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FIR registered against woman in Lahore for allegedly torturing child maid
Residents of DHA Lahore called the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau's helpline after they heard the child screaming.
Violence against children
Violence against children
Tayyaba torture case: SC reserves verdict on appeals of convicts
Islamabad advocate general informs SC bench the child maid had suffered all of her bruises at convicted judge's house.
Tayyaba torture case: Convicts' lawyer tells court child maid's bruises were 'accidental'
Lawyer argues 10-year-old Tayyaba admitted she wasn't abused, had memorised her testimony "like a parrot".
Cracks within political parties exposed with passage of Child Marriage Bill in Senate
Bill exposes division within cabinet as Mazari, without caring for opposition by other ministers, argues in its favour.
Rawalpindi police make arrests after minor boy sexually assaulted by schoolmates
According to the FIR, the suspects held him at gunpoint and also made videos of the assault.
Boy remanded into police custody for alleged sexual assault of 8-year-old Muzaffargarh girl
Court orders medical tests to determine age of suspect.
Bullet shell from alleged Karachi shootout matches police weapon: sources
The purported exchange of fire between police and muggers on Tuesday had caused a two-year-old boy's death.
Teachers arrested for allegedly administering corporal punishment at Abbottabad school
Action taken after a video of two teachers kicking and dragging a uniform-clad girl by her hair went viral.
The roots of all forms of extremist violence lie in the state’s acts of omission or commission
Can the state be absolved of crime by negligence?
2-year-old boy killed in exchange of fire between police, suspects in Karachi
Police officials who fired shots that hit child taken into custody, says DIG Farooqi.
2-year-old girl allegedly raped by neighbour in Islamabad
Police register case, arrest suspect from Bhara Kahu.
Editorial: The cycle of child abuse in Pakistan will only end when the culture of silence ends
Taken from 85 newspapers, the results are horrifying: 3,832 cases of sexual abuse were reported in 2018.
Over 10 children abused every day in Pakistan in 2018: Sahil report
A total of 3,832 child abuse cases were reported across the country last year, an increase of 11pc over 2017.
Man suspected of sexually assaulting, murdering 7-year-old boy arrested in Haripur
Police register FIR; autopsy report confirms boy was sexually abused and later strangled to death with a piece of cloth.
Three arrested for allegedly raping sister, sent to jail on judicial remand
Police say the suspects, ages 22-30, told their sister to keep quiet in the name of the holy book.
Driver in Karachi shot by employer in confrontation over alleged rape of maid's daughter: police
Driver denied rape allegation but unconvinced employer fired shots to frighten him, which then ended up hitting him.
Boy faints after ‘torture’ by seminary teacher
The suspect manages his escape to avoid arrest.
How to prevent child abuse?
Efforts to convince the government to focus on child sexual abuse have so far been in vain.
Faisalabad man sentenced to death for rape, murder of 8-year-old girl
The convict had abducted the child on July 2, 2018, and later dumped her body after sexually assaulting her.
Timeline of the Cardinal Pell child sex abuse case
A look at how the case that led to Pell's six year sentence in prison unfolded.
Top cardinal gets 6 years jail in Australia for 'appalling' choirboy abuse
George Pell is the most senior member of the clergy to be convicted of historical child sex abuse.
FIR registered against men suspected of raping, filming 17-year-old boy in Mandi Bahauddin
Boy, family did not report incident when it occurred last year; gang repeatedly extorted money from the family.
Police suspect 21-year-old neighbour behind rape, murder of minor Karachi girl
At least 15 people were detained from the Bin Qasim railway colony where the girl was found dead inside a water tank.
Muzaffargarh citizens thrash religious teacher for allegedly raping 6-year-old
Suspect has been handed over to police, FIR lodged.
Four booked for torture of minor maid in Faisalabad
Case registered after video of 8-year-old girl went viral on social media.
American musician R. Kelly surrenders, charged with sexual abuse
The 52-year-old is accused of child pornography, sex with minors, operating a sex cult and sexual battery.
Lahore police torture eight-year-old boy in custody
Alleged third-degree torture of eight-year-old by Raiwind police gives lie to tall claims of reforming the police force.
Religious teacher arrested in Wah for attempting to rape minor girl
Residents of the area claim the suspect committed 'inappropriate acts' with their children in the past as well.
Woman suspected of drowning own infant daughter at sea arrested by Karachi police
Woman tells police she drowned the child because she was cast out of her house by her husband.
Out of rage
How do we call out our families and friends when we see them employ a child?