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15 suspected of involvement in Diamer school attacks handed over to security forces
Search operation to continue until all suspects rounded up, says SP Diamer.
violence against children
violence against children
Minor boy sexually assaulted in Khairpur; 2 suspects arrested
Boy found hanging in tire puncture shop, doctors confirm sexual assault.
Protests after seven-year-old raped in Delhi
Latest incident comes on the heels of sex-abuse scandals at two children’s homes that have sparked widespread outrage.
11-year-old boy raped allegedly by three men in Taxila
Three suspects arrested, cases registered.
Medico-legal report confirms Mardan's 5-year-old girl was raped before murder
Police say DNA samples from 75 people have been sent to the forensic lab; six people being investigated in custody.
Missing 5-year-old girl found dead in Mardan
Family says torture marks were found on the body; police trying to ascertain if child was raped.
Zainab's killer handed death penalty for rape, murder of 2 more girls
Imran Ali given 5 counts of death penalty, 1 count of life imprisonment, Rs4.5m in fines and Rs1.075m compensation.
Top Bangladeshi photographer arrested for interview on teen protests
Over 100 injured as police fire rubber bullets, tear gas canisters into crowds of protesters.
Zainab murderer handed death penalty for rape, murder of 3 other girls
Imran Ali sentenced to death on a total of 12 counts, fined Rs6 million and ordered to pay Rs3m compensation.
Suspect behind torching of Diamer schools killed in search operation: police
Police report says recent incidents an echo of past attacks, with objective to bar girls from receiving education.
Rights watchdog seeks measures to make schools safer
HRW says Pakistan should join 80 countries that have endorsed ‘Safe Schools Declaration’.
Another girls school torched in Diamer
14 schools attacked in 2 days; a policeman killed, another hurt in raid on a house
Seven-year-old girl sexually assaulted
Suspect is a 22-year-old.
Minor girl raped, murdered after torture in Karachi's Bhittaiabad
Police have arrested three suspects who happen to be relatives of the girl.
Teenager sentenced to life in prison for murder, assault of 4-year-old Mardan girl
The 15-year-old convict was related to the victim.
Suspect arrested in Gujranwala over minor’s rape
Shopkeeper allegedly lured five-year-old inside the shop when she went to buy sweets.
Australian archbishop gets 12 months for concealing child abuse
Philip Wilson has been found guilty of concealing abuse by notorious paedophile priest Jim Fletcher.
Zainab case: Division bench to decide on public hanging
LHC judge refers petition to chief justice for its fixation before division bench.
Petition in LHC seeks public execution of Zainab's murderer
The appeal, filed by the slain girl's father, says public executions can be carried out under Article 22 of the ATA.
In dramatic turnaround, Trump orders end to family separations
The spectacular about-face comes after more than 2,300 children were stripped from their parents and adult relatives.
IHC increases sentence for couple convicted in Tayyaba case
The court accepts an appeal filed by the state, extends the convicts' sentences from one to three years.
Court hands 2-year jail terms to 4 people in Mithi over involvement in child marriage
Convicts sentenced under the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2013.
Tayyaba torture case: CJP orders IHC to settle appeals of accused within a week
"The rights of children need to be safeguarded," CJP Nisar remarks.
CJP hears father's appeal against Zainab telefilm
Asks for reports from Punjab advocate general, attorney general and Pemra.
Man remanded in police custody for 'sexually assaulting' 13-year-old girl in AJK
Police sub-inspector who made the arrest calls the accused a "sex maniac".
Buner police foil bid to marry minor girl off in swara to settle family dispute
13 members of both families, including would-be groom, taken into custody.
Police arrest two suspects in connection with nine-year-old girl's murder in Larkana
Sindh High Court also takes notice, summons Larkana DIG and SSP on May 7.
CJP takes notice of 'botched' investigation of minor girl's rape in Faisalabad
The seven-year-old child's father accuses police of tampering with evidence to facilitate the accused.
Footprints: A poor man's daughter
On April 15, a few hours after six-year-old Rabia went off to play, she was kidnapped, gang-raped and murdered.
Eight-year-old 'raped by relatives' in Shikarpur
No arrests have been made in the case as yet.