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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…

Maryam Introduces Aghosh Programme For Women

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

Local Production Of Iron, Folic Acid Supplements May Curb Anaemia In 15m Pakistani Girls

ISLAMABAD: The local production of Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFAS)…

Maternal Uncles Among Four Who Raped, Killed Minor Girl

BAHAWALPUR: Four suspects who raped and killed an 11-year-old girl on March 24 were her relatives, with two of them her maternal uncles. Sadar police SDPO Agha Fasihuddin told media on Sunday the culprits were traced by police teams with the help of geofencing, using latest technology. The SDPO said…

Alarm After Measles Claims 28 Children’s Lives In City Over Three Months

KARACHI: Despite government efforts to improve immunisation status of children, an alarming situation over measles persists with at least 28 deaths reported in the first three months of this year at two tertiary-care hospitals in the city alone, it emerged on 28th March. Speaking to Dawn, senior paediatricians associated with different…

Man Arrested For Rape, Murder Of Minor Nephew

LAHORE: The Township investigation police arrested a man on the charge of raping his nine-year-old nephew and strangling him to conceal his crime. The suspect was booked on murder and other charges. The incident happened about one-and-a-half months back Initial inquiries suggested that the suspect was so clever that he…

Another Deadly Accident

Water tankers, dumpers and trailers continue to barrel down the city’s roads with little regard for human life. Enraged by yet another preventable tragedy, onlookers pelted the water tanker with stones, broke its windows, and beat the driver before handing him over to the police. This reaction reflects a growing…

Girl Murdered After Rape

☰ BAHAWALPUR: A minor girl was allegedly killed after rape here on 24th March in the fields of Chah Aliachiwala in Baqirpur locality. According to complainant ‘G’, her 11-year-old daughter (class-III student) went to fetch drinking water from a hand pump near the local mosque after Iftar on Monday night.…

106 Children Registered With AIDS Control Programme

DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Health Department has initiated HIV/AIDS screening for children and adults at the Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital in Taunsa Sharif. A screening and treatment center has also been set up at the THQ to facilitate early detection and treatment of the disease, says DG Khan Commissioner Ashfaq…

Throat-slit Body Of Girl Found In Graveyard

LAHORE: Body of a 14-year-old girl with her throat slit was found in Shah Gohar Pir Darbar graveyard in the Baghbanpura area on 23-March-2025. According to police sources, the victim was unidentified, so far and no documents or belongings were found near her body that could help determine her identity.…

Teenage Girl Dies After Quack Administers IV Drip In Malir

KARACHI: A teenage girl died during treatment by an alleged quack in the Malir area, police said on 22nd March. Malir City SHO Farasat Shah said that the 15-year-old girl, identified as Nusrat Wahid, complained of pain due to fasting, and her family took her to a local clinic in…

Mystery Shrouds Mansehra Schoolgirl’s Death On Campus

MANSEHRA: As mystery surrounded a schoolgirl’s death on campus in the Hilkot area here on 22nd March, the police began an investigation. “We’re trying to ascertain what exactly happened to the girl,” additional SHO of the Battal police station Shujaat Hussain Shah told reporters. He said the body was shifted…

Mother, Stepfather Held For Killing Minor Boy

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The police have arrested the mother and stepfather of a six-year-old boy, whose body was recovered from a graveyard here in the small hours of 20th March. Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Hafiz Mohammad Adnan said on March 21 that the boy was murdered by his stepfather, with…