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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…

Karachi’s Missing Children

The Karachi police have no leads in at least 230 cases of children that have gone missing since January 2023. Meanwhile, a total of 2,066 cases relating to missing or kidnapped children have been registered since January 2023, with 1,828 of them being recovered safely. Data shared at a top-level…

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

Sindh Rangers on 16-August-2025 claimed to have busted a gang allegedly involved…

Kidnapped Teenager Rescued In Joint Operation, Three Abductors Held

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

Abducted Minor Girl Found Murdered

BAHAWALPUR: A ten-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted from her house on the night of October 30, was found murdered in the fields at 110/ DB village in the Yazman Saddar police limits on October 31. According to the district police spokesman, Siddique, the father of the victim, Rabia (10),…

Probe into Alleged Abduction by Cops Ordered

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to constitute a special joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the alleged involvement of Punjab Police officials in the kidnapping of three minor girls and their mother from Lahore and Bahawalpur. Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani issued the…

Suspected Murderer of Niece killed in Shootout

KALA SHAH KAKU: The man accused of murdering his three-year-old niece and dumping her body in a sewage canal in Kot Pindi Das has been killed in an alleged police encounter, bringing a chilling case to a dramatic close. Police said Umar Farooq, who had confessed to killing his niece…

IHC Orders Probe into ‘Abduction of Woman, Her Children’

• Case linked to multimillion-rupee naval farms land scam • Plea alleges officials implicated woman in criminal case ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has ordered the constitution of a joint investigation team (JIT) to investigate into the alleged abduction of a woman and her three minor children, an episode now…

Three Fleeing Suspects Arrested for Killing Two Close Relatives

SUKKUR: Three suspects were arrested hours after they allegedly killed their two close relatives over a matrimonial issue and kidnapped a 10-year-old girl in the old area of Kashmore on the night of October 24. Two other relatives were wounded in the shooting. The arrested suspects were identified as Sadhoro,…

Talash Jirga Demands Early Recovery of Minor Girl

LOWER DIR: A five-year-old girl, who went missing from Nagri Payeen village in Talash valley, still remains untraced, prompting local elders to convene a jirga to press for vigorous investigation. The jirga attended by political elders, social activists and police officers here the other day voiced deep concern over the…

Kidnapper Turns Out to be Victim during Investigation

OKARA: Police claimed to have solved a kidnapping case in which the alleged kidnapper was found to be the victim and vice versa. As per details, around two weeks ago a private tuition centre’s in-charge Ayesha Bibi and a 13-year old student named Ahsan went missing. Ayesha’s family got a…

Missing Ziarat AC’s Son Recovered After Two Months

QUETTA: The son of the Assistant Commissioner (AC) Ziarat, who was kidnapped two months ago along with his father, has been safely recovered, police officials said. However, his father, Assistant Commissioner Ziarat Muhammad Afzal Baqi, is still missing, and authorities are making all-out efforts for his safe recovery. Police officials said that…

Case of Kidnap of Newborn Girl, who later died: Woman directed to Pay Rs8.1m Diyat, besides serving 7-year Jail Term

GUJRAT: Gujrat Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Javed Akram Baitu awarded a 7-year jail term, and a Rs100,000 fine, to a woman accused of kidnapping and a newborn girl who later died, besides ordering payment of Rs8.1 million as Diyat to her parents. The Civil Lines police had registered…

Police Rescue kidnapped Boy

DERA GHAZI KHAN: In Kot Mubarak area, police claied to have recovered a kidnapped boy from the Ladi gang, bringing him home after days in captivity. Police said the gang had abducted a young boy named Muhammad Siddiq from Mouza Umrani and demanded a ransom of Rs20 million from his…