Overview
- A 15‑year‑old orphan, Muhammad Waseem Abbas, was chased and fatally run over in Multan's Royal Orchard housing area after leaving work, according to CCTV and police accounts.
- Police arrested contractor Tauqeer Nazir and registered an FIR naming him and an alleged accomplice, Amjad Ali, under murder sections of the Pakistan Penal Code.
- Lawyers assaulted the accused at a court appearance before he was placed on physical remand, and authorities say he later escaped custody and was killed in a reported Crime Control Department shootout near Bahawalpur.
- Officers have filed separate cases under the Child Labour Act against the suspect and registered a complaint against the orphanage administrator for sending a minor to work, while raids continue to find the second suspect.
- Human rights groups point to a wider pattern of contested CCD encounters and a 2025 HRCP fact‑finding tally that recorded hundreds of suspect deaths, which critics say increases calls for independent oversight and transparent forensic inquiry.