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Daily Archives: January 13, 2007

Man kills wife

JACOBABAD: A man allegedly killed his wife in the village of Boomcchu Jamali in the Qubo Saeed Khan Taluka of the Kamber-Shahdadkot district on Friday. Mehboob Ali Lashari, a resident of Sanjrani Muhalla of Shikarpur, shot dead his wife Zohran Lashari, 25, over a domestic dispute and escaped, police said. Din Muhammad Lashari, the father […]


Man throws acid on girl

KARACHI: A man interested in marrying a girl threw acid at her face following her refusal to accept his proposal. The incident occurred in Korangi on Friday morning, police said. A senior police officer of Korangi Town said that parents of Waqas had paid several visits to the girl’s house in Zaman Town area asking […]


Benazir seeks parliamentary probe into ‘disappearances’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Friday expressed grave concern over the increasing incidents of kidnappings and mysterious disappearances of citizens. She called for full disclosure of those disappeared, their recovery and respect for the due process of law. “It is a national embarrassment that increasing number of citizens not only vanish […]


Cancellation of islands deal demanded

THATTA: The Kinjhar Fishermen Welfare Society organised a rally here on Friday to protest against the handing over of Bundal and Buddo islands to a foreign company in Sindh, the contract system for freshwater fisheries and the Kalabagh dam. The participant of the rally marched on the National Highway and gathered in front of the […]


In-laws granted bail in alleged burning case

KARACHI: The High Court of Sindh (SHC), on Friday granted bail to two brothers, accused of murdering their sister-in-law by burning her alive. Mohammad Jameel and Mohammad Gulfam were arrested by Garden police for murdering their sister-in-law Ruby, setting her on fire on May 17, 2006. According to the prosecution, Ruby’s spouse Saeed, brother-in-laws Jameel, […]


Woman allowed to live with parents

NAWABSHAH: A court on Friday allowed a woman, at the centre of a matrimonial dispute which led to the killing of her purported husband in a clash between police and her parental family, to live with her parents.On Thursday, she was given in police custody because she appeared to be mentally disturbed. Hameeda, purported wife […]


Rape case under WPA turns out to be eyewash

ISLAMABAD: The first rape case lodged by a woman of the federal capital under the recently enacted Women’s Protection Act (WPA) has turned out to be eyewash. The medical report in the case has negated the rape charge levelled by Dr Mamoona Anjum, a resident of I-10/1. The controversial WPA allows a woman to get […]


Rape case under WPA turns out to be eyewash

ISLAMABAD: The first rape case lodged by a woman of the federal capital under the recently enacted Women’s Protection Act (WPA) has turned out to be eyewash. The medical report in the case has negated the rape charge levelled by Dr Mamoona Anjum, a resident of I-10/1.The controversial WPA allows a woman to get an […]


Woman allowed to live with parents

NAWABSHAH: A court on Friday allowed a woman, at the centre of a matrimonial dispute which led to the killing of her purported husband in a clash between police and her parental family, to live with her parents.On Thursday, she was given in police custody because she appeared to be mentally disturbed. Hameeda, purported wife […]