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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…

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…

Medical Officers Suspended Following Unborn Child’s Death

GUJAR KHAN: District Health Authority Rawalpindi has suspended three medical officers posted in Tehsil Headquarters Hospital (THQ) Gujar Khan over ‘misconduct’ after the baby of an admitted pregnant woman reportedly died before delivery on 18th October 2024. According to local sources, Ayesha Ali was admitted to the gynae ward of…

Minor Rape Victim Dies At Hospital

BAHAWALPUR: A seven-year-old maid, who had allegedly been subjected to rape three weeks ago in Shah Rukn-i-Alam police precincts (Multan), succumbed to her wounds on September, 16. Complainant ‘S’ had alleged that her daughter was sexually assaulted at her workplace due to which she fell ill. At this police had…

Parents Pardon Son In Daughters’ Murderer Case

MUZAFFARGARH: A local court in Muzaffargarh acquitted the accused who slit the throats of his three minor sisters after the parents of the deceased girls pardoned their son. The accused admitted to the crime during a police interrogation. However, after nearly one year of his arrest, Additional Sessions Judge Chaudhry…

Woman Kills Daughter, Commits Suicide

HYDERABAD: A woman allegedly killed her teenage daughter before committing suicide at her residence located near Nara Jail in Hyderabad on 13 September 2024. The SHO SITE police station Imran Rasheed Shaikh told the media that initial investigations suggest that the deceased 45-year-old Bakhtawar gave sleep-inducing pills to her daughter.…

Minor girl Tortured To Death At Home

LAHORE: A minor girl was allegedly tortured to death in her Baghbanpura home on Shalimar Road on 13th September 2024. The body of Muskan (8) showed clear signs of torture. Authorities took her father and stepmother into custody for interrogation after neighbours claimed they had previously abused the girl over…

Anti-Beggary Drive in Sindh Focuses on Child Rescue: Minister

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly was on 13th September 2024 informed that the Sindh Child Protection Authority was working in close coordination with the provincial police to conduct anti-child beggary drive for rescuing children who were forced to be involved in this worst form of child labour. Furnishing statement and replies…