HYDERABAD: The Sindh High Court’s Constitutional Bench, Hyderabad circuit, on December 15 directed the provincial police chief to ensure that all torture cells in police stations working under the garb of ‘investigation’ be closed forthwith. The bench comprising Justice Adnan ul Karim
KARACHI: Child street performers, some as young as eight, spend hours at city intersections and traffic signals with their faces and clothes painted gold. To catch the attention of passersby and earn money for their families or handlers, these children stand robotically
KARACHI: The Sindh Child Protection Authority has taken three minor siblings into protective custody and shifted them to a shelter home in Malir, while efforts continue to recover a fourth child, a 10-year-old boy allegedly handed over by his father to a
SUKKUR: An ex-serviceman was shot dead allegedly by extortionists near Madeji Bypass in Shikarpur on December 8. The attack also left a 12-year-old girl dead and another man wounded. Police and locals told media that unknown armed men opened fire on the
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
KARACHI: A student of a madressah located near Ghaghar Phatak in Steel Town was allegedly kidnapped by Katcha-based dacoits, according to a complaint filed with the SSP Malir office. The complainant, Mufti Syed Abdul Haq Shah, stated that the student, Saleem Khan,
Even the tragic death of a toddler in an open sewer in NIPA failed to jolt civic authorities out of their apathy, as little to no action has been taken to prevent such fatal incidents in the future. On December 4, another
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: A woman whose body bearing marks of torture was found in Clifton on Tuesday was sexually assaulted before being murdered, officials said on November 26. Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said the body, with disfigured facial features and in the early stages of
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