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Five-year-old Girl Murdered After Rape

GUJRANWALA: A five-year-old girl was killed after being raped at Kamoke. Eman Fatima was playing in a street when she went missing. Receiving information about it, Wahndo police reached the spot and arrested Hassan on suspicion. During preliminary investigation, Hassan told the police that he abducted the girl and raped her. Later, he killed her and buried her in his…

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…

App ‘Khushi Ki Baat’ Launched To Improve Mother-child Health

LAHORE: Population Welfare Department Director General Saman Rai has said that the…

Maryam Introduces Aghosh Programme For Women

LAHORE: Under Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s first-ever Aghosh program, pregnant women…

Dumper Crushes Dream Of High Achiever

Boy dies, parents sustain injuries when dumper crushes their bike KARACHI: A 10-year-old boy, Samamah, lost his life, while his father, Rizwan, 35, and mother, Laraib, 30, sustained injuries when a speeding dumper truck hit the motorcycle they were riding, under the Gulbai bridge, Shershah. According to the injured father,…

Poliovirus Detected In 18 Districts

ISLAMABAD: On May 04, officials confirmed that wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been detected in sewage samples collected from 18 districts across Pakistan, indicating continued circulation of the virus in several high-risk areas despite intensive eradication efforts. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), 38 environmental samples were…

One Child Is Born With Thalassaemia Every 90 Minutes In Pakistan, Warn Experts

A child is born with thalassemia major every 90 minutes in Pakistan, but this entirely preventable disease can be eradicated within a generation through one simple step — mandatory pre-marital screening for all couples. This was the key message delivered by renowned paediatric hematologist Dr Saqib Ansari during a press…

Call To Protect Children, Communities From Vaccine-preventable Diseases

KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) celebrated the World Immunisation Week with a series of events aimed at promoting awareness and encouraging collective action for vaccination. The World Immunisation Week (April 24 to 30) is a vital opportunity to highlight the life-saving power of vaccines and the critical role…

Schoolgirl Ends Life After Harassment

Teen’s final video reveals teacher’s threats; FIR registered LODHRAN: A 10th-grade student reportedly took her own life after alleged harassment, blackmail and threats by her schoolteacher in the Gogran area of Lodhran. As per the FIR registered under Section 316 of the Pakistan Penal Code at Qureshiwala Police Station, the…

Girl Falls To Death From Swing

DIJKOT: A 12-year-old girl died of a head injury after falling from a swing in an amusement park. A complaint was lodged with the police by the father of the victim, Ghulam Mustafa, a resident of Doctor City, blaming negligence of the staff for the incident. The complainant stated that…

Teenage Boy Killed In Scuffle While Playing Ludo

A 14-year-old boy was killed during a scuffle while playing ludo in Jannat Goth near SITE Superhighway Industrial Area. According to police, the body of the boy was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. He was identified as Abu Bakar, son of Yar Zameen Khan. Subzi Mandi Chowki Incharge Kamran said…

Mother, Stepfather Remanded In Police Custody In Toddler’s Murder Case

A judicial magistrate on 26-April-2025 remanded a couple in police custody for three days in a case pertaining to the murder of a toddler. Sharifabad police arrested the three-year-old victim’s mother, Rimsha and stepfather Asad for allegedly beating the child to death. The investigating officer produced the couple before the…

Peshawar Court Hands Down Death Sentence To Minor Boy’s Killer

PESHAWAR: A child protection court has sentenced a man to death after convicting him of kidnapping and killing a minor boy here over two years ago. Additional sessions judge Mohammad Hanif pronounced that the prosecution had established the “guilt of the accused, Waqas, beyond shadow of reasonable doubt and that…

Polio Drive Launched To Vaccinate Over 10.6m Children In Sindh

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 21-April-2025 inaugurated a week-long province-wide polio eradication campaign targeting over 10.6 million children under the age of five, including 2.76 million in Karachi. The campaign, which will run from April 21 to April 27, will be supported by nearly 70,000 trained frontline…