The Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued notices to the provincial social welfare department, Pakistan Federation of Business Women Organization and others on a petition against misusing the retired women hostel’s premises in Clifton for unauthorised commercial purposes. The petitioner, Zar Nigar,
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on 15-July-2025 directed provincial and federal law officers to file comments on a petition challenging the vires of the Sindh Control of Narcotics Substances (SCNS) law. The petitioner, Yaqoot Khan, submitted in the petition that provincially enacted
A Karachi court on 11-July-2025 allowed an application filed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seeking transfer of a child trafficking case against incarcerated social worker Sarim Burney to a federal anti-corruption court. FIA Investigation Officer (IO) Bilal Ahmed moved the application
A civil court has directed the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) to file its written reply on a woman’s suit seeking damages of over Rs37 million over the death of her husband, who had drowned in an uncovered drain on Hub River Road
A model court on 07-July-2025 handed down a collective sentence of 32 years in prison to a man in a house robbery case. Zakir Ahmed was found guilty of stealing 14 tola of gold jewellery, four mobile phones, over Rs1.3 million in
KARACHI: A model court on 30-June-2025 sentenced six policemen of the Jamshoro CIA to life imprisonment in a drug trafficking case. Constables Ghulam Abbas, Muhammad Yaqoob, Aijaz Ali Mallah, Abdul Hameed, Rahib Hussain and Ahmed Nawaz were found guilty of trafficking 77
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that it is inhumane and cruel to deny parole to under-trial prisoners (UTPs) who have not been convicted of any crime on marriages and funeral of their loved ones. The observation came on a petition
A model court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the murder of his brother in 2020. Asad Sohrab was found guilty of fatally stabbing his elder brother Qamar Sohrab at his shop in Quaidabad on September 20, 2020. Additional Sessions
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
KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for abducting and raping an 11-year-old girl. Additional District and Sessions Judge (South) Zahoor Ahmed Chandio found accused Aijaz guilty of two offences under Sections 364-A (Kidnapping or abducting a person