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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…

Man Throws Unwanted Daughter Into Canal

GUJRAT: In a shocking incident of gender-based hate crime, a man allegedly threw his infant daughter into a canal on 8th August for not having a boy. The incident happened at village Chak Fateh Shah of Dinga Police. Rescue 1122 team launched a search for the body of the three-month-old…

Landlord Booked For Gunning Down Peasant’s 10-year-old Son

HYDERABAD: A 10-year-old boy was allegedly shot dead by a landowner over a petty issue in the Husri area on 3rd August. The boy, Tahir Mallah, died instantly after he received a single shot, according to his parents. The bereaved family is a resident of Bacho Mirbahar village of the…

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Four Men Sentenced To Death In Two Boys’ Kidnap, Murder, Rape cases

An anti-terrorism court has sentenced four men to death on charges of kidnapping for ransom and murder of two minor boys. Muhammad Qurban alias Irfan, Muhammad Imran alias Mann, Waseem Khan alias Waheed Pathan, Muhammad Ramzan alias Babu Odh were found guilty of kidnapping for ransom Muhammad Shahbaz and Muhammad…

Quack Held For Kidnap, Murder Of Two Minor Brothers

KARACHI: Police on 29 July claimed to have arrested a quack doctor for murdering two minor brothers after kidnapping them for ransom in Machhar Colony within the remit of the Docks police station. The police and family said that the brothers — Ahmed and Hasan, aged 8 and 10 respectively…

Non-Functional Children’s Ward Causes Rise In Neonatal Mortality

NAROWAL: The children’s nursery ward at the Shakargarh Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital has remained non-functional for the last two years, leading to an increase in newborn deaths. Despite Narowal being given district status 33 years ago and the establishment of a nursery ward at the Narowal District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital…

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…

Reward of Rs10m announced for Priya Kumari’s Recovery

The parents of Priya Kumari, who had gone missing at the age of seven years in Sukkur on August 19, 2021, held a sit-in outside the Sindh Chief Minister House on 20 July 2024, following which a government delegation met the girl’s family and assured them of full cooperation. The…

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…

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Two Of Five Children Die After Falling Into Manhole

Two children died after falling into an uncovered manhole in District Malir’s Memon Goth on 17 July 2024, while three others were rescued in an unconscious state. The children had set up a Sabeel in the Khosa Goth area of Memon Goth for Ashura. The manhole’s cover was already fragile,…

Poverty Compels Man To Bury Ailing Baby Alive

NAWABSHAH: A man was arrested on 7 July 2024 after he allegedly confessed to having buried his week-old ailing baby alive for not being able to afford her treatment. Media reports suggested that neighbors of the man, Tayyab alias Machar Rajper, had informed the Kandiaro police of Sanghar district about…