Child’s friend saw him outside mosque, alerted his uncle KARACHI: A three-year-old boy missing for nearly three months was recovered after a chance encounter led to his dramatic rescue. Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the abduction, who allegedly forced
There are too many lifts; how many cameras can we install? Civil Hospital MS KARACHI: Following the horrifying incident of a child sexually assaulted in a lift at Sindh’s second-largest government hospital, the hospital administration appears more focused on suppressing details than
This past Sunday, two brothers, aged 12 and 15, were tragically crushed under a speeding water tanker near Kala Pul on Korangi Road, Karachi, while they were riding a motorcycle. Their deaths – disconcertingly bringing the total heavy traffic accident tally to
Barbarity disguised as justice has no place in any civilised society. Dragged into a desert somewhere in Balochistan and executed in cold blood, a man and woman became the latest victims of a brutal practice falsely justified in the name of ‘honour’.
Many young members eye a future abroad KARACHI: From a gated community for her Zoroastrian faith in Karachi, 22-year-old Elisha Amra has waved goodbye to many friends migrating abroad as the ancient Parsi community dwindles. Soon the film student hopes to join
Rubina Rajput Staged a protest along with her ailing husband and their children SHAHDADPUR: A woman in Shahdadpur appealed to law enforcement authorities for protection from her own son, who she claims has been threatening and mistreating the family over property disputes.
City reels under wave of gun violence as public outrage grows KARACHI: Four children have been killed and several other people have been injured by stray bullets in different neighbourhoods of the metro over the past six weeks, sparking widespread anger among
Girls tell magistrate they did so out of own free will; parents say they are underage HYDERABAD: After Sanghar district an identical case of alleged abduction and forced conversion of religion of three Hindu girls has surfaced in Tando Allahyar district where
Education is the biggest marker of upward mobility in a society. For a nation to grow intellectually, economically and socially, it is vital that its children are offered education without barriers. Unfortunately, the current climate of Pakistan’s progress is severely handicapped by
KARACHI: Despite the Sindh government spending billions of rupees on social protection programs, poverty remains deeply entrenched in the province’s rural areas. According to official statistics obtained by The Express Tribune, the Sindh government has spent nearly Rs20 billion in five