A special court for the Control of Narcotic Substances (CNS) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a drugs case. Saeed Nawab was allegedly caught with 1,030 grammes of charas (hashish) by the SITE-Superhighway Industrial Area police on February 24,
A total of 1,355 cases of street crime were disposed of by Karachi courts in 2024, but the accused were convicted in measly 83 of them. The conviction rate was alarmingly low at just 6.13 percent — a worrying trend that, according
Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori on 27-March-2025 wrote to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi to urge him to take notice of the rising cases of fatal traffic accidents in Karachi. Tessori said in his letter that he sought to bring to
How the birth of child helped the victim bring her tormentor to justice KARACHI: Some crimes are too disturbing, too sickening, and too sinister to be believable. One such crime involving interfamilial sex abuse came to light last week when a man
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a child molestation case. The applicant, Nazar Hussain, was arrested by the Zaman Town police for molesting a seven-year-old boy in the Korangi area on August 9, 2023.
A sessions court on 20-March-2025 awarded a collective sentence of 32 years imprisonment to a man on charges of raping his daughter and criminal intimidation. Muhammad Shahid was found guilty of assaulting his daughter at their house within the jurisdiction of the
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has taken exception to the increasing number of criminal cases in the court that have arisen out of alleged honour killing incidents, and directed the government to deal such cases with effective policing, investigation and prosecution. Issuing
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a murder case. The applicant, Husnain Nawaz, was booked by the Malir Cantonment police for murdering Ghulam Mustafa. According to the prosecution, the complainant, who is the slain
The narrative surrounding the murder of young boy Mustafa Amir has frequently shifted in media — from abduction to ransom, then to brutal killing, illegal weapons, network of narcotics and now 60 laptops. Regardless of how much truth lies in these details and
This article aims to explore the legislative review functions of Pakistan’s Independent Rights Commissions (IRCs), including the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), and the National Commission on the Rights of the Child