Seven-year-old raped, murdered in Kasur

E-Paper | May 03, 2026

A 7-year-old girl was brutally raped and murdered in Kasur on Tuesday evening, police sources told Dawn.

According to the Station House Officer (Saddar Police) Sardar Younis, the young girl had left her house in the evening to buy milk, but never returned home. Later that night, her body was found in a park near her house in the Saddar area.

The police officer said that there were indications that the girl was raped before she was strangulated.

According to Younis, a First Investigation Report has been registered against unidentified assailants under Sections 302 and 363 of the Pakistan Penal Code.

An investigation into the matter is currently underway.

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Imran Gabol is a Lahore-based reporter for Dawn with over a decade of experience in journalism. He covers politics, climate change, human rights, education, and metropolitan affairs. He can be found on X at @gabolizm.

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ali

Apr 12, 2017 05:21pm

had the other criminals involved in earlier scandal been given exemplary punishment,this would not have happened now

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Asif A Shah

Apr 12, 2017 05:24pm

When something like this happens my anger goes through the roof. The child would be traumatized for the rest of her life. The person who allegedly did this must be a deranged person. What the legal system is supposed to do? Perhaps, a sentence for the offender which could deter others and some sort of professional counseling for the child. A word of caution is that the parents should never leave young children unattended.

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Truth

Apr 12, 2017 05:25pm

Disgusting society, disgusting people!

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M Hasnain

Apr 12, 2017 05:32pm

When will this stop. What is government doing to stop this. Seriously poor people in Pakistan has no security or life. It is so sad. They gave VVIP security to foreign players for PSL but what about their own people & children where everyday they die like animals. Shame on you government!!!

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Sixer From Chakwal

Apr 12, 2017 05:33pm

Qasur was same city where was recently a case of blackmailing of many young boys, however, CM Shahbaz good governance did nothing against powerful criminals and now you can see what is happening againg in Qasur.

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Apr 12, 2017 05:33pm

Kasur/APS, children are not sufferers but they are being killed. What next ? World has failed to save kids {No one can tell us, Nobody knows, Where the wind comes from, Where the wind goes} So sad !

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bilal

Apr 12, 2017 05:35pm

@Asif A Shah traumatized?? The kid has been murdered.

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Asif A Shah

Apr 12, 2017 05:36pm

Correction. In my initial comment I suggested counseling for the child. However, if she is murdered then the counseling to child is a dead issue ,the only thing left for the offender is an exemplary punishment so it could deter others and send a message to the community.

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Jaba jaba

Apr 12, 2017 05:36pm

@Asif A Shah Poor kid is dead!! Read it again!!

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Combustion

Apr 12, 2017 05:37pm

They will rot in hell. Our hukumrans are busy in their aish o arams and the people are left to fend for themselves. A country where the only right thing is might. However, the nature's justice will be served come what may.

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Alba

Apr 12, 2017 05:41pm

Cannot understand how anyone would want to rape a seven year old. That's beyond me. I can see how he would not want anyone to find out. If he has done this once he will do it again if he is not stopped.

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Asif A Shah

Apr 12, 2017 05:43pm

@Jaba jaba sorry for the mistake.

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Jamil Akhtar

Apr 12, 2017 05:47pm

Government of Pakistan should make it mandatory to collect DNA samples of every person residing in Pakistan and this information should be added to individual data with NADRA. During emergency this DNA data can be matched with the samples of the DNA tests collected from the crime scenes. If possible this information should also be included in every CNIC / Passport / Driving License etc.It will save time and make it easy to reach the culprits etc etc.

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BNJ

Apr 12, 2017 06:03pm

Sad that this incident took place there.

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khanm

Apr 12, 2017 06:08pm

@Asif A Shah absolutely right advice never never leave a child unattended ...our system is more deranged than that person who committed the crime..

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Hina

Apr 12, 2017 06:35pm

This makes my blood boil. When will these heinous crimes against our children stop? Why are these devils not punished?

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Apr 12, 2017 06:47pm

Is there no way to provide protection for these kids? People in every neighborhood should come together to create some kind of 'watch' to keep eyes and help small kids who are out on the streets. It's not that hard.

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Sky Hawk

Apr 12, 2017 07:19pm

Nothing will happen. This is Pakistan.

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Fawzia H

Apr 12, 2017 07:22pm

How can such a young child be sent out on their own. Bad parenting

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Taj M. Wazir

Apr 13, 2017 12:06am

Obviously, the law is non existent or too weak and lenient for there predators that's why we read stories like this almost every month happening somewhere in Pakistan. Our leaders and politicians don't care about stories like rapes or murders because their families live in well protected houses and palaces and their families and children travel in cars and suvs.

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