child rights

News Desk Lahore: The cases of violence against children and physical abuse of child labour are increasing day by day, and serious efforts are required to prevent this widespread prevalence of child labour, child trafficking, and…

News Desk Peshawar: The district administration on Tuesday sealed two brick kilns and arrested the managers for hiring underage children as labourers in the Sorzai area. Meanwhile, on public complaints, the administration also sealed…

News Desk Islamabad: “Gender-based violence (GBV) is often underreported and unrecognised. Helplines working to respond to GBV across Pakistan must work together to provide services to survivors through strong collaboration among…

News Desk Islamabad: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) introduced a new platform, the National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR), coupled with SMS verification to help citizens and institutions across the country…

News Desk Islamabad: The National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC) held a briefing with policymakers and media on the state of children’s rights and measures taken by the Commission during its first term. The purpose of the…

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News Desk Peshawar: In order to ensure that all institutions are working together to defend children’s rights, speakers at a consultative session on the institutional framework for child protection in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa stressed the…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: One-and-a-half-year-old Irfan, sitting in his mother’s lap at a private shelter home, is continually trying to divert his mother’s attention as tears are rolling down her cheeks while she explains her suffering at…

Islamabad: A local court in Islamabad on Tuesday awarded a 14-year imprisonment sentence to an accused in a case pertaining attempted rape of an eight-year-old girl. Additional District and Sessions Court Hamayun Dilawar announced the…

News Desk Geneva: Fifty million people around the world are trapped in forced labour or forced marriage, the UN said Monday, warning that their ranks had swelled dramatically in recent years. The United Nations had set a goal to eradicate…