KARACHI: A teenage girl was beaten and strangled in Khokhrapar on 10th July afternoon, said police. They added that Areeba, 16, died from torture in the D-1 area near Madina Masjid. Khokhrapar SHO Allah Bachayo told Dawn that her body was found dumped in
A domestic dispute turned tragic in Orangi Town, where a father allegedly killed his 21-year-old son with a shovel following a heated argument over disobedience. The incident took place in Raja Tanveer Colony, where the accused, Abdul Ghaffar, was said to have
A judicial magistrate on 01-July-2025 sent a suspect to prison on judicial remand in a case pertaining to setting his wife on fire. The suspect, Rab Rakhio, has been booked by Saeedabad police on charge of attempted murder. The investigating officer produced
KARACHI: The provincial health department on 28th June reported fourth death from Naegleria fowleri in Sindh. According to officials, a 17-year-old student reportedly suddenly developed fever, body aches and vomiting on June 25. A day later, he was admitted to the Aga
Hyderabad: At least two children died on 26-June-2025 evening in a tragic incident in the Tando Jam town near Hyderabad where the roof of a madrasa collapsed during a thunderstorm. Over 20 other children were reportedly injured as a result of the
Addiction is no longer limited to narcotics but now includes increasingly prevalent behavioural dependencies such as compulsive smartphone use, social media obsession, and gaming addiction, experts warned on 24-June-2025 during a seminar marking World Drug Day 2025. Alarmed by the surge in
In a disturbing incident of domestic abuse, a 17-year-old, also the mother of a minor baby girl, was murdered in Karachi’s Afghan Basti allegedly by her own family members. The incident took place near Afghan Chowk within the limits of the Gulshan-e-Maymar
A severe shortage of trained and qualified female gastroenterologists in Pakistan is contributing to delayed diagnoses and poor health outcomes for women suffering from gastrointestinal and liver diseases, as many are reluctant to consult male doctors due to cultural and social barriers.
With over 5,358 hospital admissions due to heat-related illnesses in 2024 and 675 confirmed cases of heatstroke between April and May this year, Sindh’s escalating climate emergency has prompted urgent local action. Five of the province’s most heat-prone cities —Hyderabad, Dadu, Larkana,
Just this week, five fatal cases of the Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), commonly called Congo fever, have been reported in the country. Three of the deaths happened in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and two in Karachi. The deaths in Karachi – of two men