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Mardan police rescue minor girl in swara case, 11 arrested

May 4, 2026 by Zuha shahzad

Police in Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have rescued a minor girl who was allegedly being handed over under the illegal swara custom, while arresting 11 members of a local jirga involved in the decision-making process, officials said on Monday. Read More: Mardan Police arrested 2,756 POs in 2021 According to police, the incident took place […]

Filed Under: Pakistan Tagged With: Child rights, jirga, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Latest, Mardan, Pakistan police, swara

9-year-old girl forcibly married under jirga order in Swat

February 11, 2026 by Zuha shahzad

SWAT – A 9-year-old girl was forcibly married with a 32-year-old man in Swat Manglor area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, under the orders of a local jirga. Read More: Unity at NCSW consultation to end child marriage According to police, the girl had been abducted by her uncle, Syed Rehman, four months prior to the marriage. Following the […]

Filed Under: Pakistan Tagged With: Child rights, forced marriage, jirga, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Latest, Pakistan News, Swat

Child Rights as a Governance Priority: Strengthening Institutional Mechanisms in Pakistan

February 3, 2026 by Muhammad Ijlal

February 3, 2026 by Sajid Salamat

Pakistan is a young country, both politically and demographically. With over one-third of the population under the age of 15, child rights are not merely an NGO concern or a matter of moral discourse; they are a governance priority linked to national development, human capital, and international credibility. Since ratifying the UN Convention on the […]

Filed Under: Op-Ed Tagged With: Child rights, Institutional, Mechanisms, Pakistan

Civil society warns against fast-tracked nicotine standards

January 19, 2026 by Zuha shahzad

Civil society organisations and child rights groups in Balochistan have urged the federal government to halt the fast-tracking of mandatory standards for nicotine containing, tobacco-free oral products, warning that the move could fuel addiction among youth and legitimise harmful consumption patterns. Read More: ANF launches crackdown on drug pushers, eight arrested In a joint statement issued on […]

Filed Under: Pakistan Tagged With: Balochistan, Child rights, Civil society, Latest, nicotine products, Pakistan, public health

Policy makers, parents should play vital role for ensuring child rights: Afshan

March 12, 2022 by Saba Ashraf

ISLAMABAD: The parents and all other stakeholders should play a vital role in creating enabling environment for providing child rights, said the Chairperson Chairperson National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC) Afshan Tehseen Bajwa (NCRC) here on Saturday. In an exclusive talk with APP on prevailing child rights situation and the Commission’s working, she […]

Filed Under: Pakistan Tagged With: Child rights, Latest, parents should play vital role for ensuring child rights: Afshan, Policy makers

Culture of Same-sex Child Abuse in Pakistan

April 20, 2019 by DailyTimes.pk

Same-sex child abuse is an act of coerce violence committed by older men on underage boys. It is an overlooked, abysmal part of Pakistan’s crime culture. We often cite females in the media as prime victims of child abuse however, the shelved stories of young males are seldom brought to light. The trend is gradually […]

Filed Under: Perspectives Tagged With: Child Abuse, Child rights, Hazard, Mandi Bahauddin, National Commission, same-sex, social development

PTI’s upcoming govt urged to include child rights in roadmap

August 11, 2018 by DailyTimes.pk

LAHORE: A child rights ogranisation on Saturday urged the upcoming government to include child rights especially child protection issues into their 100-day roadmap to put a limit on violance against children. This was urged during a media briefing by Search For Justice and Child Rights Movement, Punjab after a seminar on “Setting the way forward for […]

Filed Under: Pakistan Tagged With: Child rights, Headline

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