BAHAWALPUR: Dhanote police in Lodhran district registered a case against a man for raping a minor girl and blackmailing her with objectionable videos. According to police, the FIR against the suspect was registered on the complaint of the victim’s mother. According to the complainant, her victim’s daughter had gone to Basti Karim Dad Khan’s Mauza Jamrani Wah to meet her married sisters. During her visit, the suspect raped her and also recorded her naked
Child Rights in Focus
The May 2026 NCHR investigative report, “Caged in Care,” exposes systemic human rights abuses and medical malpractice within private, unregulated rehabilitation centers across Pakistan, which frequently operate as profit-driven custodial spaces rather than genuine therapeutic facilities. The investigation reveals that these centers are heavily weaponized as instruments of patriarchal control to strip adult women of their autonomy, forcibly confining and sedating them under false pretenses during family disputes over marriage, property, or perceived “disobedience”.
FAISALABAD: In a move aimed at preventing child sexual abuse and improving public safety, Faisalabad police have directed all shopkeepers, departmental stores, wholesale markets, shopping malls, and other commercial establishments across the district to install CCTV cameras within one month. According to an official order issued by City Police Officer (CPO) Tanveer Hussain, businesses that fail to comply with the directive within the stipulated time may face legal action, including the registration of criminal
LAHORE: More than two years after Pakistan declared a National Education Emergency, the country continues to struggle with one of the world’s largest out-of-school children crises, as over 25 million children remain outside classrooms despite constitutional guarantees of free and compulsory education and repeated policy announcements at federal and provincial levels. A comprehensive comparative policy review, prepared by the Civil Services Academy (CSA), concludes that Pakistan’s education crisis is no longer primarily about policy
KARACHI: Confirming that at least 78 children had been infected with HIV/AIDS at Valika Hospital, Sindh Labour Minister Saeed Ghani has promised that the government will investigate the matter thoroughly and take strict action against all those, whether doctors, officers or paramedical staff, found responsible. Last week, the Sindh High Court had given the provincial government two weeks to explain HIV outbreak at Kulsoom Bai Valika Hospital — a Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution (SESSI) facility
SAHIWAL: Four separate incidents of rape of minors were reported in the region within the past 24 hours. In the first case, a 10-year-old boy, a resident of Chak 7/12-L, was taken by his two friends to an orchard where they allegedly raped him and fled leaving him unconscious. In the second incident, 14-year-old boy, a resident of Chak 164/9-L, was raped by two youths in a maize field of his village. In the
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Three girls were killed and four other family members wounded in the early hours of July 5 when a quadcopter drone dropped munitions on a home in the Nargasi area of Birmal tehsil in Lower South Waziristan, local sources said. The strike hit the residence of Mohammad Gul Wazir. The girls aged between six and 15 years old were killed. A woman and three young boys were injured. They were rescued by
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: A nine-year-old boy was killed inside a mosque in the Zeri Noor area of Wana tehsil in Lower South Waziristan district, police said on 4 July. They said the deceased, identified as Waqas, belonged to the Wazir Mughalkhel tribe. Police officials said the child was allegedly murdered inside the mosque. Wana city police station SHO Usman Khan Wazir said that preliminary investigations suggested that the prime suspect, Ahmad, who also belonged to
Karachi is once again mobilising its army of 26,000 polio workers and thousands of police escorts – this time with an aim to vaccinate over 2.5 million children within six days. The resolve to launch this Herculean feat is impressive, and also quite familiar. For over three decades, in some form, Pakistan has run this machine yet still hasn’t crossed the finish line that Nigeria and India reached years ago. The reasons are not
MINGORA: The bodies of two young children, who had been reported missing a day earlier, were found inside a large storage chest on the second floor of their house in the Shamozo area of Barikot tehsil in Swat, police said. The victims were identified as five-year-old Malik Ahmad Khan and six-year-old Qais Abdul Rashid, who had gone missing on July 2. Following their disappearance, rescuers initially suspected that the children might have fallen into
Unidentified saboteurs carried out two major acts of terrorism in different areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district on the night of July 1, targeting a Government Girls Middle School and a vital link bridge. However, timely action by security forces and the Bomb Disposal Unit prevented large-scale destruction and potential loss of life. The first incident occurred in Mama Khel village of the Khairki area in Tehsil Hassan Khel. Unidentified individuals planted explosive material inside
RAWALPINDI: Two girls, aged 13 and 15, and a 12-year-old boy were allegedly sexually assaulted in three separate incidents in Rawalpindi. A 13-year-old hearing and speech-impaired girl was allegedly assaulted by a neighbour in the Naseerabad police limits, a 15-year-old domestic worker was allegedly assaulted by a co-worker in the Rawat police jurisdiction, while a 12-year-old boy was allegedly abducted at knifepoint by an unidentified motorcyclist and sexually assaulted in the Pirwadhai police area.