KARACHI: A polio worker was killed in a suspected targeted attack on the Superhighway on October 9. Site Superhighway Industrial Area SHO Wilayat Shah told Dawn that Rehmanullah, 30, was on his way to Surjani Town on a motorcycle when unknown suspect(s) opened fire
HYDERABAD: A private school teacher who was injured on October 3 in a targeted shooting succumbed to her injuries during treatment at the Civil Hospital Hyderabad, police confirmed on October 8. According to the Hyderabad police, on October 3, a culprit identified
A man was shot dead in Orangi Town Sector 11 1/2 allegedly by his wife over a domestic dispute. According to Chhipa officials, the body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where the deceased was identified as 35-year-old Hussain. According to Iqbal
HYDERABAD: An eight-year-old girl was brutally murdered in Sakrand, Benazirabad district, apparently for stealing the tiny gold jewelry she was wearing. The dead body of eight-year-old Heer Bhagri, daughter of Lalu Bhagri, was found dumped on a plot in Asghar Colony on
• 105 women fell prey to karo-kari in Sindh this year alone • State neglects its duties due to political expediency, remarks Anis Haroon • Mehnaz Rehman cites low literacy levels and ignorance behind such killings • IGP has directed police to
KARACHI: A six-member medical team tasked with investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a young girl from Thull found that her demise was not linked to her inoculation, contrary to the claims of her family. In a report to the head
In a shocking incident in Karachi’s Orangi Town, a man killed his son-in-law in the name of ‘honour’ by attacking him with a cleaver and knife, and brutally injured six others, including his wife, three daughters and a teenage son. Police arrested
SUKKUR: A six-member health department team has arrived in Jacobabad to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a young girl, who allegedly passed away after being inoculated, officials said on Wednesday. According to Sumaira’s family, the teenager and her younger sister
KARACHI: Every day, eight women in Pakistan lose their lives to cervical cancer — a preventable disease caused almost entirely by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). If timely interventions are not undertaken, experts warn, the burden of this disease could triple in the
KARACHI: A young man was shot dead by robbers in front of his home in Orangi Town late on Sunday night, police said on September 29. Iqbal Market SHO Sher Mohammed Sangi told Dawn that Sajjad Shaukat, 25, was standing outside his home along