Lahore. A 17 year old girl was reported sexually assaulted in Shadman Lahore, after being lured in under false pretext of a job offer by a suspect identified as Ali Raza. According to the police the suspect persuaded the teenager who had been living with her maternal uncle in Lahore to accompany him by offering her employment. He then took her to a hotel where the assault took place. The suspect fled the scene
Child Rights in Focus
ISLAMABAD: The education ministry is likely to approach the federal government for funds to build schools on 24 vacant plots in various sectors in the capital or seek permission for the auction of a few plots to generate capital for the construction of new educational institutions. Sources in the ministry said they wanted the federal government to finance the initiative, but if funding was a problem then they would ask the government for the
Lahore. Police have deployed 1000 cops for the security of 66,648 polio teams. The polio workers will administer teams for 2.2 million children. Over 381 upper subordinates and more than 1000 policemen have been assigned to ensure the safety of polio teams. In addition, 498 motorcycle units and 83 mobile patrol units will be actively monitoring and securing the field operations, he said. The campaign will continue from Dec 16 to 22, covering 27
The Shehzad Town Police Team successfully reunited a missing five-year-old child , Rohan, with his family on December 26. A public relations officer told media that the child had gone missing on the eve of December 14. Despite the family’s extensive search efforts, they could not locate him. Left with no other options, Rohan’s father reported the matter to Sumbal Police Station. He says, the family resides in Sector G-12. Upon receiving the report,
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhary formally launched the seven-day anti-polio campaign by administering anti-polio drops to children at the Police Services Hospital in Peshawar. Health Secretary Adil Shah, Peshawar Division Commissioner Riaz Mehsud, Deputy Commissioner Sarmad Salim Akram, and other officials were also present. Talking to the media, the CS said that unfortunately, 18 polio cases have been reported in the province in 2024. “Due to various reasons, many children miss out
Rawalpindi: The Association of Business, Professional, and Agricultural Women (ABP&AW) organised a dual-purpose event at ‘Bostan-e-Ilm,’ a charitable facility for out-of-school children. The activities-a ‘Bookshaw’ session for children and a health camp for mothers and babies-provided education, entertainment, and healthcare to underserved families, leaving a profound impact on the community. The ‘Bookshaw’ session, conducted by Tahmeena Malik with the support of Saba Alavi and Rukhsana Saleem, engaged children for two hours through storytime, nursery
QUETTA: The family of missing Musawar Kakar, along with political party leaders and members of the Balochistan Traders Association, have said that they consider the failure to recover Musawar Kakar, who was abducted on November 15, a failure of the relevant departments. The Balochistan chief minister had announced the formation of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT), but despite one and a half months passing, the boy has not been recovered. The Sit-in Action Committee
MUZAFFARGARH: A man who brutally murdered his three-year-old daughter by drowning her in a dirty drain has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Additional District and Sessions Judge Tahir Khalil handed down the sentence to Arshad Saleem Bhatti, an employee of the Jail Police. The murder case, registered at the Muzaffargarh City police station under case number 662/23, involved an extensive investigation by the police. District Police Officer Syed Hasnain Haider said the conviction was
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has issued a set of guidelines to the Punjab government on the protection of women at shelter homes (Dar ul Aman), including the removal of all male staff, except essential officials, from such facilities. Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh passed the instructions on multiple identical petitions filed by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and others, in the wake of allegations of sexual exploitation of orphans, levelled by Afshan Latif,
Police arrested a man on 23-December-2024 for allegedly raping his minor stepsister. A woman named Saima, wife of Aslam, filed a complaint at the Defence police station stating that her seven-year-old daughter was subjected to rape by her stepson, Ali Aslam, on November 28. She told police that her daughter informed her that Ali had raped her in the past as well. Following her statement, police registered an FIR against the suspect and arrested
RAWALPINDI: Speakers at a workshop on 23rd December unanimously endorsed a resolution calling for the minimum age of marriage for girls to be linked to their national identity cards across the country. The resolution to leverage technology and national identity cards to prevent child marriages was supported by a diverse group of stakeholders, including health professionals, religious scholars, lawyers, academicians, media persons, and government officials from various departments, including education, health, population welfare, women
KARACHI: Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho has said that the Sindh government plans to extend paediatric and neonatal intensive care services as part of its efforts to tackle the high infant mortality rate in the province. Speaking at a media briefing organised at the New Secretariat to highlight this year’s performance of the health department on December 23, she stated that a major concern for the provincial government in the health sector has