Child abuse has engulfed the country and left parents distraught. It remains a less understood, but deeply permeated, issue. The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines child abuse as “all kinds of emotional and physical maltreatment, neglect, sexual abuse, and exploitation that damage the child’s health, development and dignity.” Child abuse can be physical, which includes […]
A four-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Khanewal. Her body was thrown in the fields. Geo reported that the girl was kidnapped four days ago from the Azizabad village of Khanewal when she was playing with other children. The perpetrators first raped the girl then threw her body in the nearby fields, according to […]
35SharesFederal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has demanded that the leadership of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) explain their MNA Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi’s marriage to a 14 year-old-girl. The minister maintained that the marriage between a minor and a man four times her age is not legal and is against Child Marriage Restraint Act. The […]