Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tessori went to the Chhipa Foundation’s morgue on 26-August-2024 deliver the body of 12-year-old Ganga, found in the Lucky Star garbage dump in the Saddar area, to her family. During his visit, he met with Ganga’s grieving parents, expressed his condolences, and assured them of his full support. The governor described the incident as extremely tragic and conveyed his deep sympathy to the bereaved family. He emphasized that no effort
Child Rights in Focus
A sessions court has awarded a collective sentence of 13 years in prison to a man in a rape case. Najeeb Ahmed, alias Bobi, was found guilty of sexually abusing an 18-year-old girl multiple times through blackmail and criminal intimidation within the jurisdiction of the Madina Colony police station last year. Additional Sessions Judge (West) Irshad Hussain pronounced his order after recording evidence and final arguments from both sides. He observed that the prosecution
TOBA TEK SINGH: Following strong protest and refusal by the parents of two deceased babies to receive their bodies until strong action is taken against two lady doctors of Gojra THQ hospital, Toba Tek Singh Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Naeem Sindhu ordered an inquiry into the incident. The district administration formed a three-member inquiry committee consisting of Gojra Assistant Commissioner Noman Ali Dogar (head), district health officer Dr Kashif Nadeem, and DHQ hospital consultant gynecologist
Pakistan’s child protection system must evolve with mandatory reporting, audits, and comprehensive case management. The fact that we know of only 4,213 cases of child abuse in 2023 is an insult to common sense and arithmetic. About 26 million children are not attending schools; 3.3 million are involved in child labour; 1.2 million are engaged in begging on the streets; and one in every four households employs children as domestic workers. These are brutally
RAWALPINDI: A ninth-class student was allegedly raped in Dhoke Rajgan, Adiala Road, on Saturday, police and the victim said. Police claimed to have detained one of the alleged rapists. The 15-year-old victim lodged an FIR with Saddar Bairooni police, alleging that a boy used to chase her on her way to school and forcibly took her mobile phone number. She said after getting her number, he would send her messages but she never responded
BAJAUR: A government high school for girls in Barang tehsil here is yet to be made functional since its construction about 15 years ago, residents complained here on 25 August. The school in the Sharbati area was approved in 2006 to promote girls’ education in the region. Its building was constructed in 2008, area elders and social activists told Dawn. They said the unnecessary delay in making the school functional was causing them great
KARACHI: The body of a minor girl, stuffed in a gunny bag, was found near a garbage dump in the Lucky Star area on 25 August and doctors said she was murdered after being raped. The Saddar police said that the body was found on Mir Karam Ali Talpur Road. DIG-South Syed Asad Raza said that a passer-by informed the police about the body lying in a gunny bag. He said investigators believed that
The modern world is getting increasingly smaller and interconnected. Whether a newsbreak or a viral outbreak, it travels across continents in the blink of an eye. Just as we were beginning to breathe easier after Covid-19, another virus has silently made its way across our border and made its presence felt. Mpox, once considered as confined to the remotest regions of a few countries of the African continent, has now found its way to Pakistan, proving that
Mothers who give formula or cow’s milk to their children soon after birth are endangering their lives, as breastfeeding not only helps prevent type 2 diabetes in infants but also benefits mothers by reducing their risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life, experts said on Sunday. “It has been proven through various studies that breastfeeding protects infants from type 2 diabetes in the long run. Mothers who give formula milk from day
KARACHI: Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani has praised the exceptional philanthropic support extended by the industrialists of Korangi Industrial Area (KIA) in Karachi to ensure that the children of the labourers employed by them get quality school education. He expressed these views while speaking as the chief guest at the inauguration of the Al-Badar campus, a school of the non-profit Green Crescent Trust (GCT), at the Sharifabad locality of KIA. According to a
RAWALPINDI: A patient at Holy Family Hospital – Rawalpindi’s largest public health facility – has accused the hospital’s staff of killing her newborn by allegedly dropping her to the floor in the labour room. The patient, Amina Bibi, has filed a complaint with the Medical Superintendent (MS) of the hospital, Dr Ijaz Butt, seeking justice. According to the sources, Amina Bibi visited the hospital on August 19 for a check-up, where an ultrasound revealed
On the day I sat down to write this piece about a political leader’s objection to a woman’s clothing, this paper’s front page carried a photograph of doctors at Ganga Ram Hospital protesting the administration’s attempts to bury the alleged rape of a five-year-old girl. A member of the janitorial staff in Lahore has been arrested. According to the hospital’s medical superintendent, the janitor “touched” the girl at 2 am and was apprehended after