Violence against children
Family says torture marks were found on the body; police trying to ascertain if child was raped.
Published 08 Aug, 2018 01:17pm
Imran Ali given 5 counts of death penalty, 1 count of life imprisonment, Rs4.5m in fines and Rs1.075m compensation.
Updated 07 Aug, 2018 03:44pm
Over 100 injured as police fire rubber bullets, tear gas canisters into crowds of protesters.
Updated 07 Aug, 2018 01:06pm
Imran Ali sentenced to death on a total of 12 counts, fined Rs6 million and ordered to pay Rs3m compensation.
Updated 05 Aug, 2018 04:43pm
Police report says recent incidents an echo of past attacks, with objective to bar girls from receiving education.
Updated 06 Aug, 2018 07:43am
HRW says Pakistan should join 80 countries that have endorsed ‘Safe Schools Declaration’.
Updated 05 Aug, 2018 09:28am
14 schools attacked in 2 days; a policeman killed, another hurt in raid on a house
Updated 05 Aug, 2018 10:19am
Suspect is a 22-year-old.
Updated 02 Aug, 2018 09:53am
Police have arrested three suspects who happen to be relatives of the girl.
Updated 01 Aug, 2018 11:38pm
The 15-year-old convict was related to the victim.
Updated 09 Jul, 2018 03:04pm
Shopkeeper allegedly lured five-year-old inside the shop when she went to buy sweets.
Updated 04 Jul, 2018 09:37am
Philip Wilson has been found guilty of concealing abuse by notorious paedophile priest Jim Fletcher.
Updated 04 Jul, 2018 10:53am
LHC judge refers petition to chief justice for its fixation before division bench.
Updated 29 Jun, 2018 09:40am
The appeal, filed by the slain girl's father, says public executions can be carried out under Article 22 of the ATA.
Updated 23 Jun, 2018 02:19pm
The spectacular about-face comes after more than 2,300 children were stripped from their parents and adult relatives.
Updated 21 Jun, 2018 08:02am
The court accepts an appeal filed by the state, extends the convicts' sentences from one to three years.
Updated 12 Jun, 2018 10:38am
Convicts sentenced under the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2013.
Published 05 Jun, 2018 10:13pm
"The rights of children need to be safeguarded," CJP Nisar remarks.
Published 04 Jun, 2018 12:43pm
Asks for reports from Punjab advocate general, attorney general and Pemra.
Updated 03 Jun, 2018 05:10pm
Police sub-inspector who made the arrest calls the accused a "sex maniac".
Published 15 May, 2018 10:25pm
13 members of both families, including would-be groom, taken into custody.
Published 12 May, 2018 04:29pm
Sindh High Court also takes notice, summons Larkana DIG and SSP on May 7.
Updated 03 May, 2018 01:01am
The seven-year-old child's father accuses police of tampering with evidence to facilitate the accused.
Published 27 Apr, 2018 02:19pm
On April 15, a few hours after six-year-old Rabia went off to play, she was kidnapped, gang-raped and murdered.
Updated 27 Apr, 2018 08:50am
No arrests have been made in the case as yet.
Updated 27 Apr, 2018 12:52am
Convict is part of a global child pornography racket spread across Sweden, Italy, United States and United Kingdom.
Published 26 Apr, 2018 07:23pm
The IHC had last week sentenced both the judge and his wife to one year in prison in the case which surfaced in 2016.
Updated 23 Apr, 2018 04:10pm
The move is seen as an effort to signal the government's commitment to fighting sexual crimes against young girls.
Published 21 Apr, 2018 07:50pm
Police dismiss father's allegations that victim was raped before murder.
Updated 21 Apr, 2018 07:21pm
Dozens of young girls and civil society activists staged a demonstration in Muzaffarabad, asking UN to "wake up".
Published 19 Apr, 2018 10:55pm
