Water tankers, dumpers and trailers continue to barrel down the city’s roads with little regard for human life. Enraged by yet another preventable tragedy, onlookers pelted the water tanker with stones, broke its windows, and beat the driver before handing him over
A speeding water tanker killed three members of a family in the Malir Halt area on 24-March-2025, adding to the growing concern over road safety in Karachi, where 214 people have lost their lives in traffic accidents in less than three months,
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.
KARACHI: A teenage girl died during treatment by an alleged quack in the Malir area, police said on 22nd March. Malir City SHO Farasat Shah said that the 15-year-old girl, identified as Nusrat Wahid, complained of pain due to fasting, and her
The Sindh Assembly was informed on 20-March-2025 that it was beyond the capacity of the provincial government to establish a cardiac treatment facility in every district of the province. Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho stated this while taking part in
Former federal minister for climate change Sherry Rehman on 20-March-2025 said Pakistan’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs) would be best implemented when provinces develop their own provincially determined contributions (PDCs). Sherry was speaking at a workshop organised by the British Deputy High Commission
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
A woman was stabbed to death by her husband outside the Malir court, which she was visiting to file for divorce. The attack also left their daughter injured. Police have arrested the suspect and seized the murder weapon. The deceased was identified
Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal has expressed serious concern over vaccine refusals, stating that nearly 43,000 parents in Sindh — 42,000 of them in Karachi alone —have refused polio vaccination for their children, posing a major obstacle to the eradication efforts.