HYDERABAD: Rights activists and members of civil society demanded justice for torture victim Fatima Furro at a demonstration outside the local press club on Sunday and called for an end to exploitative piri-mureedi culture, which gave rise to such inhuman incidents form
KARACHI: The Sindh Bureau of Statistics report on law and order underscores a decline in crime incidents across divisions such as Hyderabad, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, and Shaheed Benazirabad, while an alarming surge in criminal activities has been observed in Karachi. The final report of
HYDERABAD: The Naushehro Feroze district and sessions court on Friday ordered exhumation of the body of 10-year-old housemaid Fatima Phuriro, who allegedly died of torture at the home of an influential spiritual leader in the Ranipur Town of Khairpur. District and Sessions Judge
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has found serious lacunas in the FIR on Ranipur house maid murder and called for incorporation in the case of sections of relevant laws about child protection and bonded labour etc in addition to 302,
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday expressed concern over defective investigations in criminal cases and directed the Karachi police chief to improve the investigation department’s performance with the help of modern techniques. Hearing bail applications in criminal cases, a single bench
The Sindh High Court on Tuesday set aside the acquittal of a retired schoolteacher in a child molestation case and remanded back the case to a sessions court for trial de novo. The order came on suo moto criminal revision application with
KARACHI: Outgoing Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has granted special remission of 120 days, or four months, to the convicts on the occasion of 76th Independence Day. Home Secretary Aijaz Ali Shah issued an official notification to this effect. It
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and the provincial local government department to submit a report on the efforts being made to implement the Supreme Court’s directions about the affected residents of the Gujjar Nullah and
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) on Wednesday suggested improving access to justice for bonded labour and enhancing the capacity of District Vigilance Committees (DVCs) to suppress the use of forced labour in the country. The recommendations made part of
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon on Monday presided over a high-level meeting to review and discuss the implementation of e-tagging to monitor habitual offenders. The purpose of the meeting was to effectively eradicate street crimes and ensure the