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
HYDERABAD: The Sindh High Court’s Constitutional Bench, Hyderabad circuit, on December 15 directed the provincial police chief to ensure that all torture cells in police stations working under the garb of ‘investigation’ be closed forthwith. The bench comprising Justice Adnan ul Karim
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
HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, has directed the Sindh government to formulate a ‘Provincial Action Plan’ for the prevention and control of dengue. Such an action plan has to be finalised within four weeks, according to
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
KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) has overturned the life imprisonment handed down to a seminary student in the murder case of his classmate by extending to him the benefit of doubt. The apex court observed that the prosecution’s case, which rested wholly
KARACHI: The displaced residents of Gujjar, Orangi and Mehmoodabad Nullahs staged a protest outside the Karachi Registry of the Supreme Court on Friday to demand the rental payments and housing compensation promised to them after their homes were demolished more than four years ago.
A judicial magistrate on November 5 granted bail to the driver of a dumper truck in a case pertaining to the death of a motorcyclist in a road accident involving the heavy vehicle. Twenty-three-year-old Shahzeb Shahid was killed and his wife Misbah
HYDERABAD: Counsel for a petitioner informed a division bench of the Sindh High Court Sukkur that the incumbent Sindh health secretary was holding the post of BS-21 in violation of Supreme Court’s directive for being a BS-20 officer. Comprising Justice Zulfiqar Ali