Violence against children
It is shocking to find people describing child abuse as one of the more ‘inevitable’ evils that one is supposed to live.
Updated 28 Sep, 2019 09:12am
The total number of arrests has now reached 20 and all the suspects belong to Chunian.
Updated 23 Sep, 2019 10:04am
The 8-year-old dies after three weeks of treatment.
Updated 23 Sep, 2019 09:27am
A nine-year-old and a ten-year-old were allegedly sexually assaulted; suspects sent on 14-day judicial remand.
Published 21 Sep, 2019 08:40pm
A PFSA van will be used to conduct the DNA tests of the ‘suspects’ in the area where the crime occurred.
Updated 20 Sep, 2019 09:16am
The data from January to June in 2019 reveals that 729 girls and 575 boys became victims of sexual exploitation.
Updated 21 Sep, 2019 10:09am
The entire chain of command of the Kasur police has been placed under suspension.
Updated 19 Sep, 2019 08:07am
Premier lists steps taken by the Punjab government and police following the incident, including Kasur DPO being removed.
Published 18 Sep, 2019 11:58pm
Medical officer confirms one of the boys was sodomised and physically tortured before being strangulated to death.
Updated 18 Sep, 2019 04:01pm
Body and remains of three children who went missing earlier this year found from industrial area.
Updated 18 Sep, 2019 08:21am
The Lahore CEO (Education) has taken notice of the incident and ordered an inquiry into the matter.
Updated 17 Sep, 2019 10:02am
Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) police trace the suspects with the help of CCTV cameras of the Safe City Authority.
Updated 13 Sep, 2019 09:13am
Heavy contingent of the police was immediately dispatched while the fire brigades also rushed to the site.
Updated 07 Sep, 2019 10:37am
Teacher and principal both in police custody; post-mortem report awaited.
Published 06 Sep, 2019 04:25pm
Minister Hammad Azhar says he is personally monitoring the case; will ensure teacher, school is dealt with as per law.
Updated 06 Sep, 2019 08:20pm
According to the boy's classmates, the teacher beat the boy up because "he had failed to memorise his lesson".
Updated 06 Sep, 2019 03:10am
Mitro Station House Officer Rana Akram claims the boy's father had taken him to the seminary and had him chained.
Updated 02 Sep, 2019 09:42am
Police say the suspect confessed to having molested the girl at the mosque where she had gone for Quran lessons.
Published 31 Aug, 2019 12:08am
Police say they are conducting searches for the arrest of the Nikah Khwan (marriage officiator) who escaped.
Published 28 Aug, 2019 02:22pm
IG Islamabad removes constable from job, case registered against two additional suspects.
Updated 26 Aug, 2019 10:11pm
Police arrest suspect with help of CCTV footage after identification by the victim.
Updated 17 Aug, 2019 10:47pm
Rawalpindi CPO says couple admitted to have subjected about 45 other women to the same treatment.
Published 16 Aug, 2019 06:01pm
Najeebullah, 50, jumps into River Gilgit in front of the Gilgit-Baltistan Constitutional Assembly.
Published 04 Aug, 2019 01:08am
Witnesses, complainants to identify him in a lineup, says Rawalpindi CPO.
Updated 02 Aug, 2019 03:48pm
The team would probe the contents of the FIR and submit a report.
Updated 29 Jul, 2019 10:32am
The victim’s father tells police that his neighbour took his teenage daughter to a house and sexually assaulted her.
Updated 28 Jul, 2019 09:11am
Hospital’s spokesperson Dr Wasim Khawaja says she is still weak, and is having difficulty with speaking and movement.
Updated 18 Jul, 2019 10:00am
Victim registers case against the suspect at Shaheed Asmatullah Khan Khattak police station of Naurang town.
Updated 14 Jul, 2019 09:46am
Girl’s father says she had started talking to them but was still in a state of shock.
Updated 14 Jul, 2019 12:08pm
The suspect strangulated the girl at an under-construction house in Latifabad Unit-10 on July 8, says Hyderabad SSP.
Updated 14 Jul, 2019 10:13am
