KARACHI: Police on 14th February claimed that a kidnapped youth was murdered by his own friends who stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in the Hub area. Mustafa Amir, 23, was kidnapped on Jan 6 from the
A two-and-a-half-year-old girl, Haya Fatima, was killed by a stray bullet while playing on the roof of a residential building in Lyari’s Moosa Lane area. According to the Baghdadi police, the incident took place at Ali Arcade, a seven-storey building. The victim,
THE global female prison population is growing at a faster rate than that of men. While women still represent a smaller percentage of the total prison population in most countries, at the global level, the number of incarcerated females has increased by
Gender-based violence (GBV) covers domestic violence, sexual violence, psychological abuse, economic abuse, stalking, early forced marriages, forced pregnancy, trafficking, cybercrime, and other specific harmful practices including cutting or biting any part of body. These are deep-rooted societal issues that undermine the dignity,
KARACHI. The family of a woman, who was tortured and strangled to death in Hawks Bay Musharaf Colony Karachi, has demanded justice. The family of 20 year old Ayesha said that she had married eight months ago and was pregnant at the
KHAIRPUR: The mother of an underage maid who was allegedly murdered by an influential Pir in Sindh’s Ranipur town in 2023, Pir Asad Shah Jeelani, has “reached a settlement with the accused” and sought dismissal of the case. Shabnam, the mother of
THATTA: In a landmark verdict, Thatta sessions court on 1st February sentenced two accused to death after finding them guilty of abducting, sexually assaulting and murdering a seven-year-old girl in Gharo in December 2019. The incident had sent shockwaves through the area’s
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that the issues of gender-based violence and societal oppression demand continued attention and action from both the legal system and society as a whole. Issuing an order on a petition of a 14-year-old minor girl
An 18-year-old woman was shot dead by her brother for marrying of her own free will. The incident took place in the Banaras’s Bukhari Colony locality in Orangi Town. According to police, the woman was killed when she came to her earlier
BADIN A thirty-year-old woman was tortured to death by two self-styled faith healers in Khuda Baksh Hisbani village, near Pangrio city in Tando Bagho Tehsil of Badin. As per details, the faith healers identified as Versi Kohli and Horshi Kohli were called