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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…

Bodies Of Farmer, Three Children Found Hanging From Tree

UMERKOT: The bodies of a 32-year-old man and his three children aged between four and eight were found hanging from a tree near Palli Morr (turning) within the jurisdiction of the Bodar Farm police station of Umerkot district late on the evening of October 4. The police collected the bodies…

Minor Boy Drowns In Sohrab Goth Drain

KARACHI: A minor boy drowned while another was rescued from a drain at Sohrab Goth on 4th October, rescue services officials said. Rescue-1122 official Hassaan Khan told Dawn that two children were playing with an electric wire at the bank of a nullah (drain) near Sohrab Goth when they suffered…

Teenager Held In Quetta For Murder Of Young Boy

QUETTA: Police have arrested a teenager in connection with the murder of a young boy whose partially burned body was found in Hazara Town on September 20. Mushtaq Hussain, alias Mehdi, was arrested by police for killing Arman Ali, SSP Serious Crimes Unit Zohaib Mohsin told a press conference on…

Chlorine Gas Leak Affects 27 Children, 10 Adults

HYDERABAD: More than 35 people, mostly children, suffered respiratory distress, coughing and throat and eye irritation after chlorine gas that leaked from a cylinder in the Hala Naka filtration plant spread in the Khursheed Town locality here on 24th September 2024. The plant is run by the Hyderabad Water and…

250,000 Die Annually Due To Drug Addiction

TOBA TEK SINGH: Up to 250,000 people lose their lives every year due to drug addiction in the country and the growing trend of drug addiction among the youth is pushing society towards darkness. To combat this issue, there is a need to create awareness and work towards eliminating this…

Man Who Killed Wife, Three Daughters Acquitted As Victims’ Heirs Pardon Him

A model court has acquitted a man in a case pertaining to the murders of his wife, and three minor daughters after their legal heirs pardoned him in the name of Almighty Allah. Muhammad Fawad had been booked for brutally killing his wife Huma, and three daughters – Maryam, Fatima…

Experts Call For Making Suicide Prevention A Public Health Priority

KARACHI: Experts at a seminar on 23rd September 2024 underscored the need for changing the narrative around suicide — from one of shame and silence to empathy and action — and improving access to mental healthcare services. The seminar titled “Changing the Narrative: Starting the Conversation on Suicide Prevention” was…

How ‘Treatable’ Typhoid Turned Into A ‘Superbug’

Over 15,000 cases of drug-resistant “XDR” strain reported in Pakistan, lack of widespread access to potable water only compounds issue. From his sickbed, eight-year-old Ukasha watched through heavy eyes as his siblings played with a ball in the courtyard. His head hurt and his body felt too heavy to move.…

Man Kills Two Daughters Over Divorce Issue

TOBA TEK SINGH: A man strangled his two minor daughters at Allama Iqbal Colony in Faisalabad on 22nd September 2024. D Type Colony said 28-year-old Muhammad Akmal’s wife Zainab Bibi (24) was demanding a divorce from him, saying that she wanted to live in Toba along with her mother Surayya…

Boy Stabbed To Death In AJK

MUZAFFARABAD: A 16-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by a peer over a petty dispute on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad late Friday night, police said, adding, six persons, including the prime suspect, were arrested in connection with the crime on Saturday, 22nd September 2024. Garhi Dupatta police SHO Adeeb Afsar said…