A young man and a teenage girl were shot dead in a house in Malir’s Rafa-e-Aam Society in what police suspect to be an honor killing. Following the incident, police and rescuers reached the property and found the bodies on the upper
HYDERABAD: Experts at a two-day international conference on 16th January called for women’s participation in decision-making and agricultural practices through education and capacity-building programs and underscored the need for empowerment of rural women in livestock management through targeted training and resource allocation
KARACHI: For the protection of human rights, various official organizations are working in Sindh, among which the Sindh Human Rights Commission, Sindh Commission for the Status of Women and the Sindh Child Protection Authority are at the top. However, none of these
A pregnant woman was allegedly killed by her husband in Baldia Town on 11 January 2024. The tragic incident occurred during a domestic dispute between the couple. Following the incident, police and rescue workers reached the property and inquired about the incident.
The Sindh High Court has issued notices to the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), its workplace harassment inquiry committee, and others on a petition of a former employee against the removal of his service by the inquiry committee and provincial ombudsman on
The Gadap Town investigation police have solved the mystery of the brutal murder of an elderly woman and arrested her adopted son in connection with the crime. On December 6, 2024, the body of an elderly woman was found wrapped in a
A model court on 04-January-2024 sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife. Meghraj Anand was found guilty of strangling his wife Kaanta Kumari to death at his flat in the Lea Market area within the jurisdiction of the Baghdadi
SUKKUR: The District Advisory and Implementation Panel has called for devising joint actions for urgent implementation of the Sindh Protection and Promotion of Breastfeeding and Young Child Nutrition Act, 2023. Iqbal Detho, chairperson of the Sindh Human Rights Commission who co-chaired a
EVEN as the UN’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (Nov 25 to Dec 10) was being observed across the globe, including in Pakistan, a young female lecturer and mother of three was brutally murdered by her husband in an incident
These cases are not just statistics; they reflect the violent stripping of women’s autonomy and dignity under the guise of family ‘honour’. In Pakistan, ‘honour’ killings continued to claim the lives of women throughout 2024, perpetuated by deeply ingrained societal beliefs about family dignity