HYDERABAD: The Khairpur housemaid, who died in mysterious circumstances, was subjected to a sexual assault, revealed the initial findings of a post-mortem report on Sunday. Health Services Director General Dr Irshad Memon said that a six-member team had conducted the post-mortem examination
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) on Sunday wrote an open letter to the caretaker prime minister, Anwaarul Haq Kakar, which contained recommendations for protection of minorities and urged the government to tackle long-term challenges arising from extremism and intolerance
HYDERABAD: Rights activists and members of civil society demanded justice for torture victim Fatima Furro at a demonstration outside the local press club on Sunday and called for an end to exploitative piri-mureedi culture, which gave rise to such inhuman incidents form
The Karachi Water & Sewerage Corporation’s (KWSC) 84-inch-diameter pipeline that supplies water to the city from the Hub Dam has more than 270 illegal connections, said Karachi Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab as he inspected the line at 4K Chowrangi, North Karachi. Wahab,
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed a provincial law officer to submit the policy devised by the government for dealing with medical needs and treatment of transgender persons in the province. The direction came on petition of transgender persons, some of
KARACHI: The Sindh Bureau of Statistics report on law and order underscores a decline in crime incidents across divisions such as Hyderabad, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, and Shaheed Benazirabad, while an alarming surge in criminal activities has been observed in Karachi. The final report of
HYDERABAD: The Naushehro Feroze district and sessions court on Friday ordered exhumation of the body of 10-year-old housemaid Fatima Phuriro, who allegedly died of torture at the home of an influential spiritual leader in the Ranipur Town of Khairpur. District and Sessions Judge
KARACHI: The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) expressing deep concerns regarding threats to journalists in Sindh have included physical attacks, abductions, harassment, and even killings like in the instant case of brutal murder of the senior journalist Jan Muhammad Mahar in Sukkur. These
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has found serious lacunas in the FIR on Ranipur house maid murder and called for incorporation in the case of sections of relevant laws about child protection and bonded labour etc in addition to 302,
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the provincial and local authorities to pay compensation on account of rent support to the displaced families rendered homeless following a demolition drive along three major drains (nullahs) in the city within 30 days. The