The Ibrahim Hyderi police have arrested a man for stabbing and injuring a woman he wanted to marry and her husband. Police said the suspect barged into a house in Ilyas Goth in the Ibrahim Hyderi area on 31 October 2024 and
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that the enactment of the Sindh Medico Legal Act, 2023 was a progressive step, but it required implementation through rule-making and appointments. The SHC directed a committee, headed by the Sindh chief secretary, to
Taking exception to holding of a jirga to settle a freewill marriage case, in which the groom’s family was ordered to exchange a girl as Wani with the imposition of a fine of Rs1.5 million, the Sindh High Court (SHC) on 31-October-2024
KARACHI: The media monitoring organisation Uks Research Resource Centre hosted a webinar on ‘SafeWords: Combating Sexist Abuse in Urdu and Punjabi’ in collaboration with WACC to showcase the findings and achievements of their year-long project about sexist and abuse in Urdu and
SUKKUR: A man killed his mother, two sisters and brother-in-law over a marriage dispute in Sanghar on 30 October 2024. According to police, he later committed suicide outside police station. DSP Jam Nawaz Ali said that Lakho Bheel shot his mother Kanka,
A judicial magistrate on 29 October 2024 remanded another suspect in police custody in a case pertaining to the murders of four women in Lyari. The investigating officer produced suspect Shehzad before the judicial magistrate (South) and requested his remand in police
The body of a 60-year-old man was discovered in a residential apartment in Defence Housing Authority on 29-October-2024. The victim, identified as Ghaniur Rehman, son of Gul Rehan, was a resident of Shah Rasool Colony in Clifton. According to police, the body
• Nida Khuhro tells PA 181 of 831 people tested positive for chikungunya in province • Speaker calls for action against top management of power utilities if they don’t attend special committee meetings KARACHI: Amid an alarming rise in chikungunya cases in the
KARACHI: Expressing concern over rising maternal mortalities and health complications due to unsafe abortions, speakers at the launch of a study on 30th October called for making reproductive healthcare services safe and accessible across Pakistan which saw 3.8 million abortions in 2023
KARACHI: Representatives of different governmental organisations, civil society activists, media personnel, academia and lawyers at a meeting emphasised the need for finalising provisions of the ‘Sindh Women Agricultural Workers Act’ to safeguard women farmers’ rights. The meeting of the Provincial Stakeholders Alliance