ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday expressed concerns over a rise in crimes against women and children in Sindh, with a zero per cent conviction rate in such crimes alarming the panel. In a meeting at Parliament House,
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on 11-September-2024 said that monsoon floods in Sindh had forced thousands of children out of school, as Pakistan struggled with recurring extreme weather events disrupting education and putting young lives at risk. “Children in
KARACHI: A woman was found dead with torture marks on the face and neck, in a house in Sherpao Colony, Landhi area. The police reached the spot and shifted the body to Jinnah Hospital for post-mortem and detained the woman’s husband for
KARACHI: As many as 5,951 incidents involving the theft of valuable items, including mobile phones, motorcycles, and vehicles, were reported in the month of August, according to the latest report of the Citizen Police Liaison Committee (CPLC). According to the breakdown, 656
KARACHI: Amina Sohail veers through heavy traffic to pick up her next passenger despite the sight of a woman riding a motorcycle drawing stares. The 28-year-old is the first woman in her family to enter the workforce, a pattern emerging in urban
Three new sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) relating to abduction and rape of a child, and disappearance of evidence were included by the investigation officer (IO) of the minor girl’s gang rape and murder case. IO Shama brought two suspects
The Sindh Human Rights Commission has taken cognisance against the alarming surge in child marriages in District Dadu Sindh Province.SHRC issued letters to ascertain the factors in the surge of child marriages to the Director General of the Sindh Child Protection Authority
HYDERABAD: A man accused of killing a child, 10-year-old Tahir Mallah, at his agricultural field on August 3 escaped from the District and Sessions Court following the cancellation of his interim bail. The accused, Agha Zubair Pathan, appeared before the court on
A sessions court on 27 August 2024 awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a 13-year-old girl. Umar Farooq was found guilty of assaulting his wife’s niece multiple times at his house in Baldia Town last year. Additional Sessions Judge (West)
KARACHI: The body of a minor girl, stuffed in a gunny bag, was found near a garbage dump in the Lucky Star area on 25 August and doctors said she was murdered after being raped. The Saddar police said that the body