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Reconciliation Between Family Of Murdered Maid, Main Accused

KARACHI: In a shocking development, the family of Fatima Furiro, a minor girl found dead under suspicious circumstances at the Haveli of the influential Pir of Ranipur last year, has reconciled with the main accused, Asad Shah Jeelani. Adding to this, other eyewitnesses and close relatives of Fatima Furiro have also cleared all accused persons, including Asad Shah, his wife…

3 Nomadic Youths Rape Underage Girl

Rawalpindi: Police have launched a formal investigation after a man filed a complaint alleging his young daughter was assaulted by three men in the Wah Cantt area. The incident came to light on Thursday evening when the father, a factory worker, returned home and found his 12-year-old daughter in distress.…

Man Burns Pregnant Wife, Two Minor Sons To Death

HYDERABAD: A pregnant woman and her two minor sons had died in…

Madrassa Cleric Arrested For Assaulting Minor Boy In Kuchlak

QUETTA: A madrassa cleric in Kuchlak, a suburban area of Quetta, was…

Boy Tortured, Humiliated Over Rape Allegations

TOBA TEK SINGH: Two persons allegedly tortured a boy and humiliated him on allegations of rape bid at Chak 680/21-GB, Pirmahal. In the first information report (FIR), Muhammad Ramzan said his son, an electrician, was called by telephone by a woman, Saima Jamil, to repair the electric wires at her…

Orangi Attack Suspect Had Also Attempted Sexual Assault

The gruesome Orangi Town incident, in which a minor boy was killed, and his mother and minor sister were injured on 23-October-2024, has taken a new turn. The injured woman has claimed that the perpetrator was her husband’s cousin, who had attempted to sexually assault her. She said that when…

Minor Boy Stabbed To Death, Mother, Sister Wounded In Orangi

KARACHI: A minor boy was stabbed to death and his mother and sister were injured in Orangi Town on 23rd October, police said. The victims were found injured inside a house near Liaqat School. They had been stabbed with a sharp instrument. The identity of the suspect could not be…

13 Civilians Mostly Children Injured in Tirah Quadcopter Strike

KHYBER: As many as 13 civilians, mostly children, who received injuries when a quadcopter allegedly dropped explosives on a marketplace in Tirah valley here on October 21, were brought to hospitals in Peshawar for treatment, local sources told Dawn on 22nd October. Earlier, it was speculated that militants were targeted…

Suspect Sent To Jail In Boy’s Torture Case

A judicial magistrate on 22-October-2024 remanded a suspect in judicial custody in a case pertaining to wrongful confinement and torture of a minor boy. Suspect Muhammad Deen was arrested on 21-October-2024 after a video of him beating the nine-year-old boy with his hands tied at his laundry shop went viral…

Security Guard Shoots 7-year-old Boy At Lahore Farmhouse

The FIR states that the 7-year-old boy went to the farmhouse to drink water while playing cricket. A child who went to drink water at a farmhouse was shot dead by a security guard. As reported by Express News, the police stated that the shooting incident took place in the…

In The Shadow Of Injustice: Rape Culture and Protests

Govt insists no rape occurred at a Lahore college but the protests in response are fueled by years of injustice Karachi/Lahore: In a country where popular political leaders have publicly passed judgements on the character and veracity of rape victims, perhaps it is no surprise that sexual violence against women…

Section 144 In Punjab as Student Protests Spiral

LAHORE: The Punjab government closed all education institutions, including public and private sector institutions on Friday (today), after student protests that started in Lahore earlier this week against the alleged rape of a student spread to other cities and towns of the province on October 17. According to an official…

Policeman Guns Down Daughter In Name Of Honour

LARKANA: A policeman shot dead his 16-year-old daughter early on 16th October in a graveyard near Bagan Shah Bukhari’s tomb in the jurisdiction of Qambar police station and fled. The accused was identified as Safeer Buriro. Sources in the Qambar-Shahdadkot SSP office told Dawn that the suspected policeman was currently deployed at…

Fourth grader ‘Raped By Watchman’ On Campus

PESHAWAR: When parents send their offspring to school, the last thing they expect is for their child to be sexually assaulted on campus by the school watchman, but that is exactly what occurred in Swabi to a fourth-grade girl student. The incident has sparked outrage and protests in the province’s…