KARACHI: Three young men engaged in an online business of carpet/sofa cleaning in the metropolis were lured to Ghotki on the pretext of work and kidnapped by riverine (katcha) area gangs, it emerged on 14th January. Investigators identified the kidnapped victims as
A 28-year-old man was killed and buried by his stepfather after a domestic dispute in Ahsanabad. The body of the victim, identified as Asad, was discovered late on 12-January-2025 night or early on 13-January-2025 morning in a house located in Noor Muhammad
A pregnant woman was allegedly killed by her husband in Baldia Town on 11 January 2024. The tragic incident occurred during a domestic dispute between the couple. Following the incident, police and rescue workers reached the property and inquired about the incident.
A sessions court has sentenced a woman to life imprisonment and her accomplice to the death penalty for the murder of her husband. Asma and Ghulam Nabi, alias Deedar, were convicted of murdering Shah Zaman, 35, by strangling and giving him electric
The Gadap Town investigation police have solved the mystery of the brutal murder of an elderly woman and arrested her adopted son in connection with the crime. On December 6, 2024, the body of an elderly woman was found wrapped in a
A model court on 04-January-2024 sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife. Meghraj Anand was found guilty of strangling his wife Kaanta Kumari to death at his flat in the Lea Market area within the jurisdiction of the Baghdadi
KARACHI: The Sindh government has released Rs20 million in humanitarian aid for the people affected by recent violence in Parachinar in Kurram district. An official said that the provincial government had selected the Sindh branch of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) for the
EVEN as the UN’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (Nov 25 to Dec 10) was being observed across the globe, including in Pakistan, a young female lecturer and mother of three was brutally murdered by her husband in an incident
KARACHI: No year passes peacefully in Karachi, where the residents might get a chance to breathe a sigh of relief or feel that their lives and properties are safe. Like every year, 2024 also saw numerous incidents and tragedies, claiming the lives
These cases are not just statistics; they reflect the violent stripping of women’s autonomy and dignity under the guise of family ‘honour’. In Pakistan, ‘honour’ killings continued to claim the lives of women throughout 2024, perpetuated by deeply ingrained societal beliefs about family dignity