A model court on 21-April-2025 sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for murdering his wife by dousing her with petrol and setting her ablaze after an argument over her missing earring six years ago. Additional Sessions Judge Ameeruddin of the Model Criminal Trial Court (West) observed that the prosecution conclusively proved the charge of murder against the accused, Mehtab Ali, beyond any reasonable doubt. “The involvement of Mehtab in the commission of
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GUJAR KHAN: A suspect being investigated for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing his seven-year-old niece died of bullet injuries when his accomplices opened indiscriminate firing on a police team at the crime scene in Mandra, police said on April 22. In the First Information Report (FIR), the girl’s father had reported that he and his family were celebrating Easter when his daughter playing outside the house disappeared at around 3pm on Sunday. He said
These lone teachers are forced to manage all academic and administrative responsibilities singlehandedly. BAJAUR: Despite the provincial government’s lofty claims and the allocations of billions of rupees to the elementary education sector, many government schools in the Bajaur tribal district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa remain without adequate teaching staff. Residents of Charming Hilal Khel have urged the concerned authorities to take immediate notice of the situation. Locals told The Express Tribune that a severe shortage of
THE International Mother Earth Day, observed every year on April 22, is in many ways an acknowledgement that we are entirely reliant on everything that happens on Earth, and, therefore, we need to make sustainable contributions that strengthen our relationship with the planet we inhabit. But, is a single day enough to do the job? When we look around, there is no doubt that nature is suffering right now. The swift transformations occurring within
RAWALPINDI: As the district launched its week-long polio vaccination drive on April 21, health workers in at least three tehsils – Kahuta, Kallar Syedan, and Gujar Khan – refused to participate in the campaign to protest the decision to outsource public-sector hospitals. According to Young Doctors Association’s office-bearer Dr Aarif Aziz, the notification for the outsourcing of the Jinnah Hospital Lahore had been issued while there was a plan to outsource different departments of Mayo
GUJAR KHAN: A seven-year-old girl, who went missing on April 20, was found strangled to death and allegedly sexually assaulted in an under-construction house located in her neighbourhood in the limits of Mandra police of Gujar Khan. Police have registered a case on the complaint of the victim’s father. According to the First Information Report (FIR), the complainant said they were celebrating Easter with family and relatives and his daughter was playing outside the
QUETTA: Over 2.6 million children under the age of five will be administered polio drops under the week-long polio drive beginning in Balochistan from April 21. According to Inam-ul-Haq, the Coordinator of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), Balochistan, all preparations have been made for the campaign. Under the drive, he said, over 11,000 teams will participate, which include 9,128 mobile teams, 920 fixed-site teams, and 586 transit point teams. Stressing the urgency of the campaign, Mr
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 on April 28 will now commence from May 6 or later. Due to delay in the first phase of exams, the second phase, which
The right of children to identity is globally recognised, with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasising its critical importance. As a signatory to this convention, Pakistan is committed to upholding and protecting this right. Yet for many children in the country, access to legal identity remains a distant dream. Orphans, street children and those without parental presence often struggle to gain legal recognition. This issue stems largely from insufficient
A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment on charges of raping a Class V student. Aijaz was found guilty of sexually abusing his landlord’s 11-year-old daughter after abducting her from their house in Kearmari in February 2022. Additional Sessions Judge (South) Abdul Zahoor sentenced the convict to life imprisonment for offence of rape as punishable under Section 376 (3) of the Pakistan Penal Code. He awarded ten-year imprisonment to the man
In many countries, exams are minimally supervised, but penalties for getting caught are extremely high The integrity of education boards across Sindh has come into question in light of recently uncovered irregularities and controversial decisions regarding marking in exams. Meanwhile, reports of rampant cheating by students raise questions not only about the boards’ ability to conduct competitive exams, but what kind of morals we, as a society, are instilling in our children. In many
Body of the victim was found in Gujjar Nullah KARACHI: Endemic sexual violence targeting young girls shows growing perversion and frustration in society. In the latest disturbing incident, a five-year-old girl was murdered after being subjected to sexual abuse in Liaquatabad. The body of the girl, who went missing from Sikandar Goth, was found dumped in Gujjar Nullah on April 16. According to police, a missing report had been filed at Sachal police station