Tag: child abuse

  • Rawalpindi Qari allegedly stabs 12-year-old girl student to death

    Rawalpindi Qari allegedly stabs 12-year-old girl student to death

    A Qari allegedly stabbed a 12-year-old girl to death in Rawalpindi, as reported by Geo News. The perpetrator fled after committing the crime, but authorities apprehended him later that day with the murder weapon. The accused has been arrested along with the murder weapon.

    As per the police, the 21-year-old Qari named Adil from Abbottabad used to visit the victim’s house to teach her the Holy Quran. The victim’s parents had barred the Qari from coming to their home after the girl complained about him, saying that he was trying to do immoral acts with her.

    Adil followed the girl to her tuition centre and stabbed her in the neck with a sharp weapon.

    The police reached the scene as soon as they received information about the incident, gathered evidence and sent the girl’s body to the hospital for a postmortem.

    As per SP Rawal Babar Javed Joya, the accused confessed to the murder, saying that he killed her because the victim’s family was suspicious of him.

  • PM Khan tells ulema sex crimes main evil in Muslim society

    PM Khan tells ulema sex crimes main evil in Muslim society

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan during a discussion with top scholars on how the youth can be protected from the invasion of social media on faith, religious and ethical values said that corruption and sex crime s are two main evils of the Muslim world.

    “There are two sorts of crime in society, one is corruption and the other is a sex crime. Sex crime has risen sharply in our society, i.e. rape and child abuse, and only one per cent of this is reported,” said PM Khan.

    “The other 99 per cent, I believe, society has to fight it. The same is the case with corruption… society has to make corruption unacceptable. Unfor­tunately, when you have leadership which is corrupt over time, they make corruption acceptable,” he said.

    The prime minister stressed the need to save the Muslim youth from being inundated with obscenity and pornographic material available on the internet.

  • ‘No child in Pakistan is safe’: Shaniera Akram on rape, murder of a six year old

    ‘No child in Pakistan is safe’: Shaniera Akram on rape, murder of a six year old

    Shaniera Akram took to her Twitter account to express her anger over the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl Maham, in Karachi who was raped and then killed in Karachi on  Wednesday. The child went missing from Karachi’s Korangi area and was later found dead in a dumpster in the city.

    As per reports, her dead body was shifted to the hospital for postmortem. The autopsy report confirmed that the girl was killed after being sexually assaulted.

    “Things have got to change, It’s got to stop. Things have to change as it stands today, no child in Pakistan is safe”, said Shaniera in a tweet.

    She highlighted the deep-rooted issue of child sexual abuse in Pakistan in a series of tweets.

  • Yumna Zaidi trends on twitter for her superlative performance in the finale episode of DNUTN

    Yumna Zaidi trends on twitter for her superlative performance in the finale episode of DNUTN

    Star actress Yumna Zaidi trended on Twitter for her impressive performance in the finale episode of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Dil Na Umeed Toh Nahi.

    Featuring Yumna Zaidi, Yasra Rizvi, Wahaj Ali, Nadia Afgan, Naumaan Ijaz, Samiya Mumtaz, and Omair Rana in the lead, Dil Na Umeed Toh Nahi is a harrowing tale of child abuse and human trafficking in Pakistan. Although drama is critically acclaimed, it’s television ratings are considerably low.

    Directed by Kashif Nisar, the script is written by Amna Mufti of Jahez fame.

    Dil Na Umeed Toh Nahi: Yumna Zaidi and Wahaj Ali's Performance Will Give You Goosebumps! - TV - HIP

    Apart from the Pyar Ke Sadqay star’s performance, her chemistry with co-star Wahaj Ali was also appreciated.

    Dil Na Umeed Toh Nahin Episode 2: Yumna Zaidi and Omair Rana Share Crackling Chemistry! | The Brown Identity

    She played a challenging character of a sex worker in the play and even enacted scenes where she had to emote as a drug addict.

    Why Yumna Zaidi's 'Dil Na Umeed Tou Nahi' Not Airing On TV? - Lens

    On the work front, Yumna will be seen next in Ishq-e-Laa opposite Azaan Sami Khan and Sajal Aly.

  • Mufti Aziz-ur-Rehman admits he raped student, claim police

    According to Geo News, Mufti Aziz-ur-Rehman has confessed that he raped his student. He was arrested by Lahore Police on Sunday from Mianwali after a video went viral on social media in which Mufti Aziz could be seen sexually assaulting one of his madrassa (seminary) students.

    According to details shared by police sources, Mufti Aziz confessed that the video was not fake and said that he was secretly filmed by his student. Mufti Aziz said after the video went viral, he panicked. He also admitted that his sons then threatened the victim. He said that he did not want to leave the madrassa, which is why he made a video denying that he raped his student after the management asked him to go.

    Read more- When a Mufti rapes, why do we silence the victim?

    Mufti Aziz hid in Township, Sheikhupura and Faisalabad with the help of some of his students but was found in Mianwali as his phone was being traced along with his sons.

  • Ahsan Khan says Kohat rape case ‘is a reflection of our failure as a society’

    Ahsan Khan is demanding justice for three-year-old Hareem Fatima, who was brutally murdered after being sexually assaulted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)’s Kohat district. According to reports, Fatima’s father lodged a complaint with the police stating that Hareem went out to play with other children but unfortunately did not return.

