Human Rights Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, on Wednesday, ordered an “immediate and transparent” investigation on the alleged violation and forced abortion of a 10th grade student in Rawalpindi by the director of a private academy.
The student, resident of Khayaban-I-Sir Syed of the city of Pirwadhai of Rawalpindi, had submitted a first information report with the police on Monday, claiming that the director of his academy raped her several times and forced her to abort.
“The Federal Minister of Human Rights has directed an immediate and transparent investigation of the incident,” said a statement issued today by the Tarar office.
The minister ordered the immediate arrest of the suspect and sought a report on the incident. “The provision of justice to the affected student must be guaranteed in all circumstances,” said Tarar, who is also the Minister of Law.
In her complaint, the victim claimed that the director, who had no children, had offered to marry her while studying in grade 10. According to the reports, she told her to approach her parents about the matter.
She also said that the director began to approach her and assured her that he would help her get good grades in the registration exam, convincing her of having physical relationships with him.
The plaintiff said that the man called her to his office and raped her. After a few months, she informed him that she was pregnant, but instead of marrying her, he gave her medicine for abortion.
According to the FIR, the victim claimed that the defendant continued to violate her from time to time and again left her pregnant. However, when she insisted on marriage, he refused and began to undergo.
According to section 376 of the Pakistan Criminal Code, the punishment for violation can be a death or imprisonment judgment of not less than 10 years and no more than 25 years, or the rest of the life of the convict, along with a fine.
In May, a session court in Rawalpindi condemned a man to death for violating a woman under section 17 of the Law against Violation (investigation and trial), 2021.
The violation laws in Pakistan have seen significant reforms, particularly with the Ordinance against Violation 2020, which introduced special courts for accelerated judgments, mandatory legal medical examinations within six hours and established a national registry of sexual criminals.
However, systemic challenges persist, with the national conviction rate for violation of a single 0.5 percent, according to a report by the Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO).
The president of the National Human Rights Commission (NCHR), Rabiya Javeri Agha, said last month that only 41 percent of violated women inform him, and even of them, many go back due to social pressure.
Last month, the Ministry of Interior reported that 200 of the 567 cases of sexual abuse registered in Islamabad between 2021 and June 2025 involved children.
In June, the Rawalpindi police said they had arrested an employee of the Adiala prison who allegedly violated his 11 -year -old niece in the prison residential colony.
The same month, a woman in the Dhamial area of the district complained to the Police that she had supposedly been sexually assaulted by the son of its owner.
