KHAIRPUR: The mother of an underage maid who was allegedly murdered by an influential Pir in Sindh’s Ranipur town in 2023, Pir Asad Shah Jeelani, has “reached a settlement with the accused” and sought dismissal of the case. Shabnam, the mother of
A court has dismissed the bail application of a man in a case pertaining to alleged abduction of a teenage girl from Karachi. Azhar Ali was booked for allegedly kidnapping a 15-year-old girl from Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal and trafficking her to Naushehro Feroze
“In this country we’re not even counted based on accurate data, let alone having the opportunity to list our issues,” lamented Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah during a youth conference on February 1. Titled ‘Challenges and Solutions for 21st Century
THATTA: In a landmark verdict, Thatta sessions court on 1st February sentenced two accused to death after finding them guilty of abducting, sexually assaulting and murdering a seven-year-old girl in Gharo in December 2019. The incident had sent shockwaves through the area’s
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that the issues of gender-based violence and societal oppression demand continued attention and action from both the legal system and society as a whole. Issuing an order on a petition of a 14-year-old minor girl
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the West SSP to conduct an inquiry into the kidnapping of three children of a man from Punjab and submit a report within seven days. The high court also directed an East district court to
A court has awarded a collective sentence of six years in prison to a man for sharing indecent videos and images of a woman with her fiancé and family members on WhatsApp in 2021. Judicial Magistrate (East) Yusra Ashfaq found Muhammad Anas
With 80,804 children missed during December’s anti-polio campaign, including 45,215 whose parents refused vaccination, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has vowed to eliminate the poliovirus from the province this year by reaching every child through upcoming drives and routine immunisation.
As the Karachi police have failed to control firing during wedding celebrations, there seems to be no stop to the killings of people due to celebratory gunfire. The latest incident occurred on 26-January-2025 afternoon within the limits of the Sacchal police station
Half of the quarter-billion students who faced academic interruptions were in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan KARACHI: In South Asia, the climate crisis has made monsoons fiercer, heatwaves more severe, and floods more relentless —transforming nature’s wrath from a distant threat into an