LAHORE: A seminary student from Bahawalnagar succumbed to injuries after he was subjected to physical abuse at a madrassa in Lahore Cantonment area on June 27. According to police, Ali Haider (14)’s torture was not reported to police. His parents took him to their native town in Bahawalnagar and continued treating him privately without informing law enforcement agencies. Police said the child later succumbed to his injuries. It was only after his death that
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SWAT: The Swat police arrested two suspects on charges of sexually assaulting and killing a teenage girl who had gone missing from her home town Abbottabad some three days ago. Police registered an FIR under multiple sections of the Pakistan Penal Code after the 17-year-old girl died at Saidu Teaching Hospital following an alleged abduction, sexual assault and murder. According to FIR No. 624/26 registered at Rahimabad police station, Mingora, the complainant, Muhammad Farooq,
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Pediatric Association Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has warmly welcomed the release of Rs2.1b by the provincial government for early operationalisation of the Children’s Hospital attached to the Khyber Institute of Child Health (KICH), Peshawar. The association expressed profound gratitude to the chief minister, Muhammad Sohail Afridi, health minister Khaliqur Rehman and secretary health Shahidullah Khan, for their visionary leadership, unwavering commitment and strong support for child health services in the province. The timely release
KARACHI: A woman and her minor daughter were found dead at their home in Malir, police said on June 27. An Edhi Foundation spokesperson said the bodies of Saba Hanif, 30, and her eight-year-old daughter, Nabiha Hanif, were found inside their house near the Malir river within the remit of the Malir City police station. The bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for medico-legal formalities. Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed
SWABI: Construction work on the much-awaited government high school in the Besak area of Gadoon Amazai region here has been launched, and it is expected to be completed next year if there is no paucity of funds, sources in the communication and works department told Dawn here on June 27. The girls’ high school had been a longstanding demand of the people, who said 98 per cent of girls left education after passing eighth
A 14-year-old boy was allegedly buried alive in a village on the outskirts of Mari Lak in Punjab’s Sargodha district after he reported an old rape attempt, police said on June 27, adding that a case was registered and three suspects were arrested. The injured boy was rescued and taken to the District Headquarters Hospital, where doctors said his condition was out of danger. According to police, the 14-year-old was allegedly subjected to a
BAHAWALNAGAR: A 12-year-old student who was allegedly subjected to severe physical abuse at a religious seminary in Lahore has died after battling for his life for eight days, prompting his family to demand strict legal action against the seminary teacher they hold responsible. The deceased, identified as Ali Haider, was a resident of Kot Lingah in Bahawalnagar district and had been studying at a religious seminary on Burq Road in Lahore for the past
ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries to expand newborn screening for birth defects, highlighting how early detection and treatment can save lives and reduce lifelong disability for millions of children. A new WHO report titled “Strengthening capacity for newborn screening, diagnosis and management of birth defects”, identifies newborn screening as an important opportunity to accelerate progress in child survival. According to report many conditions can be successfully treated if identified early
KARACHI: A man beat his 10-year-old son to death inside his house in Surjani Town, police said on June 25. The police have arrested suspect Azhar Azhar and his brother, Sultan. Area SHO Sohail Khaskheli said that the boy, Haider, had gone to visit his mother, who had been living with her parents in Orangi Town after separating from her husband, Azhar, and stayed there for two to three days. On Wednesday, his maternal
KARACHI: Police made little headway in the investigation into the brutal rape and murder of a three-year-old girl. The body of Kulsoom Qasim stuffed in a gunny bag was found outside her Quaidabad home and an autopsy confirmed that she was subjected to “violent rape”. Described as “one of the most horrific cases” the police surgeon had seen in her career, the incident shocked the entire city, prompting the Sindh police chief to form
SARGODHA: An uncle of the minor girl, who was raped and murdered in Sargodha on June 23, as well as the family of suspect Arsalan, who was killed during an encounter, have separately alleged that the police have let some other suspects, including the owner of the shop where the crime was committed, off the hook during investigation. Sargodha city police had registered a case on the complaint of victim’s father Naeem who stated in the
SARGODHA: The main suspect in the case pertaining to rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Sargodha city was killed in an alleged encounter with a Crime Control Department (CCD) team, in which a police constable was also injured. As per the FIR No 104/2026, registered on the complaint of Sargodha Crime Control Department (CCD) Station House Officer (SHO) Hafiz Naveed Akram, he, along with a police team, was manning a picket at