GUJAR KHAN: Kallar Syedan police have registered a case against a man for allegedly raping a boy who reportedly injured the suspect when he put up resistance on 25th September 2024. According to details, the case was registered on the complaint of the victim’s father, who told Kallar Syedan police that his 15-year-old son returned from school on Tuesday and went to a man who was repeatedly calling on his mobile phone. He said
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MUZAFFARGARH: A seven-year-old boy was allegedly tortured by some suspects over suspicion of theft in the Langrwah area of Alipur tehsil, some 120 kilometers away from the city. Reports said the suspects tied Muhammad Nasir with ropes, held him by his feet, and forced him to apologise for alleged theft. They laughed at the boy’s cries and recorded a video, which was later circulated on social media. After the video went viral, District Police
ISLAMABAD: A man kidnapped a toddler and demanded his stolen motorcycle in ransom. The incident came to light after a case was registered with Tarnol police station on the complaint of the girl’s father. According to the police, the suspect was a close friend of the complainant and resided in Lahore. On September 20, he and his family came over to the complainant’s house, located in Islam Market, Tarnol, on a motorcycle and stayed
A FEW weeks ago, an 11-year-old girl in Karachi was kidnapped, tortured, raped, and murdered. Her body was discarded in a garbage dump. The Sindh Police responded swiftly, and apprehended the suspect. The culprit may face justice. But is this the end of the story? Unfortunately, such horrifying incidents are common, and each new tragedy eclipses the previous one in the public’s memory. Only cases that capture media attention or come under the radar
Islamabad: Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal on 25-September-2024 complained about a ‘decline in literacy rates’ in the country since the decentralisation of education in 2010, and advocated for educational reforms. “The 18th Constitutional Amendment, which transferred educational authority to the provinces, has had negative effects, contributing to lower literacy rates in the country. Education reforms are necessary, but they will not be effective until teacher training is improved,” the minister told the first
CHINIOT: The Punjab government has launched the Public Schools Reorganisation Programme (PSRP), through which around 5,000 schools across the province have been handed over to private sector management. In Chiniot district, 86 schools were included in this initiative, with 70 handed over to the NGO Akhuwat, 10 to educated youths, and six to a group of entrepreneurs. One such school — Government Primary School Riazwala in Bhowana — was assigned to Ali Waqas under
ISLAMABAD: The first meeting of the Education Task Force on 25th September 2024 termed the state of affairs in the education sector alarming and called for immediate steps to improve the situation. The meeting was chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal and attended by State Minister for Information Technology Shaza Fatima Khawaja, chief secretaries from all provinces, and representatives from the Ministry of Education, Unicef, UNDP, FCDO, Unesco,
TOBA TEK SINGH: Up to 250,000 people lose their lives every year due to drug addiction in the country and the growing trend of drug addiction among the youth is pushing society towards darkness. To combat this issue, there is a need to create awareness and work towards eliminating this curse. Speakers said this at an anti-narcotics awareness seminar organised by the UAF’s Department of Rural Sociology, in collaboration with the Anti-Narcotics Force and
When the girl child is viewed as a lesser mortal and children are violated with alarming frequency, it is time to concede that the rot in society runs deep. While incidents of child abuse, rape and murder mount across the country, the nation refuses to rise in anger. Recently, a teenage girl was gang-raped by robbers in the presence of her family near Pakpattan; four armed men on motorcycles intercepted the victim’s car, snatched
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways Police rescued and reunited around 626 children and women with their heirs in the last eight months over the period of 1st Jan to 31st Aug 2024. Around 2,000 lost luggage of passengers valued at Rs19.2m were retrieved and returned safely to the passengers. Additionally, around 13,360 handicapped, injured, and elderly passengers were provided with first aid, wheelchair, and stretcher facility. According to the figures, Rawalpindi division reunited over 146, Lahore
A model court has acquitted a man in a case pertaining to the murders of his wife, and three minor daughters after their legal heirs pardoned him in the name of Almighty Allah. Muhammad Fawad had been booked for brutally killing his wife Huma, and three daughters – Maryam, Fatima and Samra – and attempting suicide in his house in Shamsi Society within the remit of the Al-Falah police station in November 2022. The
ISLAMABAD: A sub-inspector (SI) of the capital police was suspended and put behind bars after he was found involved in detaining two minor children illegally for two days and physically abusing them, police said on 23rd September 2024. The action against the SI was taken in response to a complaint lodged by relatives of the children with Inspector General of Police Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi. The complaints stated that the policeman picked up the