RAWALPINDI: Three accused were arrested for raping an 11-year-old girl within the limits of Kahuta Police Station. The arrested accused included a woman identified as Fauzia Arif, who had allegedly been allowing the accused rapists to assault the victim in her own house. According to the police, the girl and her 9-year-old brother had been left at Fauzia’s house by her mother five months ago. Since then, four men had been coming over and
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ISLAMABAD: The Bhara Kahu Police successfully recovered a 14-year-old boy who was kidnapped for ransom, rescuing him safely from Peshawar and arresting the prime suspect involved in the crime. The complainant Rifat Hussain had submitted a written application at Bhara Kahu Police Station stating that his 14-year-old son, Haris Ali, had been abducted by Bilal Ahmed along with his accomplices for ransom. The abductors demanded Rs2 million as ransom after kidnapping the child. Police
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government has approved the recruitment of 10,000 teachers on a temporary basis in boys’ and girls’ primary schools under the Parent-Teacher Council (PTC) framework, while the Finance Department has also granted permission for the hiring of 2,802 chowkidars to address staff shortages in government schools across the province. According to official documents, the Elementary and Secondary Education Department has issued a detailed recruitment mechanism to Directors of Education and all
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
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