LARKANA: Sindh Women Lawyers Alliance (SWLA) on April 13 held a protest march from Koto Moto Chowk to the Shahdadkot Press Club over unabated incidents of murder, domestic violence and discrimination against women in the city. The family of a primary teacher,
A 40-year-old woman was murdered allegedly by her husband over ‘honour’ in Shehbaz Goth near the Northern Bypass, police said on 10-April-2025. The suspect fled the scene after the murder. The woman’s body was discovered from a house in Shehbaz Goth located
HYDERABAD: Following the discovery of the hanging body of female constable Mahwish Jarwar, who was posted at the Mirpurkhas Jail, in her residential quarter on 09-April-2025 evening, police have arrested two suspects, including the deceased woman’s husband, in connection with the case.
According to a recent report, Pakistan is among the world’s most dangerous places to give birth. The state’s abject failure to provide adequate facilities for pregnant women is a major reason why 11,000 cases of maternal deaths occurred in 2023 alone. The
SUKKUR: A man has been arrested for murdering his pregnant wife and three children under the pretext of honour killing in Mirpurkhas. The incident occurred in the limits of Sindhri Police station in Wali Muhammad Mangrio village, where the accused, Wejhio Bhell,
HYDERABAD: A pregnant woman and her two minor sons had died in a fire at their home in Goth Wali Muhammad Mangrio, District Mirpurkhas, on 03-April-2025. The case took a new turn on 03-April-2025, when the woman’s husband admitted to burning them
KARACHI: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Sindh Assembly has ordered the immediate dispossession of the women’s hostels occupied by government officials, including DIGs, DC, and education officers. The Women Development Department (WDD) has set up 11 hostels for working women
How the birth of child helped the victim bring her tormentor to justice KARACHI: Some crimes are too disturbing, too sickening, and too sinister to be believable. One such crime involving interfamilial sex abuse came to light last week when a man
A sessions court on 20-March-2025 awarded a collective sentence of 32 years imprisonment to a man on charges of raping his daughter and criminal intimidation. Muhammad Shahid was found guilty of assaulting his daughter at their house within the jurisdiction of the
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has taken exception to the increasing number of criminal cases in the court that have arisen out of alleged honour killing incidents, and directed the government to deal such cases with effective policing, investigation and prosecution. Issuing