A young girl has been raped, murdered and dumped in bushes in Pakistan, sparking fury across the country.

The child, identified only as Madiha, was found on Sunday after vanishing the day before from her home in Saro Khel, a village in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region.

Her age has been reported in multiple sources as between seven and nine years old.

After her body was found, her family and other locals took to the streets and formed a roadblock to demand justice for Madiha.

The child, identified only as Madiha, was found on Sunday after vanishing the day before from her home in Saro Khel, a village in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

After her body was found, her family and other locals took to the streets and formed a roadblock to demand justice for Madiha

The demonstration ended after police arrived, according to local media.

The incident has sparked fury across the country with many taking to social media to call for justice for the youngster.

Anthropologist and documentary filmmaker Samar MinAllah Khan tweeted her outrage today, saying: 'Stop making excuses! Children of Pakistan are screaming for help. Child sexual abuse is happening in homes, streets, madrassas, villages, cities.

'Yet another child brutally raped & murdered in #Hungu. #JusticeForMadiha #ChildSexualAbuse.'

Anthropologist and documentary filmmaker Samar MinAllah Khan tweeted her outrage today

It comes as a Senate committee in Islamabad today approved an amendment to expand the jurisdiction of the Zainab Alert Bill to the entire country.

The bill which addresses sexual crimes against children and proposes sentences was passed by the National Assembly in January. It is named after six-year-old Zainab Ansari who was raped and murdered in Kasur in 2018.

Zainab's case brought nationwide protests after she was found dumped in the trash and her case was the 12th such brutal incident surrounding the city within the last year.