KARACHI: A young man was shot dead by robbers in front of his home in Orangi Town late on Sunday night, police said on September 29. Iqbal Market SHO Sher Mohammed Sangi told Dawn that Sajjad Shaukat, 25, was standing outside his home along
KARACHI: An alarming surge in incidents of children going missing or being kidnapped has sparked fear and anxiety among residents of the metropolis. In recent months, several cases have been reported in which missing children were later found dead. Pakistan Sunni Tehreek
LARKANA: While heirs of an encounter victim, Talib Bosan, pressed ahead to demand action against police over his ‘custodial death’, a case has been registered on behalf of the state at Keti Mumtaz police station. The complainant, SHO Gul Hassan Brohi of
KARACHI: A teenage girl was allegedly killed in celebratory gunfire by her uncle during a wedding ceremony in Shah Latif Town on September 27, police and hospital officials said. Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed told Dawn that the girl, Fatima, aged 17 or 18,
KARACHI: Two young girls, allegedly trafficked to the metropolis under the guise of job opportunities and later sold into prostitution, have been rescued and shifted to a shelter home after being taken into protective custody by police. According to PS Airport Head
KARACHI: Two men confessed before magistrates on September 26 to raping a seven-year-old boy and murdering him by strangling him with a shoelace and striking him in the head with a brick. The investigating officer (IO) produced both suspects before the judicial
KARACHI: Nearly 35,000 parents in Sindh have reportedly refused to get their children vaccinated against poliovirus, with the majority of refusals reported from Karachi. The Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme, in collaboration with the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), had carried out a
KARACHI: The body of a seven-year-old boy who had gone missing was found in the Landhi area, and a post-mortem examination confirmed that he had been raped before being murdered, police said on September 23. Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed told Dawn
HYDERABAD: Civil society representatives urged the Sindh government to strictly enforce the Child Marriage Restraint Act, warning that underage marriages remain rampant due to poor implementation. At a dialogue in Mirpurkhas, organised by the Hari Welfare Association, activists and officials expressed alarm
KARACHI: Despite the presence of strict laws against sexual harassment and exploitation of children and women, weaknesses in investigation and prosecution continue to allow offenders to escape punishment, contributing to a surge in child abuse cases. Recent incidents, including the Qayyumabad case