GUJRAT: Authorities concerned on January 13 launched an anti-beggary campaign, rescuing around a dozen children from begging networks in various parts of the city. On the directions of Gujrat DC Noorul Ain Qureshi, the operation was launched jointly by the teams of the Child Protection Bureau, Gujranwala, Labour Department, Rescue 1122, Gujrat police and the Social Welfare Department. During the drive, the officials identified and rescued 11 children being used for beggary at Hassan
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KARACHI: A 17-year-old domestic worker was abducted and sexually assaulted in Gulshan-e-Maymar, highlighting urgent concerns over the safety of young domestic workers. Police have arrested the main suspect, while a search continues for his accomplice. According to police reports, the victim, resident of Gulshan-e-Maymar, Jehanabad, was abducted by men in a car. She was reportedly rendered semi-conscious, taken to an undisclosed location, assaulted, and later abandoned in a deserted area after four to five
LAHORE::The process for the registration of all madrasas in Punjab is set to begin soon, following the completion of consultations by the Punjab Home Department with the Wafaq-ul-Madaris and representatives of various schools of thought. According to a press release issued by the Home Department, an agreement has been reached between the Punjab government and the Ittehad-e-Tanzeemat-e-Madaris on the registration of madrasas. Taking all recommendations into account, the department has prepared an online registration
ISLAMABAD: The tally of polio cases for 2025 reached 31 on Tuesday after a sample collected last year in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district tested positive. The Polio Eradication Programme said in a statement that the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, had confirmed a case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in North Waziristan. “This is the fifth case reported from North Waziristan in 2025,
LAHORE: In a first initiative so far, the Faisalabad region police have introduced an activity-based anti-drug module for students from Grade 5 onwards and suggested to the Punjab government to replicate it to the educational institutions across the province after they detected a large-scale pervasive supply of illicit drugs – top of them the ice – to the young students. In a letter addressed to the Punjab chief secretary, Faisalabad Regional Police Officer (RPO)
LAHORE: A woman and five children lost their lives in two incidents of house fires in the province on January 13. In the first incident, three minor sisters lost their lives when a fire broke out in a room of their house in Layyah district, according to Rescue 1122. The victims were identified as one-and-a-half-year-old Fatima, three-year-old Arooj Fatima, and seven-year-old Jaweria Batool, daughters of Samiullah of Basti Baseera in Karor Lal Esan tehsil.
FAISALABAD: Police claimed to have uncovered a case in which a man allegedly kidnapped his own adopted son with the help of a friend and the friend’s wife in a bid to implicate his estranged wife in the crime. Khurrianwala police recovered the four-year-old boy, Muhammad Ahmed, from Jhang and arrested three suspects, including the child’s adoptive father Javed Iqbal, his friend Muhammad Sharif and Sharif’s wife, Asia Bibi. A police spokesperson said Javed
SUKKUR: Two siblings died of measles in Nazar Mohammad Malik village of Tangwani taluka in Kandhkot-Kashmore district on January 12. The victims were identified as seven-year-old Abdul Wahab and his five-year-old sister Qasima Khatoon, both children of Ali Gohar Malik. Locals claimed that so far six children had fallen victim to the disease, but the health department had failed in taking any action. They expressed deep anger towards the district health officer (DHO) and
RAWALPINDI: A 13-year-old girl was raped several times and subjected to torture allegedly by her employer in Sadiqabad area, police said. A relative of the victim lodged an FIR with the police saying that since the father of the girl had died and her mother gotten a second marriage, she had been living with her. The complainant said she left the girl with a couple for a salary of Rs6000 per month and providing
Islamabad: Japan has announced a grant of 2,910 million Japanese Yen for a major child health project in South Punjab, aiming to strengthen treatment services for newborns, infants, and children who need urgent and specialized care. The funding will be used to improve child health care facilities at Children’s Hospital Multan, a public hospital that serves patients from Multan and nearby districts. According to a press release issued by the Embassy of Japan in
The East Sessions Court has summoned arguments from the lawyers of the Mayor of Karachi, the Town Chairman, the Water Board, and the BRT contractor on Friday regarding a plea to register a case over the death of three-year-old Ibrahim, who fell into a manhole near NIPA in Karachi on December 31. The hearing took place before the East Sessions Court concerning the plea to file a case against the Mayor, Town Chairman, Water
KARACHI: A minor boy who was critically injured after allegedly being tortured by a madrassa teacher in Aziz Brohi Goth, Manghopir, has died, police said on Monday. The incident had occurred on November 30 last year. Manghopir police had earlier registered a case for causing injuries and arrested the teacher, who later secured bail. Following the child’s death, police said charges in the case would be amended to include murder and other relevant sections