Tag: Kasur
Kasur child abuse scandal: Punjab govt yet to implement preventive measures
Five months after the Kasur child pornography scandal report, the Punjab government is yet to implement the preventive measures and devise policy in order...
Three Kasur child abuse suspects walk free over lack of evidence
The anti terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore acquitted three suspects of the Kasur child abuse case on Friday on the basis of lack of...
Kasur’s child sex abuse victims struggle to rebuild their lives
“I don't regret speaking out, but since then, people have looked at me with strange eyes," laments a 16-year-old Ahmed*.
He was one of 20...
Kasur’s child sex abuse victims struggle to rebuild their lives
“I don't regret speaking out, but since then, people have looked at me with strange eyes," laments a 16-year-old Ahmed*.
He was one of 20...
PML-N wins Kasur with 28 seats
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) grabbed 28 seats in Municipal Committee Kasur during the first phase of the local government elections while independent candidates won...
Kasur child-abuse case: ATC refuses to discharge four accused
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday rejected the police report for discharging four accused in Kasur child abuse scandal.
Earlier, the police produced 20 accused...
LHC seeks reply from Punjab govt in Kasur scandal
Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday sought reply from Punjab government and Home Secretary till September 18 over formation of judicial commission (JC) in Kasur child...
HRCP says credible proofs of child sexual abuse in Kasur
The team found none, including the parents, were concerned about physical and psychological impact of the abuse on the victims
PEMRA calls for responsible reporting on Kasur child abuse case
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Saturday directed TV channels to exercise caution while reporting about the Kasur sex abuse scandal.
In a...
24 more victims step forward in Kasur child abuse case
Amidst mounting calls for justice from protesting families, media and civil society, as many as 24 more families have stepped forward to register their cases against victimisation in a massive child abuse and extortion scandal in Hussain Khawala village of Kasur.
Man aims Punjab IG with a shoe over Kasur case
Area locals and relatives of the victims of Kasur child abuse case went violent on Tuesday during Punjab Inspector General (IG) Mushtaq Sukhera’s news conference.
Govt treading through Kasur with burdensome proofs
While punishing senior police officers for negligence in the case, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif has formed a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the massive child abuse and extortion scandal allegedly involving hundreds of victims in Kasur.
Khan, Reham perturbed over Kasur child abuse
Speaking at a conference held in Haripur for NA-19 election campaign, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said on Monday that as a Pakistani, his head hangs in shame after hearing about child-abuse case in Kasur.
Kasur Scandal: Culprits increase, reactions pour in
The chief justice Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday rejected an application from the Punjab government which sought to establish a judicial commission to probe the child pornography case in Kasur.
Judicial probe ordered as confessions emerge in Kasur case
Political leaders poured in to condemn the cases of mass child abuse in Kasur as the police investigators claimed that seven men arrested in the case have confessed to sodomising the children and making videos of the acts.
Kasur children were abused, how many is the question
An earth shattering case of alleged mass child abuse in a Kasur village found its way to a muddle with some government officials negating the occurrence of more than 274 cases of sodomy, claiming that the “propaganda” had its roots in an old land feud.
Two children drown, mother saved after jumping into canal
A widow, who snapped under the unending adversities of abject poverty, jumped into a canal along with two of her children in rural Kasur.
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