LAHORE: Okara arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl. According to a spokesperson, the suspects were identified as Khurram, Israr and Abdur Rehman. The police said an application was submitted by the victim’s family, upon which a first information report (FIR) was registered. The suspects were taken into custody during raids. Initial investigations suggest the girl had left her home four days earlier for the 25/4-L area, where
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SHANGLA: At least 30 children were injured in stray dog attacks during the last two days in different areas of Puran tehsil here, triggering fear and panic among residents. According to sources eight children were seriously injured in a single day on 25 December due to stray dog bites in Puran. The stray dogs attacked children at a madrassah in the Chela Gram area, leaving seven children critically injured, most of them sustaining facial
KARACHI: A sessions court has ruled that any conviction under the provision of the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act 2013 does not render the marriage void or invalidate the nikkah. “It is making clear that any conviction under the provision of Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act 2013 does not render the marriage void or invalidate the Nikkah from a personal law perspective. The Act is a restraint and penal statue and it does not contain provisions
An eight-year-old girl was critically injured after being hit by a bullet fired during a stray dog culling campaign launched by the Khanewal district administration, in a tragic incident reported near Ada Khaliqabad within the jurisdiction of Talamba police station. A bullet fired to kill a stray dog struck Sakina, leaving her in critical condition. She was initially left without any official transport and was rushed to hospital by her parents in a private
PESHAWAR: Participants of a multi-party convention on the girls’ education on December 25 pledged to support the formal learning for girls through resolutions, increased investment and the provision of missing facilities. The moot was organised by NGO Blue Veins, with the support of Malala Fund, bringing together representatives from major political parties, including Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Jamaat-i-Islami, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, Awami National Party, Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party, according to
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Nine children were injured on December 24 when a quadcopter drone struck a madrassa in Tank district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, police said. The drone was reportedly approaching from an unknown direction when it hit the building, causing injuries to children inside. The injured were identified as 12-year-old Rehan, 10-year-old Farman, 11-year-old Khayam, 13-year-old Habib-ur-Rehman, 12-year-old Naseem Sabai, 15-year-old Mastana, 12-year-old Wali Muhammad, 8-year-old Shafiq and 9-year-old Alia. All the injured children were
LAKKI MARWAT: A 12-year-old student of a seminary was assaulted in Serai Naurang area of Lakki Marwat district here on December 23, the police said. Three suspects intercepted the boy at gunpoint on Kakki Road and took him to an under-construction house where one of them assaulted him while another filmed the act. They said that the victim narrated the ordeal to his family members, who approached the police for registration of a case
LOWER DIR: To provide timely diagnosis and treatment for newborns including premature and low-birth-weight babies, aiming to reduce infant mortality in the district, a modern neonatal nursery was inaugurated in Timergara on December 23. The facility established under the supervision of district children’s specialist Dr Qiyamud Din Kashaf is equipped with state-of-the-art medical devices. The nursery has 15 beds along with a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine to assist infants suffering from severe
BAHAWALPUR: The additional district and sessions judges (AD&SJ) in Lodhran and Kahror Pacca have handed down life sentences and heavy fines to four individuals convicted in two separate cases involving the rape of young boys. In Kahror Pacca, AD&SJ Umar Farooq Awan sentenced two men, Abdullah Zafar and Shah Mir, to life imprisonment for the gang-rape of 13-year-old boy. A third accomplice, Mahad Saeed, was sentenced to five years in prison. Report said on
KASUR: The 16-year-old rape victim who attempted self-immolation after a court acquitted the accused rapist, a cop, succumbed to her burn injuries on December 24. According to details, an additional sessions court on Dec 5 acquitted the accused police constable along with his three female relatives, after a three-year trial, when the DNA samples obtained from the victim girl’s child, born as a result of rape, did not match the DNA of the accused. On the
KARACHI: Two days after the health department officials at a meeting chaired by the chief secretary claimed that 250 rabies treatment and prevention centres were currently operational across the province, another child fell victim to the deadly infectious disease, it emerged on Tuesday. Sources said the 12-year-old victim, who was brought to the Indus Hospital on Tuesday morning, hailed from Usta Muhammad, Nasirabad district, Balochistan. He was initially treated at the government taluka hospital
ISLAMABAD: Sociologists and security experts described rapid population growth as one of the most serious threats to Pakistan’s national security, warning that large numbers of out-of-school and unemployed youth undermine human development and increase vulnerability to instability and extremism. The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), in collaboration with the Population Council Pakistan, convened a high-level roundtable meeting with security and policy experts on “Rapid Population Growth and its Security Implications.” The meeting brought