A woman was shot dead in Orangi Town in what police suspect to be an incident of ‘honour’ killing. The murder took place in Orangi Town’s Qasba MPR Colony. Police identified the victim as 20-year-old Sonia, wife of Rehmatullah. Her body was
The District West police have arrested a notorious robber responsible for the murder of 25-year-old Jibran who had recently came to Pakistan from Saudi Arabia. According to police, the suspect, Parvez, shot and killed Jibran during a robbery in Orangi Town two
Sindh police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon chaired a meeting at the Central Police Office on 11-July-2025 to review police progress in ransom kidnapping and extortion cases, and arrest of wanted and absconding accused in murder cases. The meeting was briefed on ransom
A Karachi court on 11-July-2025 allowed an application filed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seeking transfer of a child trafficking case against incarcerated social worker Sarim Burney to a federal anti-corruption court. FIA Investigation Officer (IO) Bilal Ahmed moved the application
KARACHI: Despite the Sindh government spending billions of rupees on social protection programs, poverty remains deeply entrenched in the province’s rural areas. According to official statistics obtained by The Express Tribune, the Sindh government has spent nearly Rs20 billion in five
MIRPURKHAS: A mother of three children was axed to death allegedly by her husband at the village of Darelo Mori near Jhuddo town on 10th July. Reports reaching here said Farzana, 30, was washing clothes when her husband Ali Nawaz Korai, carrying
UMERKOT: The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has warned that repeated blasphemy accusations based on unverified social media content risks “provoking violence and destabilising communal peace.” The commission said in a formal letter to Umerkot SSP that blasphemy laws must not be
KARACHI: A teenage girl was beaten and strangled in Khokhrapar on 10th July afternoon, said police. They added that Areeba, 16, died from torture in the D-1 area near Madina Masjid. Khokhrapar SHO Allah Bachayo told Dawn that her body was found dumped in
KARACHI: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has announced the results of the annual examinations of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC), 10th grade, General Group (regular and private) students for the year 2025. According to the results, Sana Muhammad Idrees of
A suspect was arrested on 08-July-2025 on alleged charges of attempting to sexually assault a 10-year-old girl in Karachi’s Pirabad area. The incident took place in Frontier Colony where the accused allegedly tried to assault the minor. Upon learning the incident, the