    “Another Twitter trend, another baby girl, another rape, another family destroyed. Another story,” said Ahsan. “Would be remembered for few days and forgotten.”

    “We always talk about upbringing and protection of our daughters, maybe it’s time for us to stress on raising our sons right,” said the actor further, stressing on the importance of educating children.

    “The Kohat incident is a reflection of our failure as a society,” he added.

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    Despite the introduction of an Anti-Rape Ordinance by the government, rape cases continue to rise in the country. The Current is maintaining a daily tally of cases and the numbers are alarming.

    According to a report published by a child protection NGO Sahil, at least 173 children were gang-raped in Pakistan in the first six months of 2020, whereas there were 227 reports of attempted sexual assault. 

  • 12-year-old maid ‘starved, tortured to death’ by employer in Lahore: police

    12-year-old maid ‘starved, tortured to death’ by employer in Lahore: police

    A 12-year-old maid, who was found dead last week, was starved for days and tortured to death by her employers, said police on Thursday.

    According to Samaa, the child employed by a family in Iqbal Town, Lahore, was assaulted multiple times over a period of two months. She was starved for long hours, revealed her post-mortem report.

    “The report disclosed that she was not raped,” the investigation officer was quoted as saying. The police have arrested the employer, Saira Bano who confessed to the crime during questioning, it added.

    “Bano said that her sister-in-law Nasreen was also involved,” the officer was quoted by the media outlet. The police are conducting raids to arrest her as soon as possible, it added.

    On Jan 30, the father of the deceased minor approached the police with a complaint that her daughter was “killed and raped” by the employers who had hired her services as a maid.

    The media report said that her father, a resident of Sheikhupura, said that on January 27 they received a call from her employer Bano.

    Bano told them that their daughter wasn’t feeling well. “When we reached there, my daughter was unconscious,” he said, adding that the child was immediately moved to a hospital where the doctor pronounced her dead.

    A case has been registered under sections 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and 302 (murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

  • Pornhub bans downloads after expose alleges videos of abuse

    Pornhub bans downloads after expose alleges videos of abuse

    Pornography website Pornhub has outlined new measures against illegal content on its platform after the New York Times reported finding videos depicting child sex abuse and rape on the site.

    The paper asserted that among the 6.8 million new videos posted on the site each year, a majority “probably involve consenting adults, but many depict child abuse and non-consensual violence.”

    Pornhub, the Times said, also lets users download videos directly from its site, which allows anyone to repost clips repeatedly and without limit.

    “Today, we are taking major steps to further protect our community,” said a statement on Pornhub. “Going forward, we will only allow properly identified users to upload content. We have banned downloads.”

    Only content partners and people who earn ad revenue from their videos will be able to upload videos to the site.

    “In the new year, we will implement a verification process so that any user can upload content upon successful completion of identification protocol,” the statement read.

    Paid downloads remain possible, says the company, adding that it has also strengthened its moderation process.

    On Monday officials at MasterCard and Visa launched a probe into their links with the site, warning that they would cut ties with the parent company, MindGeek if it turns out that the site is not following the law. Meanwhile, PayPal had stopped processing payments to Pornhub last year.

    Pornhub told AFP in a statement that it has “no tolerance” for content that shows sexual abuse of children.

    Pakistan reportedly tops the list of most porn-searching countries.

  • The lowest form of life are those who hurt and torture children, says Wasim Akram

    The lowest form of life are those who hurt and torture children, says Wasim Akram

    Wasim Akram has expressed his disgust and anger towards those who torture and abuse children.

    Sharing a video of a little boy, who was abused by his father, the former captain wrote: “In my book, the lowest form of life on this planet are those who hurt and torture children. This video is absolutely heart wrenching to watch.”

    “I’m sick to my stomach,” added the cricketer.

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    In the video, the child can be seen complaining about his father, who abuses him regularly for not gathering enough income in the day.

    “My father gives me electric shocks,” revealed the child. “I have 4 siblings.”

    Similarly, Wasim’s wife Shaniera Akram also said that abusing a child is the “purest form of evil”.

    Last month, Shaniera spearheaded ‘The Polished Man’ movement in Pakistan to raise awareness about child abuse.

    Posting photos of some of the most prominent faces in Pakistan, Shaniera wrote: “Some of the toughest men Pakistan has ever produced are showing their softer side and coloring one nail to represent the millions of children who suffer every day at the hand of an adult. Our Pakistani heroes say ‘We WILL NOT tolerate child abuse in our country’.”

    Shaniera explained that though the ‘Polished Man’ campaign has been around for years, 2020 has witnessed the highest level of child abuse in Pakistan.

  • Cabinet bans employing children as domestic workers

    Cabinet bans employing children as domestic workers

    The federal cabinet has approved a bill against the employment of children as domestic help across the country, Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari has said.

    According to details, the minister during her speech in the Senate on Friday said it will be applied once further work on the bill is finalised.

    “Violence and mistreatment of children start from these households,” Mazari said, mentioning that the new bill is government’s effort to end the violence against children.

    According to the new clause, any child under the age of 14 years can not be hired as domestic help. If anyone violates the law, strict action will be taken against them.

    The move came after several child abuse cases were reported from across the country. A campaign was also started on social media against the domestic employment of children. The government had also faced criticism for its lack of laws on the issue.

    Dr Mazari had been trying to include domestic labour by children as an unsafe line of work under this act.