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Missing Priya Kumari

The disturbing case of missing seven-year-old Priya Kumari has sparked a wave of concern and action from her parents and civil society, who have reiterated their demands for transparency and urgency in the investigation. During a protest sit-in at Teen Talwar in Karachi last week, they called on the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and Sindh Home Minister Zia Lanjar to…

Rangers Foil Kidnapping Bid, Recover 15-year-old Boy

Sindh Rangers on 16-August-2025 claimed to have busted a gang allegedly involved in kidnappings and recovered a teenage boy during an operation near Islamia College on New MA Jinnah Road. According to a Rangers spokesperson, four suspects were arrested: Aamir Ali, son of Roshan Ali; Bilal Ali, son of Mubarak…

Kidnapped Teenager Rescued In Joint Operation, Three Abductors Held

A joint operation by the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC), Anti-Violent Crime Cell…

Slain Child Laid To Rest

The funeral prayer for Musawir Khan, a young boy abducted and brutally…

Couple Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison For Kidnap, Rape Of Minor Girl

A sessions court has awarded a collective sentence of 17 years imprisonment to a couple in a case pertaining to kidnapping and raping a minor girl. Ghulam Rasool and his wife Zaiba alias Naseem were found guilty of kidnapping a ten-year-old girl from Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and taking her…

Suspension of Gizri SHO Stayed In Girl Kidnapping Case

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on 02-August-2024 stayed an additional sessions’ court order with regard to the suspension of the Gizri SHO in a girl abduction case and directed the Karachi additional IG to conduct an inquiry into the matter and take appropriate action against police officials if their negligence…

death sentence for kidnap murder and rape

Four Men Sentenced To Death In Two Boys’ Kidnap, Murder, Rape cases

An anti-terrorism court has sentenced four men to death on charges of kidnapping for ransom and murder of two minor boys. Muhammad Qurban alias Irfan, Muhammad Imran alias Mann, Waseem Khan alias Waheed Pathan, Muhammad Ramzan alias Babu Odh were found guilty of kidnapping for ransom Muhammad Shahbaz and Muhammad…

Missing Child Recovered Within Hours, Three Arrested

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested an issueless woman, her mother-in-law, and brother-in-law for allegedly abducting a seven-month-old male baby from Holy Family Hospital. Police retrieved the victim and handed him over to the real parents. Azeem Khan of Tarnool complained to the police that his son’s…

Quack Held For Kidnap, Murder Of Two Minor Brothers

KARACHI: Police on 29 July claimed to have arrested a quack doctor for murdering two minor brothers after kidnapping them for ransom in Machhar Colony within the remit of the Docks police station. The police and family said that the brothers — Ahmed and Hasan, aged 8 and 10 respectively…

Kidnapped Minor Christian Girl Recovered, Returned to Parents

TOBA TEK SINGH: A minor Christian girl, allegedly kidnapped some five months ago, has been recovered and handed over to her parents in Chak 233 RB, Hari Singhwala, Faisalabad. According to an FIR registered on Feb 11 under sections 376, 364, 365, 420, 468, and 471 of the Pakistan Penal…

Reward of Rs10m announced for Priya Kumari’s Recovery

The parents of Priya Kumari, who had gone missing at the age of seven years in Sukkur on August 19, 2021, held a sit-in outside the Sindh Chief Minister House on 20 July 2024, following which a government delegation met the girl’s family and assured them of full cooperation. The…

Parents Get Permanent Custody Of Teenage Girl

A family court has awarded permanent custody of a teenage girl who was reported kidnapped from Karachi in April 2022 but was later found to have purportedly contracted freewill marriage in Lahore, to her parents. Judge Salamat Ali Soomro granted an application filed by the girl’s parents — Syed Mehdi…

Indian Woman Seeks Custody Of Her Sons From Pakistani Husband

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on 19 July 2024 heard a petition of an Indian Muslim woman seeking custody of her two minor sons from the alleged illegal custody of their Pakistani father. Petitioner Farzana Begum appeared before the court along with her lawyer Bushra Qamar. The lawyer told the…

FIA Recovers Missing Children, Nabs Wanted Criminals

Islamabad: Two missing children were safely recovered upon their arrival at Islamabad Airport from Bishkek, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said. This marks the first successful case under the newly integrated Interpol system with the Integrated Border Management Information System (IBMIS), led by FIA Director General Ahmad Ishaque Jahangir. The…