A model court on 19 May 2024 dismissed a bail application filed by an accused in a double murder case. On May 30, five brothers, who owned an ice cream parlour, were on their way to the City Courts to appear in
As the climate crisis continues to escalate, the pressure to implement sectoral policies will also increase. It is often said that climate change is multi-sectoral therefore making it difficult to implement policies after the 18th Amendment. However, beyond that, no mention is
DADU: As monsoon rains loomed over Pakistan, 14-year-old Shamila and her 13-year-old sister Amina were married off in exchange for money—a decision their parents made to help the family survive the impending threat of floods. “I was happy to hear I was
The Pakistan Customs Enforcement Karachi seized Boostin injections worth Rs15 million on August 17. Syed Irfan Ali, a Customs spokesman, reported that Collector Customs Enforcement Basit Maqsood Abbasi received a tip-off about an attempt to smuggle Boostin injections from Balochistan to Karachi
DADU: Two girls, aged 17 and 18 years, were on August 16 reported missing in different localities of Jamshoro and their families feared they had been abducted. In the first case, Gul Shafiq Malik complained to the Jamshoro police station that his
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on August 16 sentenced a man to a total of nine years in prison for sharing obscene videos of a TikToker on WhatsApp. Judicial Magistrate (East) Yusra Ashfaq found accused Lutuf Ali guilty of committing offences against the
KARACHI: The ongoing anti-polio campaign in Karachi has seen 27 percent refusals in 40 of the 85 high-risk union committees (UCs) covered on the first day of the drive, it emerged on 16 August. A session organised for journalists by the Emergency
KARACHI: Amid the detection of a confirmed monkeypox (mpox) case in the country, the Sindh health department on 16 August initiated the screening of passengers at the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, and released an advisory for healthcare institutions in the province. Officials
KARACHI: As many as 95 people, including 20 women, were wounded during aerial firing on the eve of Independence Day late Tuesday night, police, hospital, and rescue services officials said. Police Surgeon Summaiya Syed told Dawn that 95 people who were shot
‘Under the Blaze’ presents compelling tale of a child forced to trade his future for perilous conditions Recent monsoon rains have brought devastation across South Asia, with about 600 rain-related deaths recorded across the region, including at least 178 in Pakistan where