A sessions court has cancelled the interim pre-arrest bail granted to a suspect in a case pertaining to sexually abusing two teenage boys. Arslan Khan has been booked for allegedly forcing two boys, aged 14 and 16, to engage in sexual acts
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