The National Trade Union Federation (NTUF), the Home-Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF), and Alternate held a demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club to protest against the allegedly illegal detention of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt. Workers and
Two women and a teenage girl were murdered by their relatives in the name of so-called honour in separate heart-rending incidents in the city on 24 July. The gruesome murders once again show the danger to life women face in our society
KARACHI: A man allegedly axed his 15-year-old granddaughter to death for marrying of her own free will in Awami Colony, Korangi, on 24 July. The accused, Shareef was subsequently arrested, and the murder weapon was recovered from his possession. According to a
KARACHI: A young woman and minor girl were found murdered in Korangi on Wednesday, police and rescuers said. They added that the bodies of the 30-year-old woman and five-year-old girl were recovered from a garbage dump on Korangi Causeway. The bodies were
KARACHI: A man killed his father-in-law as well as his infant daughter during a quarrel in Bahadurabad, police said. SSP-East Dr Farrukh Raza said on 21 July that the incident took place inside a flat in Star Home in BMCHS where during
How worthless can your life be for people to kill you because you got delayed in preparing food for them? This is the value our society has attached to the lives of millions of women, especially those belonging to the lowest strata.
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has recalled the pre-arrest bail of a man and dismissed his bail application in a rape case. Applicant Arshan had filed an application for obtaining bail in the rape case registered against him at the Korangi Industrial
KARACHI: A man brought the body of his three-year-old daughter to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities on Wednesday evening, police said. The man, identified as Shahzad, told the police that the body was handed over to him by his estranged
A dark head emerges, followed by the torso. The balding man heaves himself up, hands on the sides of the manhole, as he is helped by two men. Gasping for breath, the man, who seems to be in his late 40s, sits
KARACHI: As countries observe World Day Against Child Labour on Wednesday (today), government officials, rights activists, members of civil society and other stakeholders asked the government and employers on Tuesday to take collective measures to eliminate the menace of child labour from