KARACHI: The body of a seven-year-old boy who had gone missing was found in the Landhi area, and a post-mortem examination confirmed that he had been raped before being murdered, police said on September 23. Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed told Dawn
HYDERABAD: Civil society representatives urged the Sindh government to strictly enforce the Child Marriage Restraint Act, warning that underage marriages remain rampant due to poor implementation. At a dialogue in Mirpurkhas, organised by the Hari Welfare Association, activists and officials expressed alarm
KARACHI: Despite the presence of strict laws against sexual harassment and exploitation of children and women, weaknesses in investigation and prosecution continue to allow offenders to escape punishment, contributing to a surge in child abuse cases. Recent incidents, including the Qayyumabad case
KARACHI: Four minor rape survivors identified a suspected serial rapist before a judicial magistrate while recording their statements on September 18. Investigating officer (IO) Muhammad Sajjad produced the suspect before Judicial Magistrate (South) Kalsoom Mustafa Sahto, while the survivor girls also appeared before
Police have registered a murder case over the mysterious death of an 11-year-old girl in Surjani Town after the victim’s father refused to lodge a complaint. An FIR was registered under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code at the Surjani Town
A judicial magistrate on September 17 extended police remand of a suspected serial rapist paedophile by three days in cases pertaining to sexual abuse of minor girls. Shabbir Ahmed, a fruit vendor, has been booked in seven cases lodged under charges of
KARACHI: A man accused of molesting dozens of young girls was arrested on September 11, from Karachi’s neighbourhood, Qayyumabad in the remit of Defence Police Station. The area residents thrashed the man namely Shabbir Ahmed and handed him over to police. They
Karachi: A sessions court has sentenced a school van driver to 14-year imprisonment for sexually abusing a minor girl. Owais Khan, the driver of a school van, was found guilty of sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl while she was alone in the
KARACHI: A man was arrested for allegedly raping his 18-year-old niece after drugging her and six other family members, including children, by serving them a sedative-laced drink at a family gathering on Friday night. According to police, the incident took place after
TikToker Makhdoom Junaid allegedly used female relatives to obstruct his arrest by a team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from Sukkur. The incident occurred on Abul Hassan Isphahani Road where the FIA team had arrived to arrest the suspect over allegations