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The Age Of Consent And The Borders Of Belief

ICT Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025 marks a pivotal step toward a safer, progressive Pakistan KARACHI. Child rights organisations and advocates, along with concerned citizens, have warmly welcomed the passage of recent legislation on child marriages, describing it as a landmark step toward protecting the rights and well-being of children. “The passage of the ICT Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025…

Inter Exams Put Off By Nine Days

Officials attribute the postponement to a change in XI results due to grace marks, absence of the board chairman KARACHI: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) annual examinations of XI-XII for the year 2025 have been delayed. The pre-engineering, pre-medical and science general group exams that were to start…

Man Burns Pregnant Wife, Two Minor Sons To Death

HYDERABAD: A pregnant woman and her two minor sons had died in…

Rangers Foil Kidnapping Bid, Recover 15-year-old Boy

Sindh Rangers on 16-August-2025 claimed to have busted a gang allegedly involved…

Missing Three Year Old Found Begging

Child’s friend saw him outside mosque, alerted his uncle KARACHI: A three-year-old boy missing for nearly three months was recovered after a chance encounter led to his dramatic rescue. Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the abduction, who allegedly forced the child into begging. According to police officials,…

Murad Inaugurates Facility For Down Syndrome In North Nazimabad

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 22-July-2025 officially inaugurated the Karachi Down Syndrome Program’s (KDSP) third chapter in North Nazimabad on Tuesday. He reaffirmed the Sindh government’s dedication to fostering inclusive development and ensuring accessible services for individuals with disabilities. The ceremony was attended by parents, therapists, community…

Child Raped In Hospital Lift, Officials In Denial

KARACHI: Following the horrifying incident of a child sexually assaulted in a lift at Sindh’s second-largest government hospital, the hospital administration appears more focused on suppressing details than taking strict action against those responsible and implementing measures to prevent such occurrences in the future. This lack of transparency deepens the…

Family Court Hands Down Imprisonment To Two In Child Custody Case

A family court in Karachi has awarded six-month prison sentence to two persons after they were found guilty of wilfully violating judicial orders in a sensitive child custody dispute. The court ruled that a woman, Ameer Zadi, and her son Salman Shah unlawfully relocated her minor granddaughter, Kashaf Fatima, to…

Unstoppable Dumper Deaths

This past Sunday, two brothers, aged 12 and 15, were tragically crushed under a speeding water tanker near Kala Pul on Korangi Road, Karachi, while they were riding a motorcycle. Their deaths – disconcertingly bringing the total heavy traffic accident tally to at least 140 – sparked outrage and prompted…

Water Tanker Torched After It Kills Two Minor Brothers

Yet another tragic road accident shook the city as two minor brothers riding a motorbike were crushed to death by a speeding water tanker near Kala Pul on Defence Korangi Road. The horrific incident triggered public outrage, with irate residents setting the tanker on fire. According to reports, the water…

BSEK Puts Off Automated Paper Checking

Matric board in search of cost effective software for checking papers KARACHI: The results of the 2025 annual matric examinations will be declared by July 31, said the chairman of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK), Ghulam Hussain Soho, on Friday. However, he added that in case of any…

Abducted Minor Found In Keamari, Three Suspects Held

The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) has rescued a four-year-old boy from Keamari and arrested three suspected kidnappers — a married couple and the man’s mother — said SIU SSP Shoaib Memon at a press conference at his office on 17-July-2025. SSP Memon said ringleader Jameel Burhan was operating a gang…

Stray Bullets Kill Four Children In Six Weeks

City reels under wave of gun violence as public outrage grows KARACHI: Four children have been killed and several other people have been injured by stray bullets in different neighbourhoods of the metro over the past six weeks, sparking widespread anger among Karachiites. In the latest incident, 11-year-old Zainab was…

Suspect Held After Minor Boy Sexually Assaulted In Civil Hospital Elevator

Police have arrested a lift operator for allegedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in an elevator of the operation theatre complex of the Dr Ruth KM Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi. The incident reportedly took place at the Civil Hospital Karachi, where a lift operator allegedly sexually assaulted a minor boy…