• Death toll confirmed by health dept reaches to six • Over 1,400 test positive in Karachi, Hyderabad during 24 hours • Experts warn situation is turning critical as people fail to take the infection seriously • True scale of outbreak unclear
KARACHI: A senior civil judge has directed the owner of a garbage truck and its driver to jointly pay a total of Rs42.7 million in compensation to the legal heirs of a 31-year-old man, who died after his motorcycle was crushed by
ISLAMABAD: The Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO) on October 31 released its latest Domestic Violence Factsheet for Sindh, highlighting low convictions despite rising reports in the first six months of the current year. The factsheet was compiled through data received via the
KARACHI: A sessions court declined a bail plea of a teacher in a case pertaining to raping a 13-year-old boy on the roof of an academy located in District Central. The suspect had filed an application before Additional District and Session Judge
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that criminal networks are exploiting children, often through poverty, lack of education or coercion, and that stronger child protection laws and rehabilitation programmes are needed to combat it. A two-judge bench, headed by Justice
KARACHI: Expressing serious concern over growing numbers of measles’ cases these days, especially in Karachi, health experts at an event held on Tuesday urged parents to get their children protected against the highly contagious and potentially fatal viral infection — which has claimed
KARACHI: Nine people, including six children, have died of gastroenteritis after consuming contaminated water and food in a village on the outskirts of Karachi, forcing the government to declare a health emergency in the affected areas and the nearby Malir district. Faiz
HYDERABAD: A young woman seeking custody of her minor daughter has accused a police officer in Mirpurkhas of raping her. The accused officer was immediately suspended and FIR was registered against him. According to sources, the Mirpurkhas police on October 25 registered
SUKKUR: Three suspects were arrested hours after they allegedly killed their two close relatives over a matrimonial issue and kidnapped a 10-year-old girl in the old area of Kashmore on the night of October 24. Two other relatives were wounded in the
KARACHI: Seven policemen were suspended after a “teenage boy” died under controversial circumstances in the custody of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of police, it emerged on Friday. While the police claimed that Muhammad Irfan died of heart attack, his relatives alleged