SUKKUR: A woman was shot at and wounded when she, along with her family, offered strong resistance to a group of armed men who wanted to take away her seven year-old daughter on 11 May 2024 evening. The group of Jagiranis had
THE Supreme Court recently delivered a judgement championing the rights of women within a marriage. The ruling stemmed from a case where a divorced woman sought entitlement to a plot mentioned in her nikahnama in the clause pertaining to ‘special conditions’, which
IT was on Ashura, Aug 19, 2021, when nine year-old Priya Kumari went missing. Just before her disappearance or abduction she had been happily helping her father a syncretic Hindu who runs a sabeel every year in Muharram in Sangrar, a small
HYDERABAD: A young woman has booked her father in a case of attempted rape at a police station in Matiari district on 13 April 2024. According to Bhit Shah police, the complainant, Shabana Bhatti has accused her father Khamiso Bhatti of attempting
KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to 80 lashes for refusing to admit paternity of his child and falsely accusing his ex-wife of adultery. Additional District and Sessions Judge (Malir) Shehnaz Bohyo convicted Fareed Qadir under Section 7(1) of the
In a statement delivered at the 55th Human Rights Council General Segment, Maryam Al-Attiyah, Chairperson of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), emphasized the significance of the 40th anniversary of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and
The police have arrested a teenage boy for the brutal murder of his seven-year-old cousin in Federal B Area. Authorities have apprehended the victim’s teenage cousin, shedding light on the heinous crime. The lifeless body of seven-year-old Muhammad Aban was discovered in
The Sindh High Court has barred Foundation Public School Hyderabad from taking any coercive action against students whose parents have challenged the school’s decision to levy an annual fee. The court’s move comes as a relief to the parents who feared their
In a historic ruling, a Karachi sessions court sentenced two men to life in jail for the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl. Muhammad Shakir and Hafeez were found guilty by the court of the horrible crime, which happened in September 2022
There is a dire need for effective offender rehabilitation in prisons. As a criminologist, I have observed the consequences of neglecting this crucial aspect of criminal justice and its impact on public safety. The lack of emphasis on rehabilitation perpetuates a cycle