Srinagar, June 1 -- By Malik Zahoor Mehdi

A disturbing pattern has begun to haunt Jammu and Kashmir.

Reports of missing minor children, especially girls between the ages of 14 and 18, appear with troubling frequency. Parents wake up to empty rooms, unanswered phone calls, and long hours of panic.

Police stations receive complaints, posters circulate on social media, and entire neighbourhoods join searches.

Many children return home, but several families continue waiting.

This crisis reaches far beyond private grief. A missing child creates a wound that spreads through an entire community.

Parents spend sleepless nights moving between police offices, relatives' homes, hospitals, and crowded streets. Fear cripples daily life, trust we...