KARACHI: A sessions court has ruled that any conviction under the provision of the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act 2013 does not render the marriage void or invalidate the nikkah. “It is making clear that any conviction under the provision of Sindh Child Marriage
The Sindh Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on December 9, calling upon the government to fix a uniform legal age of marriage of 18 years for both girls and boys across Pakistan, reaffirming Sindh’s leadership in protecting children’s rights and ending child
KARACHI: The Sindh government has planned to establish a cybercrime unit to combat online crimes to strengthen the province’s cybersecurity situation and provide a safer online environment to internet users. Well-placed sources told Dawn on Saturday that the proposed cybercrime unit would focus on
KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a case of rape of a 12-year-old girl. The court found Syed Muhammad Ali Abdi, alias Mobi, guilty of subjecting his minor neighbour to a sexual assault in Gulbahar in
KARACHI: Police on November 29 claimed to have arrested a man for his alleged involvement in the murder of a woman whose body was found in Clifton earlier this week. On Nov 25, the body of the woman, identified as Shehnaz Arshad
KARACHI: A woman whose body bearing marks of torture was found in Clifton on Tuesday was sexually assaulted before being murdered, officials said on November 26. Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said the body, with disfigured facial features and in the early stages of
KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a case pertaining to the kidnapping and rape of a teenage girl. Additional District and Sessions Judge (Malir) Syed Ghous Ali Shah Jillani found Muhammad Kaleem guilty and sentenced him
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday remanded in police custody a man booked for his alleged involvement in hacking WhatsApp accounts of some women and using them to blackmail them. The Eidgah police on Tuesday arrested the suspect and registered a case
HYDERABAD: A divorcee employed at a barber shop has turned out to be the suspect who has allegedly kidnapped, raped, and killed a seven-year-old schoolgirl in Mirpurkhas district in connivance with one more hitherto undisclosed suspect. SSP Mirpurkhas Sumair Noor Channa on
HYDERABAD: A seven-year-old child, who had been missing for five days, was found dead with her body packed in a gunny bag and thrown by the side of a water distributary on November 9th, 2025. This gruesome incident occurred in Baloch Mohalla