Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Landhi, Karachi, Pakistan · 2026

Pakistan: madressah teacher given two 15-year sentences for abusing his students

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

madressah teacher (qari)

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The complainants were his enrolled madressah students; his authority as their religious teacher gave him both the private access within the school and the leverage to enforce silence.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

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Proceedings

2026-05-20 · conviction and sentence

Sessions court, Karachi, Pakistan. A Karachi court sentenced Qari Muhammad Anwar to two consecutive 15-year terms for sexually abusing two students, aged 13 and 17, inside a room at the madressah where he taught. The court heard he had threatened the boys to keep them silent.

Documented coercion mechanisms

religious teaching authority over enrolled students
threats to secure silence

Cited record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Karachi court hands cleric double 15-year sentences for sexually abusing two madressah students', Dawn, 20 May 2026.: Pakistan's paper of record reports the two 15-year sentences and the madressah setting of the offences.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.dawn.com/news/2001809/karachi-court-hands-cleric-double-15-year-sentences-for-sexually-abusing-two-madressah-students Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 330a95487bbaf0e863980282815b2281bd93ed7f61575a561cf2f1170f0fc69e
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