The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a sexual assault case. Applicant Mohammad Maroof had been arrested by the Tipu Sultan police for allegedly molesting an underage girl with a mental disability. According to the
ISLAMABAD: A civil society organisation in a report has highlighted the concerning scale of gender-based violence (GBV) and the extremely low conviction rates in Pakistan, emphasising the need for urgent reforms in law enforcement and judicial systems. The report ‘Mapping Gender-Based Violence
SUKKUR: Speakers at a women’s conference held in Ghotki on 27th February said that upper Sindh districts of Ghotki, Kandhkot-Kashmore, Jacobabad and Shikarpur have become killing fields for women and demanded an end to the dark and oppressive traditions imposed on them.
A girl who was set on fire by her uncle in the Bagh-e-Korangi area succumbed to her injuries at the hospital on 16 February 2025 after battling for her life for a week. Her mother Gulshan had died on the same day
The case of Mustafa Amir’s murder has taken a twist as the slain youth’s mother has accused a girl of orchestrating his murder. Police high-ups on 14-February-2025 claimed to have solved the case announcing that Amir was murdered by his friend Armughan.
BEING a child in this society should not be so hard. But recurrent reports of child abuse — from burying girl children alive to torturing a 12-year-old domestic worker to death for consuming her employers’ chocolate — point to a pervasive malaise.
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 man set his sister-in-law on fire after dousing her with petrol before fleeing the scene in the Bagh-e-Korangi area of Korangi on 10-Febraury-2025. As a result, a fire broke out inside the house within the jurisdiction of the Awami Colony police
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