SUKKUR: Over 500 women coming from different walks of life attended a gathering in the Sachal Academy Auditorium, Khairpur, on 16th June and vowed to work for safeguarding children’s rights. They belonged to 20 UCs of Khairpur district and travelled to the
LARKANA: The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on June 14 held two workshops — one in Larkana district and the other in Qambar-Shahdadkot district — aimed at honing the professional skills of 32 police officers including SHOs, inspectors, investigation officers, SIPs, ASIs,
Minor girl rescued in 72 hours after kidnapping, rickshaw driver held KARACHI .District Malir Investigation Police have arrested a couple, involved in kidnapping children, and recovered two kidnapped girls from the couple’s house. One of recovered girls was kidnapped three years ago.
KARACHI. Child rights organisations and advocates, along with concerned citizens, have warmly welcomed the passage of recent legislation on child marriages, describing it as a landmark step toward protecting the rights and well-being of children. “The passage of the ICT Child Marriage
CHILD marriage persists in Pakistan for many reasons, and ending the practice requires measures that are sensitive to the problem’s complexity. Debates on child marriage tend to reduce this complexity to two opposing legal positions. Proponents of gender equality and child welfare
HYDERABAD: Police arrested a man a few hours after he attempted to sexually assault a four-year-old girl in the Pinyari police limits of the city two days ago. After the incident, the mother of the minor girl had contacted the Pinyari police
SUKKUR: The Hindu Panchayats of different cities and towns have reacted strongly to the recent disappearance of a teenage girl belonging to the Meghwar community and demanded her immediate recovery. They noted that the Class-IX student went missing from Sahib Khan Jiskani
KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for abducting and raping an 11-year-old girl. Additional District and Sessions Judge (South) Zahoor Ahmed Chandio found accused Aijaz guilty of two offences under Sections 364-A (Kidnapping or abducting a person
LARKANA: The Model Criminal Trial Court Qambar-Shahdadkot on 9th May handed down life imprisonment sentence to an accused after he proved guilty of subjecting a minor boy to rape. The judge Tariq Bhatti, who also heads special court for gender-based violence, also
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has recently dismissed the bail application of a man implicated in a rape case and recalled his interim pre-arrest bail. Mohammad Farman Qureshi was booked by the Shah Faisal Colony police for allegedly raping a girl and