Violence against children
India is home to more than 220 million child brides, according to UN.
Published 22 Dec, 2024 01:17pm
Cabinet approves dispatch of medicines, goods to Parachinar.
Updated 20 Dec, 2024 10:20am
Participants express commitment to address issue, agree to continue discussions on the future course of action.
Updated 19 Dec, 2024 12:17pm
An estimated 2.4m people experience forced labour or marriage in Pakistan.
Published 19 Dec, 2024 07:41am
Judge hands down sentences of 40 and 33 years respectively; victim's mother calls them "sadists" and "executioners".
Updated 17 Dec, 2024 08:01pm
Girl’s injuries described as "utterly horrendous".
Updated 12 Dec, 2024 10:29am
Official says that a ban had already been imposed on child begging.
Updated 11 Dec, 2024 12:26pm
Lodhran police claim teacher accused of raping boy, shopkeeper suspected of assaulting 5-year-old girl arrested.
Updated 10 Dec, 2024 01:37pm
DPO orders arrest as rape case registered against suspect.
Updated 30 Nov, 2024 01:48pm
BAP MPA Agha Umar Ahmedzai says police don’t cooperate with victims’ families.
Updated 23 Nov, 2024 12:37pm
Decision not to testify comes as the UK court trial reaches a critical juncture.
Updated 19 Nov, 2024 10:32am
The state must accept that crimes against children have become endemic in the country.
Published 18 Nov, 2024 07:06am
Injured daughter says father opened fire on her mother, brother and then escaped.
Updated 11 Nov, 2024 11:59am
Team's visit part of initiatives to combat online child exploitation.
Updated 08 Nov, 2024 12:44pm
TAXILA: Police have arrested two teenage boys for raping and filming a girl naked in Shamsabad area in the limits of...
Published 08 Nov, 2024 07:29am
Medical examination confirms girl was seven-months pregnant; police locate and arrest suspect after he fled to Multan.
Updated 03 Nov, 2024 09:23am
Police claim two of the six suspects, including women held.
Updated 02 Nov, 2024 01:58pm
Stepmother told her sister of Urfan punishing Sara in ways that included all-night sit-ups, verbal threats, beatings.
Updated 02 Nov, 2024 09:47am
TAXILA: Two persons have allegedly sexually assaulted an eleven-year-old boy in the limits of Attock police station...
Published 25 Oct, 2024 07:06am
College girl’s "rape" issue resounds in Geneva besides religious intolerance, curbs
on rights activists, Pashtun/Baloch students.
Updated 19 Oct, 2024 12:51pm
India, Pakistan among 5 countries accounting for nearly half of the 1.1bn.
Published 17 Oct, 2024 12:30pm
Unclear whether the suspect used a service rifle or any other weapon in the crime.
Updated 17 Oct, 2024 11:15am
School sealed after girl allegedly assaulted by canteen man, who is under arrest.
Updated 17 Oct, 2024 11:00am
Bloodstained cricket bat, rolling pin with Sara’s DNA among items presented as evidence.
Updated 17 Oct, 2024 11:02am
Prosecutor claims the child began wearing hijab in early 2023 to conceal injuries caused by abuse at home.
Updated 16 Oct, 2024 07:18am
Father admits to killing her during 'punishment', court told.
Published 15 Oct, 2024 07:38am
Most were kidnapped from a shrine's surroundings; each child was reportedly sexually abused multiple times; 3 gang suspects arrested.
Updated 14 Oct, 2024 08:43am
Sub-Saharan Africa has highest number, with 79m girls and women affected, followed by 75m in East and South-East Asia.
Updated 11 Oct, 2024 01:13pm
Suspect already on bail in a separate case of raping a boy.
Updated 11 Oct, 2024 11:01am
Violence not only a violation of children’s rights but also increases risk of mental health conditions, says WHO.
Published 06 Oct, 2024 07:42am
