A man and his nephew were shot dead and another man was critically injured after a young couple eloped and married against their families’ wishes. According to police, the attackers reportedly riding two motorcycles opened fire on the victims, killing 30-year-old Shaman
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern over the shrinking space for human rights defence work in the country, saying the rights body faced series of “arbitrary, illegal and unjustified actions”. “In the past few months, HRCP has faced
LARKANA: The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on June 14 held two workshops — one in Larkana district and the other in Qambar-Shahdadkot district — aimed at honing the professional skills of 32 police officers including SHOs, inspectors, investigation officers, SIPs, ASIs,
LARKANA: The Minorities’ Convention, organised by the Rawadari Tehreek (RT) here on Saturday night, called on the government to ensure proper security at minorities’ worship places across Sindh. It also expressed its concern over instances of forced conversion and underage marriages. The
KARACHI. Child rights organisations and advocates, along with concerned citizens, have warmly welcomed the passage of recent legislation on child marriages, describing it as a landmark step toward protecting the rights and well-being of children. “The passage of the ICT Child Marriage
CHILD marriage persists in Pakistan for many reasons, and ending the practice requires measures that are sensitive to the problem’s complexity. Debates on child marriage tend to reduce this complexity to two opposing legal positions. Proponents of gender equality and child welfare
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on 15-May-2025 sentenced a man to four counts of death and handed life imprisonment to his accomplice for the murders of two religious scholars in 2016. Syed Mohsin Hussain alias Talha alias Pagal and Zainul Abideen alias Zain
Bheel was taken to the taluka hospital in Naukot and then referred to the Civil Hospital Mithi in Tharparkar. A primary school teacher and minority wing leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Soomro Bheel, died in Mirpurkhas district on Thursday after being
Rimsha married Asad two months before the brutal murder of Ali KARACHI: Police have booked a woman and her spouse for allegedly torturing and killing a toddler. Three-year-old Ali was the son of Rimsha from her first marriage, according to Liaquatabad DSP
The Karachi police arrested a Union Council chairman among 14 other suspects involved in the lynching of an Ahmadi man in the city’s Saddar area, an official said on Monday. Laeeq Ahmad Cheema, a 46-year-old businessman, was beaten to death when hundreds of Tehreek-i-Labbaik