Teen Girls Found Dead

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KARACHI: Two teenage girls were found dead in separate incidents in Keamari and Orangi Town.

In the first incident, a 13-year-old girl was found dead at her home in Kachhi Para, Keamari. Police shifted the body to Civil Hospital with the help of Edhi volunteers. The deceased was identified as Armeesh, daughter of Sajid. Jackson SHO said the girl’s mother, a widow working as a domestic help, had locked the house from outside before leaving for work, as was her routine. When she returned, she found her daughter lying on a charpoy with a dupatta wrapped around her neck.

In another incident in Orangi Town’s Sector 10, a 14-year-old girl was found hanging at her home. Family members rushed her to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced her dead. Police identified the deceased as Mehro-un-Nisa alias Marosh, daughter of Muhammad Ahmed.

News Published in Express Tribune on March 6th, 2026.

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