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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…

Court Orders Exhumation Of Newlywed Victim’s Body

17-year-old Sidra allegedly murdered after tribal council ruling; 32 suspects including politicians named RAWALPINDI. A court in Rawalpindi has ordered the exhumation of the 17-year-old newlywed honour killing victim’s grave. The exhumation is scheduled for early morning on Monday, July 28. Sidra Bibi was allegedly murdered in the name of…

Justice Sought For Madrassa Student Killed By Teacher

Roy also thanked the K-P police chief for arresting the teacher accused in Farhan’s death KARACHI: Renowned social activist and Zindagi Trust founder Shehzad Roy has called for justice in the tragic death of 14-year-old Farhan, who was allegedly beaten to death by a teacher at a madrassa in Swat…

Immunization Crisis Deepens As Girl Dies Of Diphtheria At PIMS

ISLAMABAD: A 14-year-old girl from Nankana district has died of diphtheria at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, while two more children one from Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and another from Swabi remain critically ill in the isolation ward, highlighting Pakistan’s deepening immunization crisis, federal health officials confirmed on…

Sana Yousaf’s Murderer Claims He Acted Out Of Suspicion Of Betrayal

ISLAMABAD: The alleged murderer of teenage TikToker Sana Yousaf in his confessional statement admitted to have committed the crime, claiming he acted out of suspicion of betrayal. Omar Hayat, the prime suspect in the case, recorded his statement under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) before a local magistrate. In…

CM Punjab Appeals To Parents To Prevent Children From Bathing In Flooded Drains, Canals and Rivers

LAHORE: “World Drowning Prevention Day raises awareness about the importance of taking precautions,” said Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz in her message on the occasion on 25-July-2025. She said, “The theme of this year’s Drowning Prevention Day, organized by the WHO, is ‘Anyone can drown, but no one should drown’.…

New Mother and Child Healthcare Centre Inaugurated in Jamshoro

HYDERABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 25-July-2025 inaugurated a newly built mother & child healthcare centre at Jamshoro’s Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS), a milestone in the province’s efforts to improve maternal and child health care, and a symbol of Pakistan-Japan friendship. The project,…

Newborns Gasp For Life At Dysfunctional Nurseries

LAHORE: Delays in procurement of oxygen cylinders, lack of adherence to safety protocols have caused the deaths Where the Punjab government claims to be spending billions of rupees on the health sector, nurseries at public hospitals remain in a deplorable state. With air conditioning units dysfunctional, ventilators out-of-order, oxygen short…

Murder Accused Killed In Attack On Police Team

MANSEHRA: An Afghan national, accused of murdering a minor boy, was killed on Thursday as his men launched a gun attack on police in the Ichrian area to free him. “As the police took the accused, Najeebullah, to the crime scene for evidence collection, his associates indiscriminately fired at them.…

Polio Resurfaces In KP, Karachi, Warns NA Panel

ISLAMABAD: Resurgence of polio in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Karachi is being driven by poor sanitation and repeated failure to vaccinate large numbers of children due to security and operational challenges, National Assembly’s Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination warned on 24-July-2025. The committee, chaired by MNA…

Swat Seminary Teachers Remanded Over Student’s Murder

SWAT: A court remanded 11 madressah teachers in custody for two days here on 24th July over the alleged torture and murder of a minor seminarian. The suspects’ handover to police was ordered by Khwazakhela’s judicial magistrate. The boy died from critical injuries on Monday evening after allegedly being beaten up…