Tag: Child Rights

March 3rd, 2021; By Shaukat Korai; KARACHI; The first two special juvenile courts under the Juvenile Justice Systems Act 2018 were inaugurated in Karachi's Malir and East District.

February 24th, 2021; By Hamid Riaz; LAHORE; "Besides petty politics, the passage of this bill was delayed due to certain interest groups belonging to ‘Private Schools’ & ‘Religious Seminaries’. But in the end, I am glad that we were able to reach a consensus,” says MNA Mehnaz.

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.

Eight-year-old boy raped by 'multiple persons', bludgeoned to death in Kalat, Balochistan; two-year-old girl who had been missing for the past five days found dead in Lower Dir; eight-year-old boy raped by imam in Faisalabad, accused at large.

A GCU Faisalabad Campus student was gang raped and filmed by her classmate and his three accomplices in Chiniot, prime accused nabbed by police while remaining three suspects at large; a seven-year-old was raped in Swabi, prime accused arrested after confessing to the crime; minor sisters burned in acid attack by neighbour for refusing proposal in Faislabad; three sent to judicial remand for threatening female neighbour with acid attack on refusal of proposal.

Three men lured a minor boy to a forest and raped him. When the boy resisted he was shot and left to bleed to death. Muzaffarabad Police has arrested two while a third is at large.

 Federal Education ministry will hold meeting with education ministers on September 7. The decision on reopening educational institutions in phases from Sept 15 will be announced after the meeting.

By Haider Kaleem: A probe has been ordered against a police officer in Lodhran after a man said he had pressurized him for withdrawing his case on sexual abuse of his son. Victims often end up with compromises with perpetrators.

Jul 21, 2020: A 12-year-old child bride passed away under mysterious circumstances only three days after her marriage in Dir on Sunday. Naila, a victim of child marriage, was found dead in her room just days after her wedding. The incident occurred ...

Jul 18, 2020: The father of a child who was molested and filmed by a private tutor in Khairpur has alleged that the perpetrator is actually part of an international child pornography racket. Speaking to Voicepk.net about the incident, the victim’s father ...