Tag: Child protection laws

A 10-year-old boy was killed after being raped by unknown suspects in Nasirabad, Balochistan. An autopsy found torture marks on the victim's neck and chest. For more news on human rights abuses, keep reading.

A survey conducted in GB with the aid of UNICEF found that 1 in 7 children were engaged in labour.

A rickshaw driver saved five children from abduction in Karachi’s Baldia Town when he alerted police to the suspicious behaviour of the man riding with them. For more news on human rights concerns, keep reading.

Police on Thursday arrested a pedophile accused of raping nearly a dozen children in Lahore’s Sanda area. The suspect, who lured minors under the pretext of training them how to use a gun, would allegedly film the assault and blackmail his victims. For more news on human rights abuses, keep reading.

An inquiry by the social welfare dept found no evidence to substantiate PTI MPA Madiha Nisar’s claims of child sexual abuse at Darul Atfal. Chuttiana police on Friday arrested one Nazir for gunning down his nephew and strangling dead his daughter, whom he suspected of having an affair, for 'honour' in Chak 317-GB. One Munir gunned down his sister Kulsoom and then fled following a row over the ownership of a house in Adda Machiwal in Gujrat

A judicial magistrate on Wednesday ordered the registration of rape charges against Arzoo Raja case prime accused Syed Ali Azhar. Non-bailable arrest warrants have been issued for all absconded suspects. For more human rights stories, keep reading.

Over 12,600 cases registered in child protection units in Larkana, Dadu, Shikarpur and Jacobabad by parents and service providers, reveals Sindh Child Protection Authority. Read on for more.

Sindh High Court orders simplified SOP for investigative practices in rape and assault cases. While the Supreme Court had earlier called for reforms in existing investigation methods for sex crimes, the order has yet to be implemented.

Anti-harassment posters put up in BRT buses, terminals to inculcate safe spaces for women and raise public awareness;

Protests erupt in Lower Dir against the murder and alleged rape of two-year-old Hareem Shah; woman gang-raped by two men impersonating police officers in Sheikhupura; man stabs his wife and her alleged paramour to death for honour in Karachi.