KARACHI: Since December 2024, a total of 12 children have gone missing in Karachi, with some being found while others remain unaccounted for.
According to a report from Karachi police, three children were reported missing from the West Zone. Among them was a minor from Bilal Colony, who was allegedly kidnapped and murdered. However, a child who had gone missing from Gulbahar was later found.
In the East Zone, six children went missing, including a two-year-old named Kaneez from Gulistan-e-Jouhar, who is still missing. Two children from the Super Highway were found, and three children from Zaman Town and Shah Latif were also recovered.
In the South Zone, three children went missing, including a four-year-old from Saeedabad, whose whereabouts remain unknown.
In related news, a post-mortem report revealed that seven-year-old Sarim, who was kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered, had been strangled and had several injury marks on his body. His neck was reportedly broken, and his body was discovered five days after his death in a water tank.
A Karachi police official stated that Sarim had been murdered five days before his body was found. However, sources within the special investigation committee noted discrepancies between the circumstantial evidence and the post-mortem findings. The committee plans to send a questionnaire to the medical-legal officer once the results of DNA and chemical examination tests are received.
