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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…

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)…

Maryam Introduces Aghosh Programme For Women

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

Teenager Dies From Gunshot Wound At Wedding

NAROWAL: A 15-year-old boy was killed after being struck by a bullet at a wedding ceremony where aerial firing allegedly took place with automatic weapons. Hasnain Qaiser of Rangpura village was present at the wedding in Gedar Ranwali village. During the celebrations, some guests resorted to gunfire and Hasnain was…

Drug Addict Kills Brother, Niece

GUJRAT: A drug addict allegedly shot his brother and niece dead on 27th October after being admonished for using narcotics at Badoki Gosiyan village in Gujranwala Cantonment police precincts. As per police, the suspect, Sharafat, a drug addict was scolded by his brother Shafqat at their home. This infuriated Sharafat,…

IOs Snubbed For Flawed Probe Into Girl’s Murder

LAHORE: Punjab Prosecutor General Syed Farhad Ali Shah on 24th October admonished police investigators for ignoring provisions of anti-rape law in the probe into the murder case of a minor girl employed as a home help in the Defence-C area. Declaring the minor girl’s murder a high-profile case, the prosecutor…

Orangi Attack Suspect Had Also Attempted Sexual Assault

The gruesome Orangi Town incident, in which a minor boy was killed, and his mother and minor sister were injured on 23-October-2024, has taken a new turn. The injured woman has claimed that the perpetrator was her husband’s cousin, who had attempted to sexually assault her. She said that when…

Women, Two Children Stabbed

KARACHI: A woman and her two children were severely injured allegedly by her husband’s relative with a sharp object at their home in Orangi Town. Per police sources, Shahrukh had a fight with his maternal cousin Sameer and he was a suspect in the case. Following the incident, local residents…

Refusal Of Marriage Proposal Man Held For Throwing Minor Boy Into Canal

GUJRAT: The Gujranwala police on 23rd October arrested a man who had allegedly thrown a minor boy into canal after the child’s mother refused to marry the suspect. Complainant Imrana Bibi, residing in Riaz Town in Ferozwala police precincts, told police on Oct 22 that suspect Ali Hassan had kidnapped…

Minor Boy Stabbed To Death, Mother, Sister Wounded In Orangi

KARACHI: A minor boy was stabbed to death and his mother and sister were injured in Orangi Town on 23rd October, police said. The victims were found injured inside a house near Liaqat School. They had been stabbed with a sharp instrument. The identity of the suspect could not be…

Women, Her Kids Poisoned To Death

PESHAWAR: The bodies of a woman and her two children have been found in the Zaryab Colony area of Peshawar. It is suspected that all three were poisoned. The police have transferred the bodies to the morgue for a postmortem examination and have begun searching for the husband to determine…

13 Civilians Mostly Children Injured in Tirah Quadcopter Strike

KHYBER: As many as 13 civilians, mostly children, who received injuries when a quadcopter allegedly dropped explosives on a marketplace in Tirah valley here on October 21, were brought to hospitals in Peshawar for treatment, local sources told Dawn on 22nd October. Earlier, it was speculated that militants were targeted…

Suspect Sent To Jail In Boy’s Torture Case

A judicial magistrate on 22-October-2024 remanded a suspect in judicial custody in a case pertaining to wrongful confinement and torture of a minor boy. Suspect Muhammad Deen was arrested on 21-October-2024 after a video of him beating the nine-year-old boy with his hands tied at his laundry shop went viral…