Violence against children
The creation of Pakistan represents the first-ever realisation of Muslim nationalism achieving independent statehood anywhere, not just in South Asia.
Updated 14 Aug, 2025 10:12am
Employees claim the 13-year-old suffered a heart attack; police register case against five suspects after father suspected foul play.
Updated 12 Aug, 2025 10:14am
Suspect had allegedly been raping minor boys and girls at gunpoint; would also record videos of crime to later blackmail victims.
Updated 12 Aug, 2025 10:20am
Jinnah’s oft-quoted speech of Pakistani citizens being free to go to temples and places of worship remains relegated to the history textbooks.
Updated 11 Aug, 2025 05:41pm
Judge rules nikah khawan is required to sign affidavit about age of bride and groom not being less than 18 years.
Updated 09 Aug, 2025 09:40am
Action was taken by KP CM Gandapur after the incident was highlighted by journalists.
Published 04 Aug, 2025 09:55pm
Police say he accidentally fired and injured himself while trying to evade arrest.
Updated 30 Jul, 2025 08:26pm
Qari Umar and his son had been on the run since the July 21 incident.
Updated 29 Jul, 2025 10:57am
Suspect was injured after he pulled out a pistol to escape arrest, police say.
Published 28 Jul, 2025 07:07pm
Suspect kidnapped the girl to get ransom money for his brother's bail, police say.
Published 25 Jul, 2025 04:14pm
Swat DPO says search operation underway to apprehend remaining suspects; cleric arrested in Swabi for "torturing" minor at mosque.
Updated 24 Jul, 2025 11:37pm
Swat DPO says 2 of 4 suspects nominated in FIR arrested with search for others underway.
Updated 23 Jul, 2025 07:02pm
Say one of the teachers has been arrested while a search is underway to apprehend other two.
Updated 22 Jul, 2025 04:01pm
Report by KP Child Protection and Welfare Commission reveals 402 incidents of child rights violation across province over last six months.
Updated 18 Jul, 2025 03:24pm
Verdict in case of seven-year-old girl comes more than a year after the incident.
Updated 16 Jul, 2025 10:56am
Suspect arrested, booked under Sections 302, 376 of PPC and Section 53 of KP Child Protection Act.
Published 05 Jul, 2025 10:12pm
Notes 150 new cases of enforced disappearances in province; highlights need to protect minority groups, including transgender individuals.
Updated 01 Jul, 2025 10:18am
Student says Qari would take off his trousers and assault him, then threatened to kill him if he told anyone about it.
Published 01 Jul, 2025 08:57am
Luddan police registered a case against Qari Fayyaz Ahmed who absconded.
Published 28 Jun, 2025 05:16am
There is also a marked increase in the number of child victims of multiple violations to 22,495.
Updated 23 Jun, 2025 10:20am
Prosecution says suspect "understands the gravity of the crime".
Published 20 Jun, 2025 03:24pm
“Several children were sexually abused and filmed in Sardarabad village," police statement says.
Published 20 Jun, 2025 01:53pm
Police officials say suspect will be arrested within the next 48 hours; girl's family is being provided with full protection.
Updated 15 Jun, 2025 02:47pm
Police performance falters as 2,388 suspects acquitted, 924 penalised in 60,217 cases related to crimes against women and children.
Updated 10 Jun, 2025 02:53pm
Victim's grandmother says the boy loved the one-year-old as an elder brother but it was beyond understanding what made him do the act.
Updated 08 Jun, 2025 10:14am
Police arrested the accused, who was identified as Azan Sultan, 10 and a half years old, and lived in the same house.
Published 06 Jun, 2025 07:47am
Police surgeon says husband is alive but in critical condition with cut injuries while the wife had sustained fatal cuts.
Updated 05 Jun, 2025 01:33pm
Police chief says suspect had tried to contact TikToker Sana Yousaf repeatedly and was being “rejected by her again and again”.
Updated 03 Jun, 2025 08:24pm
SSP emphasises role of Anti-Rape Crisis Cells and Gender Desks in assisting women workers.
Updated 02 Jun, 2025 10:15am
Suggests CPEC can be further linked with Iran after Afghanistan; announces movement against child marriage law.
Updated 02 Jun, 2025 10:39am
