Mrs Arshad’s son, Aalyan, was subjected to bullying at a private school when he was 14 years old. ‘My child was traumatised to the extent that he refused to go back to school, and for two years we have been homeschooling him,’
This video shows highlights from the two-day international conference on combating trafficking in persons of women and girls in Pakistan, held in Islamabad on February 27-28, 2024. Organized by the Strengthening Systems and Services for the Development of Orphans and Vulnerable Children
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority told the Peshawar High Court on 4 April 2024 that it had blocked 1.07 million web links after finding their contents to be blasphemous or pornographic. A bench consisting of Justice Syed Mohammad Attique Shah and Justice Syed
Taking notice of growing incidents of street crimes in the metropolis, Inspector General of Sindh Police Ghulam Nabi Memon on 31 March 2024 announced that a specialised unit would investigate cases of those mugging in which robbers murdered their victims. He said
HUMAN traders feed off economic distress; they peddle promises of a better life to the impoverished who, mired in monetary discontent and absence of opportunities, are forced into scenarios that put their safety in peril. The recent horror show of trafficking saw
Expressing grave concern over ceasing the issuance of computerized national identity cards (CNICs) to transgender persons by the National Database Registration Authority, the Sindh Human Rights Commission has asked the authority to facilitate members of the already marginalized community in its centers
A woman on 26 March 2025 filed an application before a district and sessions court seeking protection for herself and her husband since her family had labelled the couple as `karo-kari`. Applicant Ayesha, wife of Abdul Majeed, filed the application under Section
KARACHI: A huge protest called by the transgender or Khwajasira community outside the Karachi Press Club on Saturday to raise voice against a mob attack on transgender women in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on March 18 was like a cry of pain. One after the other, the
SUKKUR: Dacoits gunned down a primary schoolteacher, when he was driving to his school on a motorcycle along Hazaro Shakh (water channel) on Magsi-Karampur road near Tangwani town, Kandhkot-Kashomre district, on 18 March 2024. The teacher Allah Rakhiyo Nandwani, a resident of
The report titled “Situation Analysis of Child Online Protection in Pakistan” provides an overview of the current state of child online protection in Pakistan. It highlights the importance of addressing the risks and dangers faced by children in the digital world, such