Azmat Habib

Man Remanded in Police Custody in Daughters’ Murder Case

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on October 22 remanded a man in police custody in a case pertaining to the alleged murder of his two daughters in Block-G of North Nazimabad. The investigating officer (IO) produced the suspect, Akbar Sattar, before Judicial Magistrate (Central) Bhudo Khan Bhatti and sought his physical…
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Youth Sentenced to Death for Killing Mother and Sisters

TOBA TEK SINGH: Kabirwala Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Khan Baloch on October 22, handed down the death sentence and a fine of Rs2 million to a young man on four counts in a murder case. According to the prosecution, convict Muhammad Abbas (21) of Basti Loharan Wali…
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NA Body Orders Climate Ministry to Tackle Poor Air Quality

• Emission standards critically outdated, committee told • Official says Pak-EPA lacks financial, technical resources to do its job • Senate panel urges Centre to strengthen initiatives for climate-vulnerable Gilgit-Baltistan • Calls for sharing of early-warning data for disaster prevention in northern areas ISLAMABAD / GILGIT: Critical inadequacies in Pakistan’s…
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3 Provinces Pledge Child Protection, GBV Reforms

Islamabad:The provincial governments of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh have pledged to continue reforms on addressing child marriage, birth registration, child protection, gender-based violence (GBV) and social inclusion. The UK’s Aawaz II programme, which started in 2017, has supported pilots such as the Anti-Rape Crisis Cells, District Child Protection Units…
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KP CM Orders Public Awareness Amid Upswing In Dengue Cases

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mohammad Sohail Afridi has instructed elected representatives and the information department to scale up awareness about preventive measures regarding Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever as the mosquito-borne ailment infected 63 more people, increasing the number of patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to 3,792. Officials said that the chief minister issued…
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Jobless Man in Custody for Murdering 2 Daughters in Karachi

KARACHI: An unemployed man, said to be suffering from financial problems, allegedly killed his two daughters in Block-G of North Nazimabad on October 21, police and rescuers said. They added that Akbar Sattar, around 50, killed Aliya, 15, and Zainab, nine, by cutting their necks with a knife at their…
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Smog Season

AS temperatures begin to drop, smog makes an unwelcome arrival in many parts of the country, particularly Lahore and urban Punjab. This health and climate crisis has been brewing for some years, while the state — nudged on by civil society and experts — has begun to take steps to combat the…
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