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Daily Archives: September 23, 2007

Checking police excesses

TWO recent incidents of police highhandedness indicate that the stipulated measures for reforming the law-enforcement agency have yet to see the light of day. On Wednesday, the father of the murdered man in Karachi’s high-profile NED couple case complained of being severely beaten by the police and warned by them to refrain from implicating two […]


Man kills daughter over Karo-Kari

SUKKUR: A man shot dead his teenage daughter on the pretext of Karo-Kari in Channa Mohalla, Kashmore, late on Friday night. Reports said accused Ali Nawaz Mochi shot dead his daughter Shabbiran, 18, and fled. No case has been registered. Source: The News Date:9/23/2007


SHO suspended for misbehaving with French woman tourist

THATTA: The district police officer, Thatta, on Saturday suspended SHO Makli Syed Sikandar Shah for misbehaving with a French woman tourist, who approached the police to register a case of mugging. French tourist Florence was in Thatta for research work on Sufism and Makli monuments for the past few days. On Tuesday, when she was […]


Police officer accused of raping girl

JACOBABAD: A 14-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a police officer on Saturday. Sub-Inspector Mir Hassan Gajani, resident of Bagan Baba Colony, Dera Allahyar, Jaffarabad distirct, entered the house of his neighbour Muhammad Siddique and raped his daughter Hakim Zadi, who was alone in the house, and fled, leaving the girl in an unconscious state, […]


Visa refusal torments sick girl’s family

ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: Ghanva Aliza, just like any four year-old, dreams of going to school. In her childhood innocence she asks questions about how long before she grows up. But every day she fights with strength and courage Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, commonly known as blood cancer. The doctors detected the disease 18 months ago. Since […]