Violence against children
The suspect strangulated the girl at an under-construction house in Latifabad Unit-10 on July 8, says Hyderabad SSP.
Updated 14 Jul, 2019 10:13am
The siblings had left their home in the GOR Colony to buy something but did not return home till late in the evening.
Updated 12 Jul, 2019 11:02am
The two had left home on Monday to buy ice and went missing; the boy was found critically wounded and the girl dead.
Published 11 Jul, 2019 10:40pm
The minor was abducted and raped after she went out to play; later found abandoned in bushes near her house, FIR states.
Published 09 Jul, 2019 02:03pm
Mother says the 10-year-old girl was a regular student of the prayer leader of a local mosque for last several months.
Updated 07 Jul, 2019 11:06am
Buzdar says police should take strict action against the people involved in such incidents.
Updated 30 Jun, 2019 09:37am
Police have arrested the suspect and registered a case against him on rape charges.
Published 25 Jun, 2019 04:56pm
Father claims his wife and her aunt allegedly burned his children with candles and tortured them during a ritual.
Published 20 Jun, 2019 08:06pm
Parliamentarians suggest rigorous imprisonment for life in child sexual assault and murder cases instead of 14 years.
Updated 20 Jun, 2019 09:51am
Sindh government says the victim will be provided medical, legal support and culprits will be brought to justice.
Updated 08 Jun, 2019 05:24pm
The situation was blamed on the lack of implementation of child rights related laws.
Updated 31 May, 2019 10:06am
If we know of these horror at all, it is because enraged villagers staged protests against the local police.
Published 27 May, 2019 07:33am
Witnesses who helped police shift the body to hospital told mediapersons that the body carried visible torture marks.
Updated 27 May, 2019 09:29am
The victim, identified as 10-year-old Farishta, disappeared from outside her house on May 15.
Updated 26 May, 2019 10:08am
Two special investigation teams have been constituted by Islamabad IGP, according to a progress report of probe.
Published 25 May, 2019 04:09pm
Senators Usman Khan Kakar and Kamran Michael condemned what they called state’s insensitivity in the Farishta case.
Updated 25 May, 2019 10:51am
Pemra Chairman Saleem Baig says notices issued because the channels "violated the code of conduct".
Updated 24 May, 2019 08:10am
PM Khan expresses displeasure over delay in the arrest of the police official who had refused to register a case.
Published 23 May, 2019 08:17am
The 10-year-old sustained critical burn injuries.
Updated 23 May, 2019 09:58am
Victim's father says in FIR that police provided explanations instead of filing case or searching for missing girl.
Updated 22 May, 2019 04:59pm
Postmortem examination result awaited to confirm if girl was sexually assaulted before being murdered.
Updated 21 May, 2019 04:40pm
Five-year-old Erum had gone missing while playing outside her house on May 1, 2012; her body was found a month later.
Updated 21 May, 2019 12:27am
Residents of DHA Lahore called the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau's helpline after they heard the child screaming.
Published 17 May, 2019 06:34pm
Islamabad advocate general informs SC bench the child maid had suffered all of her bruises at convicted judge's house.
Updated 08 May, 2019 11:11pm
Lawyer argues 10-year-old Tayyaba admitted she wasn't abused, had memorised her testimony "like a parrot".
Published 06 May, 2019 02:18pm
Bill exposes division within cabinet as Mazari, without caring for opposition by other ministers, argues in its favour.
Published 02 May, 2019 08:00am
According to the FIR, the suspects held him at gunpoint and also made videos of the assault.
Updated 26 Apr, 2019 03:47pm
Court orders medical tests to determine age of suspect.
Published 23 Apr, 2019 03:22pm
The purported exchange of fire between police and muggers on Tuesday had caused a two-year-old boy's death.
Published 20 Apr, 2019 12:14am
Action taken after a video of two teachers kicking and dragging a uniform-clad girl by her hair went viral.
Updated 20 Apr, 2019 12:51am
