Pakistan Child Abuse

Children are worst affected as terror networks spread their tentacles across the borders and threaten peace, India has said in a veiled reference to Pakistan, as it called on the UN member states to demonstrate a greater political will to ensure perpetrators of terrorism are held accountable for abusing child rights.

An Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan today granted investigators a 14-day physical remand of a 23-year-old man who was arrested in the brutal rape and murder case of a minor girl in Kasur city in Punjab province.

Police in Pakistan said on Tuesday they had arrested a man suspected to be a serial killer responsible for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl, a case that ignited nationwide protests over allegations of government inaction.

A 14-year-old student in Pakistan's Sindh province has become paralysed, after being allegedly strangulated by a teacher four months ago, a media report said today.

Two people convicted in a massive Pakistan paedophilia scandal were handed life sentences Monday, officials said, after a law passed in March criminalised child sexual abuse in the country for the first time.

Three Pakistani police officers have been transferred to other districts accused of negligence amid a deepening scandal over a paedophile ring alleged to have abused hundreds of children for nearly a decade, officials said today.

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court today ordered that five men arrested over a major child sex abuse scandal remain in police custody for up to 28 days of interrogation.

A Pakistani province today announced a judicial inquiry into a massive child abuse and extortion scandal allegedly involving hundreds of victims amid mounting calls for justice.

Pakistan today ordered the setting up of a judicial commission to investigate the alleged sex abuse of 280 children in a village bordering India.

The man who was married to Imran Khan's new bride, Reham Khan, has denied allegations that he physically abused her and failed to pay child support.

Children are worst affected as terror networks spread their tentacles across the borders and threaten peace, India has said in a veiled reference to Pakistan, as it called on the UN member states to demonstrate a greater political will to ensure perpetrators of terrorism are held accountable for abusing child rights.

An Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan today granted investigators a 14-day physical remand of a 23-year-old man who was arrested in the brutal rape and murder case of a minor girl in Kasur city in Punjab province.

Police in Pakistan said on Tuesday they had arrested a man suspected to be a serial killer responsible for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl, a case that ignited nationwide protests over allegations of government inaction.

A 14-year-old student in Pakistan's Sindh province has become paralysed, after being allegedly strangulated by a teacher four months ago, a media report said today.

Two people convicted in a massive Pakistan paedophilia scandal were handed life sentences Monday, officials said, after a law passed in March criminalised child sexual abuse in the country for the first time.

Three Pakistani police officers have been transferred to other districts accused of negligence amid a deepening scandal over a paedophile ring alleged to have abused hundreds of children for nearly a decade, officials said today.

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court today ordered that five men arrested over a major child sex abuse scandal remain in police custody for up to 28 days of interrogation.

A Pakistani province today announced a judicial inquiry into a massive child abuse and extortion scandal allegedly involving hundreds of victims amid mounting calls for justice.

Pakistan today ordered the setting up of a judicial commission to investigate the alleged sex abuse of 280 children in a village bordering India.

The man who was married to Imran Khan's new bride, Reham Khan, has denied allegations that he physically abused her and failed to pay child support.