An eight-year-old boy, Dilbar Ali, lost his life after he accidentally fell into a manhole in Mehran Town, Sector 6-G of Korangi Industrial Area. The sad incident is one more tragedy, highlighting administrative negligence and the persistent danger posed by uncovered sewerage
KARACHI: A woman and three children were found hanging inside their home near Gunah Mandi in Karachi’s Sohrab Goth area on December 27, police said. The woman’s husband was taken into custody for questioning. Police identified the deceased as 35-year-old Fatima, 11-year-old
KARACHI: Citizens across the province are paying a heavy price on account of government’s failure to control dog population, families of rabies-affected people said while speaking to Dawn. They deplored that the departments concerned failed to ensure provision of healthcare facilities and life-saving
A three-year-old child kidnapped from Karachi was safely recovered from Moro in interior Sindh, while two suspects had been arrested, SSP Malir Abdul Khaliq Pirzada said during a press conference on December 17. According to the SSP, the child, identified as Zain,
KARACHI: A man who took his three children living in a shelter home, has brought them back to footpath. A 14-year-old Aisha is among the three children. The Sindh Child Protection Authority, in an attempt to protect the children against seasonal hardships
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: Eighteen people, including a three-year-old, were bitten by dogs in the Jumma Goth area in Bin Qasim Town on December 15. According to the Indus Hospital staff, at least 12 of the 18 patients were bitten by a single dog. “The
• People living in Defence View say persistent smell, swarms of birds at ‘govt-managed garbage transfer station’ have made life miserable • Complain night-time movement of garbage trucks makes sleep difficult • SSWMB chief says ‘GTS Imtiaz’ functions as intermediary point where
KARACHI: Child street performers, some as young as eight, spend hours at city intersections and traffic signals with their faces and clothes painted gold. To catch the attention of passersby and earn money for their families or handlers, these children stand robotically
KARACHI: The children of Faryal Ashraf, who was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband, Waseem, some three-and-a-half years ago, evoked emotions like pity, sympathy and love, all at once in everyone’s heart at the Karachi Press Club on December 11. The