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
This report provides a focused analysis of girls’ education in Pakistan for the academic year 2022-23, drawing on data from the Pakistan Education Stascs (PES) report(s). It highlights key trends and developments in education indicators. While significant progress has been made in
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)
In 2023, the Human Welfare Association (HWA) observed ongoing legal setbacks for peasants and rural workers in Sindh. The Government of Sindh (GoS) did not withdraw its appeal against a 2019 Sindh High Court (SHC) ruling that had overturned regressive tenancy laws,
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
A model court has dismissed a bail application of an accused in a 17-year-old murder case. Tahir, along with his accomplices, was booked for allegedly murdering Zahid Abbasi and injuring his friend Abdul Ghaffar after an argument over a petty issue in
SUKKUR: The bodies of a TikToker and her fiance with torture marks were found lying in a car parked at a section of the old National Highway on August 24. The victims were identified as Seema Khaskheli and Zafar Abbas Hajano. The
SUKKUR: Motorcycle-riding armed men gunned down a schoolteacher near a power grid station within the jurisdiction of Kashmore police station in Kandhkot-Kashmore district on 22 August. Family sources said the schoolteacher, Fahad Khoso, was going to his school when the assailants fired
KARACHI: The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC), in collaboration with Obun2, convened a critical consultation in Karachi focusing on the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 2015. Officials said on 22 August that the issue of child domestic labour in Sindh and the
KARACHI: In a case of corporal punishment in a Korangi 1½ madressah, a minor orphan child was beaten by a seminary teacher with a thorny stick only for not memorising his lessons, said Korangi-SSP Tauheed Rehman Memon on August 22. The seven-year-old