KARACHI: The Sindh government has planned to establish a cybercrime unit to combat online crimes to strengthen the province’s cybersecurity situation and provide a safer online environment to internet users. Well-placed sources told Dawn on Saturday that the proposed cybercrime unit would focus on
KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a case of rape of a 12-year-old girl. The court found Syed Muhammad Ali Abdi, alias Mobi, guilty of subjecting his minor neighbour to a sexual assault in Gulbahar in
KARACHI: National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) Chairperson Ume Laila Azhar led a delegation that visited women’s and juvenile jails in Karachi on December 4. The delegation assessed delays in dispensing justice and reviewed the ongoing prison reform initiatives. The
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Religious Affairs Kesoo Mal Kheal Das on December 4 informed the Senate that the Sindh government had taken prompt notice of the reported incident at Mirpur Sakro Girls High School involving allegations of pressuring non-Muslim students to
After 15 hours of search, the body of three-year-old Ibrahim, who fell into a manhole near Nipa Chowrangi, was recovered by Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) rescue teams near Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology on Monday. The boy’s body had travelled
KARACHI: Police on November 29 claimed to have arrested a man for his alleged involvement in the murder of a woman whose body was found in Clifton earlier this week. On Nov 25, the body of the woman, identified as Shehnaz Arshad
KARACHI: On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Home-Based Women Workers Federation Pakistan (HBWWF) held a seminar at the Karachi Press Club, calling for urgent measures to protect women workers from harassment and exploitation. The event, presided
LARKANA: Two married women, fed up with their husbands’ alleged abuse, reached the Women Police Station separately for protection, police said on November 24. Rehana, wife of Insaf Malano, a resident of Badah city, and Soni Khatoon, wife of Asif Sunnani from
KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a case pertaining to the kidnapping and rape of a teenage girl. Additional District and Sessions Judge (Malir) Syed Ghous Ali Shah Jillani found Muhammad Kaleem guilty and sentenced him
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday remanded in police custody a man booked for his alleged involvement in hacking WhatsApp accounts of some women and using them to blackmail them. The Eidgah police on Tuesday arrested the suspect and registered a case