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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…

Video of Teacher Assaulting Student in Gujar Khan Sparks Police Action

RAWALPINDI: In the Gujar Khan area of Rawalpindi, a video showing a school teacher brutally beating a child has gone viral on social media, prompting police action. The accused teacher has been taken into custody. Authorities say the incident occurred nearly a year ago. According to police, the video shows…

3 Nomadic Youths Rape Underage Girl

Rawalpindi: Police have launched a formal investigation after a man filed a…

Man Burns Pregnant Wife, Two Minor Sons To Death

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

Two Women, Teenage Girl Murdered In City In Name Of Honour

Two women and a teenage girl were murdered by their relatives in the name of so-called honour in separate heart-rending incidents in the city on 24 July. The gruesome murders once again show the danger to life women face in our society for merely making choices about their own lives.…

Bodies Of Tortured Woman, Minor Girl Found

KARACHI: A young woman and minor girl were found murdered in Korangi on 24 July, police and rescuers said. They added that the bodies of the 30-year-old woman and five-year-old girl were recovered from a garbage dump on Korangi Causeway. The bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre…

Man Held For Raping Minor Boy

Rawalpindi. Police claim to have arrested a man for allegedly raping a nine-year-old boy in Gujar Khan area and booked him in a case. According to the police, the boy’s father filed a complaint that his boy went to play a video game in a local shop but came home…

Girls School Blown Up in Waziristan

MIRANSHAH: Suspected militants destroyed a portion of a government-run girls’ school in a village of Mir Ali tehsil in North Waziristan tribal district, local police said on 22 July. They said that militants had planted explosives in the Government Girls Middle School in Zairki village and triggered a blast with…

Man Held For Attempting To Assault Minor Girl in Malir

Police on Saturday apprehended a man accused of attempting to assault a child in Sherpao Colony, located within the jurisdiction of the Quiadabad police station in District Malir. The incident came to light when a minor girl was found in a gunny bag. Police responded, managing to arrest the suspect,…

Man Kills Wife, Daughter Over Domestic Issue

LAHORE: A man stabbed to death his wife and teenage daughter in the Defence locality on 19 July 2024. Mohabat Khan reportedly was annoyed at a domestic dispute and killed his 18-year-old daughter Samiya and 45-year-old wife Shahnaz with a knife. Noticing the screams, locals of Alfalah Town alerted police…

DHA Resident Faces Case for Minor Maid’s Abuse

LAHORE: Defence B police registered a First Information Report against a resident of DHA Phase V for allegedly severely mistreating their 13-year-old maid on charges of theft. Police took action after Nabila Bibi, mother of the minor girl Tehreem, reported the brutal treatment her daughter had endured. Following the registration…

Teen gang-raped three weeks ago dies

KASUR: A 13-year-old boy allegedly subjected to gang rape succumbs to his injuries on 22nd June 2024 at Maan Singh Village in Kot Radha Kishan police precincts. On June 5, unidentified suspects allegedly gang-raped the boy and later threw him on a road in a critical condition. According to complainant,…

Girls education remains a challenge in militancy-hit Bara

KHYBER: The deplorable condition of most of the public sector primary schools for girls, shortage of teaching staff and inaccessibility of students to educational institutions beyond primary level have been cited to be three major hurdles to promotion of female education in the militancy-affected Bara tehsil of Khyber tribal district.…

Alarm over surveillance of girls in private spaces

ISLAMABAD: The Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) has expressed concerns over the on going surveillance of women and girls in private spaces through unregulated CCTV cameras in women`s shelters, hostels, universities, and salons, invading their right to privacy and dignity in private spaces. According to the 2023 Gender Gap report, Pakistan…