A new national factsheet on violence against children (VAC) has sent a chilling reminder of how unsafe childhood remains across Pakistan. Covering the first six months of 2025, the document doesn’t just present numbers — it exposes a system that repeatedly fails to see, protect and deliver justice for its youngest […]
A child’s laughter should echo in playgrounds, not be silenced by cruelty. A child’s hands should hold books and toys, not bear the scars of servitude. But for Iqra, a 13-year-old girl from Rawalpindi, life was never about innocence or dreams—it was about survival. Until, in a moment of horrifying brutality, […]