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Suspect arrested for allegedly raping 6-year-old in Jhelum
Police arrest suspect with help of CCTV footage after identification by the victim.
Violence against children
Violence against children
Couple arrested in Rawalpindi on charges of kidnapping, raping and filming female student
Rawalpindi CPO says couple admitted to have subjected about 45 other women to the same treatment.
Father of 11-year-old rape victim commits suicide in GB
Najeebullah, 50, jumps into River Gilgit in front of the Gilgit-Baltistan Constitutional Assembly.
Rawalpindi court sends man accused of kidnap, sexual assault of minors in 29 cases to jail
Witnesses, complainants to identify him in a lineup, says Rawalpindi CPO.
Special team formed to investigate minor girl’s murder in Larkana
The team would probe the contents of the FIR and submit a report.
Teenage girl assaulted in Taxila
The victim’s father tells police that his neighbour took his teenage daughter to a house and sexually assaulted her.
Girl who survived sexual assault shifted from ICU to ward
Hospital’s spokesperson Dr Wasim Khawaja says she is still weak, and is having difficulty with speaking and movement.
Suspect held for child abuse in Lakki Marwat
Victim registers case against the suspect at Shaheed Asmatullah Khan Khattak police station of Naurang town.
4-year-old sexual assault victim regains consciousness at Pims
Girl’s father says she had started talking to them but was still in a state of shock.
Young siblings’ ‘killer’ confesses to criminal assault on girl in Hyderabad
The suspect strangulated the girl at an under-construction house in Latifabad Unit-10 on July 8, says Hyderabad SSP.
Second of two missing siblings in Hyderabad also found murdered
The siblings had left their home in the GOR Colony to buy something but did not return home till late in the evening.
Relatives take to streets in protest after Hyderabad siblings' abduction, deaths
The two had left home on Monday to buy ice and went missing; the boy was found critically wounded and the girl dead.
IG Islamabad forms 2 investigation teams to probe 4-year-old's alleged rape
The minor was abducted and raped after she went out to play; later found abandoned in bushes near her house, FIR states.
Minor girl assaulted in Haripur mosque
Mother says the 10-year-old girl was a regular student of the prayer leader of a local mosque for last several months.
Buzdar orders steps to stop child abuse
Buzdar says police should take strict action against the people involved in such incidents.
10-year-old girl allegedly raped by stepfather in Islamabad
Police have arrested the suspect and registered a case against him on rape charges.
Mother arrested for allegedly torturing toddlers during black magic ritual in Lahore
Father claims his wife and her aunt allegedly burned his children with candles and tortured them during a ritual.
NA subcommittee approves drafts of Zainab Alert, disability rights bills
Parliamentarians suggest rigorous imprisonment for life in child sexual assault and murder cases instead of 14 years.
Teenage Hindu girl allegedly intoxicated, raped in Tando Mohammad Khan
Sindh government says the victim will be provided medical, legal support and culprits will be brought to justice.
Around 10 children assaulted daily, seminar told
The situation was blamed on the lack of implementation of child rights related laws.
The names of Zainab and Farishta are etched on our brains, but what about the countless others?
If we know of these horror at all, it is because enraged villagers staged protests against the local police.
Four arrested for assault, murder of minor boy
Witnesses who helped police shift the body to hospital told mediapersons that the body carried visible torture marks.
Two police teams to investigate child’s murder
The victim, identified as 10-year-old Farishta, disappeared from outside her house on May 15.
6 detained for interrogation in Farishta murder case
Two special investigation teams have been constituted by Islamabad IGP, according to a progress report of probe.
Senate body concerned over police attitude towards victim girl’s family
Senators Usman Khan Kakar and Kamran Michael condemned what they called state’s insensitivity in the Farishta case.
Two channels served notices for ‘sensationalising’ Farishta issue
Pemra Chairman Saleem Baig says notices issued because the channels "violated the code of conduct".
Policemen arrested in Farishta case
PM Khan expresses displeasure over delay in the arrest of the police official who had refused to register a case.
Employer throws hot water on minor maid in Sheikhupura
The 10-year-old sustained critical burn injuries.
FIR filed against Islamabad police officials for negligence in Farishta case
Victim's father says in FIR that police provided explanations instead of filing case or searching for missing girl.
Family protests 10-year-old girl's abduction, murder and alleged rape in Islamabad; 2 arrested
Postmortem examination result awaited to confirm if girl was sexually assaulted before being murdered.