Tag: Violence against children
Civil society calls for criminalization of child labour
HRCP is calling on the government to criminalize child labour in wake of the brutal torture of a minor domestic labourer. Meanwhile, the NCRC has stated that it will be drafting much-needed amendments to child labour laws.
Rights Watch | 25th August 2022
On Wednesday, a resident of Sheen Bagh in Attock allegedly raped his teen daughter when his wife and other children were not at home. A medical examination of the girl confirmed sexual assault. For more stories, keep reading.
“Political will to curb gender-based crimes lacking”
In a roundtable discussion organized by the YGA, stakeholders presented remedies to existing lacunae in the criminal justice system, and urged authorities to take an active approach to ending gender-based crimes.
Rights Watch | 21st July 2022
Two sisters of former Special Assistant to the Sindh Government, Ismail Dahiri, told reporters on Wednesday that their brother was planning to kill them in order to gain possession of their share of inherited property.
Rights Watch | 16th July 2022
Police on Friday arrested one Obaidullah for killing his four-year-old daughter some days ago. The suspect told police he suspected she was an illegitimate child as she was born premature
Rights Watch | 14th July 2022
A married woman and three unmarried teenagers were kidnapped in three separate incidents in Taxila's Wah area on Wednesday. Police have yet to trace the missing women and no suspects have been arrested so far.
Rights Watch | 4th July 2022
Concerned neighbours on Sunday rescued three children from their abusive father in Usman Town, Faisalabad. Rescue 1122 shifted the minors to Allied Hospital for therapy while the father has been arrested.
Khairpur police fail to recover Hindu boy abducted 5 days ago
Police have failed to recover a Hindu boy kidnapped five days ago in Ranipur town of Khairpur district. Surprisingly, no case has been registered regarding the incident as of yet.
Rights Watch | 1st July 2022
The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), along with the Hindu community and civil society organizations held a protest against the June 28 abduction of an eight-year-old son of a Hindu trader and non-cooperation of police in registering a case.
Man arrested for repeated rape of 14-year-old step daughter
City Police have arrested a man for raping his minor step-daughter over the course of months. The suspect is also accused of electrocuting his wife, who is now on ventilator in a Lahore hospital
