Residents of Badal Goth in the Sharafi Goth area of Landhi caught a man accused of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl and handed him over to the police on October 5. Local residents reportedly caught the suspect, identified as 67-year-old Mashooq Ali,
• Over 216,000 children missed polio drops during September immunisation drive in Sindh, meeting told • Murad says elected representatives, DCs and police will ‘forcibly’ vaccinate children whose parents refuse inoculation KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah is likely to
KARACHI: A six-member medical team tasked with investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a young girl from Thull found that her demise was not linked to her inoculation, contrary to the claims of her family. In a report to the head
In a shocking incident in Karachi’s Orangi Town, a man killed his son-in-law in the name of ‘honour’ by attacking him with a cleaver and knife, and brutally injured six others, including his wife, three daughters and a teenage son. Police arrested
• ‘Coalition Against Drugs’ to monitor children’s behaviour, attendance, academic performance and social interactions • Those doing drugs should be treated as victims, not criminals, says Shehzad Roy KARACHI: The Campus Security and Substance Abuse Watch Force, comprising 50 police personnel, was
SUKKUR: A six-member health department team has arrived in Jacobabad to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a young girl, who allegedly passed away after being inoculated, officials said on Wednesday. According to Sumaira’s family, the teenager and her younger sister
KARACHI: Every day, eight women in Pakistan lose their lives to cervical cancer — a preventable disease caused almost entirely by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). If timely interventions are not undertaken, experts warn, the burden of this disease could triple in the
KARACHI: A young man was shot dead by robbers in front of his home in Orangi Town late on Sunday night, police said on September 29. Iqbal Market SHO Sher Mohammed Sangi told Dawn that Sajjad Shaukat, 25, was standing outside his home along
KARACHI: An alarming surge in incidents of children going missing or being kidnapped has sparked fear and anxiety among residents of the metropolis. In recent months, several cases have been reported in which missing children were later found dead. Pakistan Sunni Tehreek
KARACHI: There has been a sharp surge in cases of cold, cough, and fever, as the seasonal influenza virus begins to spread rapidly in the metropolitan city. Both government hospitals and private clinics are witnessing a spike in patients, with vulnerable groups