A 12-year-old student who was allegedly subjected to severe physical abuse at a religious seminary in Lahore has died after battling for his life for eight days, prompting his family to demand strict legal action against the seminary teacher they hold responsible. The deceased, identified as Ali Haider, was a resident of Kot Lingah in Bahawalnagar district and had been studying at a religious seminary on Burq Road in Lahore for the past
ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries to expand newborn screening for birth defects, highlighting how early detection and treatment can save lives and reduce lifelong disability for millions of children. A new WHO report titled “Strengthening capacity for newborn screening, diagnosis and management of birth defects”, identifies newborn screening as an important opportunity to accelerate progress in child survival. According to report many conditions can be successfully treated if identified early
KARACHI: A man beat his 10-year-old son to death inside his house in Surjani Town, police said on June 25. The police have arrested suspect Azhar Azhar and his brother, Sultan. Area SHO Sohail Khaskheli said that the boy, Haider, had gone to visit his mother, who had been living with her parents in Orangi Town after separating from her husband, Azhar, and stayed there for two to three days. On Wednesday, his maternal
KARACHI: Police made little headway in the investigation into the brutal rape and murder of a three-year-old girl. The body of Kulsoom Qasim stuffed in a gunny bag was found outside her Quaidabad home and an autopsy confirmed that she was subjected to “violent rape”. Described as “one of the most horrific cases” the police surgeon had seen in her career, the incident shocked the entire city, prompting the Sindh police chief to form
SARGODHA: An uncle of the minor girl, who was raped and murdered in Sargodha on June 23, as well as the family of suspect Arsalan, who was killed during an encounter, have separately alleged that the police have let some other suspects, including the owner of the shop where the crime was committed, off the hook during investigation. Sargodha city police had registered a case on the complaint of victim’s father Naeem who stated in the
SARGODHA: The main suspect in the case pertaining to rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Sargodha city was killed in an alleged encounter with a Crime Control Department (CCD) team, in which a police constable was also injured. As per the FIR No 104/2026, registered on the complaint of Sargodha Crime Control Department (CCD) Station House Officer (SHO) Hafiz Naveed Akram, he, along with a police team, was manning a picket at
ABBOTTABAD: The police recovered a baby boy, who was abducted from the Women and Children Hospital here, and arrested four suspects on Wednesday. District police officer Haroon Rasheed told a crowded press conference that a team led by SP Cantonment Ali Hamza Butt recovered the 17-day-old baby and arrested four suspects. He said Siraj, a resident of Jhangi Syedan, had lodged a complaint with the cantonment police on June 23, stating that an unidentified
RAWALPINDI: The city traffic police in Rawalpindi and Murree have started issuing driving permits to teenagers aged 16 to 18 as part of the Punjab government’s initiative of issuing ‘Juvenile Driving Permits’ to facilitate youth. Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Rawalpindi Farhan Aslam said the traffic police have begun issuing juvenile driving permits to girls and boys aged 16 with their parents’ consent. He said that the juvenile driving permit will be for driving motorcycles
SARGODHA: A seven-year-old girl was found murdered following an alleged attempted assault in Sargodha. The young girl, a resident of Block 8, had stepped out of her home to buy sugar from a nearby grocery store just a few paces away. She never returned. Hours later, her blood-soaked body was discovered in a room above the very shop she had visited. The family members said Minahil’s mother was preparing tea at home and had
Published in June 2026 by UNICEF and the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) Pakistan, this synthesis report consolidates the findings of household-based Child Labour Surveys (CLS) conducted across Pakistan’s four provinces and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) between 2019 and 2024. Utilizing the internationally recognized SIMPOC methodology on a combined sample of nearly 200,000 households and over 500,000 children aged 5–17, the report estimates that approximately 9.77 million children are working in Pakistan,
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has dismissed a bail application of an accused in a case pertaining to rape of his minor daughter. A single-judge bench of the SHC headed by Justice Omar Sial observed that around 10-year-old victim had appeared at the trial, narrated the ordeal and her testimony carried an air of authenticity and did not appear to be tutored or coached in any manner. The applicant has been charged with allegedly