Human rights and access to justice are fundamental pillars of any democratic society, serving as the bedrock for the protection of individual liberties and the rule of law. In Pakistan, where the Constitution of 1973 embodies principles of democracy, rule of law,
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a child molestation case. The applicant, Ghazi Khan, was arrested for allegedly molesting a child along with other co-accused in the Malir area on May 6, 2024. A
A Karachi court has rejected a jactitation of marriage suit filed by Dua Zehra, the teenage girl who was allegedly kidnapped from Karachi and later found to have married in Punjab in 2022. Civil Judge (East) Muhammad Nouman Jatoi declared her marriage
A sessions court on 06-March-2025 acquitted a man in a drug trafficking case. Lal Marjan was charged with carrying 25 kilogrammes of hashish in Bilal Colony, Korangi, in March last year. The additional district and sessions judge (East) observed that the prosecution
The Sindh High Court has set aside a district court order with regard to the issuance of succession share of a married Hindu woman from the property of her deceased father and ordered that inheritance shall be limited to the sons, widow
A sessions court has sentenced a man to three-year imprisonment for sexually abusing a teenage boy. Sunil Anthony, alias Sunny, was found guilty of assaulting the 13-year-old boy at the former’s residence in Azam Town within the jurisdiction of the Mehmoodabad police
A protest has been held in Mirpurkhas against the disappearance of a person from Lahore by his family members and civil society activists. Protesters claimed that young person Parkash Kachi Kolhi disappeared near the Wagah border in Lahore while travelling to India,
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a sexual assault case. Applicant Mohammad Maroof had been arrested by the Tipu Sultan police for allegedly molesting an underage girl with a mental disability. According to the
Noting that frequent traffic accidents reflected failure of the authorities concerned to regulate heavy traffic, a sessions court on 28-February-2025 revoked the interim pre-arrest bail of a dumper driver accused of running over and killing three young motorcyclists in Korangi. Saeed Umar
KARACHI: A sessions court on 24th February sentenced four peddlers, including an underage boy, to 14 years in prison for possessing over 20kg of drugs. Additional District and Sessions Judge (West) Aurangzeb Shah found a car driver, Muhammad Saleem, and three passengers