Fourteen children were killed, and eight others were injured after the roof of a tuition centre collapsed in Lahore’s Kahna area on June 30, according to officials. Speaking to a private television channel, Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir said a tragic incident occurred at a private tuition centre in Lahore’s Kahna area when its roof collapsed, trapping 20 people under the rubble. “Twenty people were pulled from the debris and shifted to nearby
Child Rights in Focus
When the most vulnerable members of a nation are repeatedly subjected to sexual violence, torture and murder, the crisis extends far beyond law and order. It becomes a moral failure. The past week has delivered two such horrifying reminders. In Sargodha, a seven-year-old girl was reported to have been sexually assaulted before being brutally murdered inside a neighbourhood shop she frequently visited. Preliminary post-mortem findings point towards rape and reveal multiple injuries inflicted before
BAJAUR: A suspected quadcopter, reportedly operated from an unknown location, struck a house, leaving a child killed and a woman injured in War Mamund tehsil here on June 28, afternoon, the police said. Police sources and residents said the incident occurred in the Inam Khoro China Gai area when a drone fired a shell at the house of Hayatullah. They added that Mehran, 9, son of Hayatullah, died on the spot, and a 35-year-old
LAHORE: A new community-led initiative, “Mind First, Screen Later”, was launched on June 28 urging parents, teachers and guardians to discourage mobile phone use among children under the age of 16. The campaign called for a conscious shift from constant screen exposure towards activities proven to strengthen focus, creativity and critical thinking in young minds. These views were expressed by General Cadre Doctors Association President Dr Masood Sheikh while addressing the inaugural session of
A boy was critically injured in Hijrat Colony after a drug addict slit his throat with a blade over a dispute involving Rs20, the Docks police said. The incident took place in a forested area near the seashore, where the suspect demanded Rs20 from the child. When the child told the suspect he did not have the money, the suspect slashed the boy’s throat and fled. The injured child was taken to a nearby
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi police on June 28 said they have rounded up the suspect who allegedly slashed the neck of an 18-month-old girl. The injured girl, shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) with a wound on her neck, was stated to be out of danger. Shortly after the incident, Dhamial police registered an FIR on the complaint of a detective foot constable (DFC), who said he rushed to the scene after receiving an emergency
KARACHI: Scores of families whose children contracted HIV infection, leading to at least nine deaths, in an apparent case of serious medical negligence at a government hospital last year gathered at the Karachi Press Club on June 28 to demand the registration of an FIR against the hospital staff concerned. They also asked for proper treatment for their children and financial compensation. According to the details shared during the presser, the total number of affected
BAHAWALPUR: Police registered on June 28 two cases, one of a rape attempt on a minor girl and the other pertaining to alleged rape of a boy, reported in the limits of Gaggo Mandi, Vehari district, and Jalalpur Pirwala in Lodhran district, respectively. In the first incident reported in Chak No 225/EB, as per Gaggo Mandi police, six-year-old ‘M’, niece of Muzamil, was playing in the street, when the suspect, ‘S’, finding her alone,
TOBA TEK SINGH: Police have arrested a man for allegedly poisoning his wife and a minor daughter to death at Chak 61/15L over a domestic issue. Earlier, the suspect, Iqbal, had claimed that his wife Maryam had attempted suicide by taking poison after poisoning their two-year-old daughter Ibadat Noor. As per Chhab Kalan police in Mian Channu tehsil of Khanewal district, complainant Iqbal, the father of Maryam, said in the FIR that his son-in-law
SARGODHA: The Sargodha police on June 28 refused the news reports circulating on social media regarding the DNA report related to the Muntaha Zahra case, calling them baseless, misleading and contrary to facts. It was clarified by a police spokesperson who said that no forensic or DNA report had been received in this case yet. He said that investigation into the case was still going on and the public should not believe sensational and
LAHORE: Another student was brutally tortured in a madressah by his teacher and others in Lahore on June 28. The Kahna police arrested the prime suspect in the incident who was also the madressah head. As per the reports, the minor student, identified as Sameer, suffered multiple wounds on different parts of his body when head of the seminary, identified as Tahir, and some students subjected him to torture. The footage of a CCTV
SARGODHA: Three minor boys were raped in the Sargodha district during the last two days. A 14-year-old boy who was subjected to rape and the suspect tried to bury him alive in a pit in connivance with his two brothers at village Marri. However, the farm workers nearby pulled out the boy on hearing his cries. According to an FIR registered with Jhal Chakian Police, the mother of the boy said her son had