GUJRANWALA: A 16-year-old girl was burnt alive by unidentified people in her house at Guru Nanakpura on Friday. Beenish was standing on the rooftop of her house when unidentified people sprinkled kerosene oil on her and set her ablaze. As a result, she received serious burns. She was taken to the DHQ Hospital from where […]
MULTAN: The body of a woman, who allegedly died of stoning in Chak 15/8-R of Khanewal, was exhumed on Friday in the presence of the area magistrate and doctors got samples of parts of her body for autopsy. Mariam Bibi was allegedly pelted with bricks until she died on a village council’s decision last week […]
PESHAWAR: A single-member Peshawar High Court bench on Friday dismissed the petition of a woman and her two relatives for bail in an honour-related killing of her daughter and two grandchildren in Mardan district. Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan observed that keeping in view the evidence on record, the three petitioners didn’t deserve to be […]
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said the government had decided to appoint women judges, as part of its efforts to take social, economic, legal and constitutional steps for the empowerment of women and for their protection from all kinds of exploitation and violence. He was addressing a ceremony held in Aiwan-i-Sadr to conclude […]
OKARA: A man kidnapped a girl from a nearby village and kept her hostage in village Chak-36/A4-L where he assaulted her. Reportedly, Ijaz Ahmad kidnapped Aroj Fatima daughter of Ramzan Ali, a resident of 39/A4-L from her house. The police have registered a case and started raids for the arrest of the culprit. The Nation
KHANEWAL: The inquiry committee probing the murder of a woman in a village in Khanewal will on Friday exhume her corpse for an autopsy, Sheikhupura regional police officer Zulfiqar Cheema told The Express Tribune on Thursday. He said officials from Lahore would arrive in Katcha Khoo village with forensics equipment on Friday morning (today) to […]
Karachi: A young woman was stabbed to death by her fiancé in the Jackson police limits on Thursday. The body of Saima, 24, was found at the house of her fiancé, Tauseef Ahmed, near the Habib Public School in Sultanabad. One of the local women saw her body and informed the police, who reached spot […]
By: Kamran Mansoor Karachi: A former sector in-charge of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement – Haqiqi (MQM-H) was among the ten people murdered in different incidents across the city as target killings continued, despite repeated promises from senior officials that the violence would be curbed during the month of Ramazan. Thirty-five-year-old Athar Khan alias Topi was […]
KARACHI: A court of judicial magistrate on Thursday sent a woman to Darul Aman and ordered that her husband be also provided protection whenever he approached the court. Asma Rind, a resident of Shaheed Benazirabad, and her husband Mohammad Aslam were ordered to be killed after being declared karo-kari by a jirga, she earlier told […]
CHINIOT: On the orders of Additional District and Sessions Judge Ziaul Qamar, the Lalian police have booked its 11 officials, including Umar Draz, Muzammal Hayat, Mubashar, Raza, Qamar Suleman, for ransacking the house of Zehran Bibi without any legal permission and tearing off her clothes. Sources, however, said that none of the eleven cops were […]
PESHAWAR: A young girl was killed when unidentified armed persons attacked a house in Imamia Colony, Gulbahar, on Wednesday Police said that the girl who was killed in the armed attack was identified as Nargis, 14. The attackers entered Imamia Colony in Gulberg area and opened fire on Maulana NasirAli’s house. Resultantly, Nargia was killedPolice […]
By: Rana Yasif LAHORE: A woman was shot dead on July 20 by her brother, a police constable, for not withdrawing a case registered against him in April. Tariq Shah, their elder brother of the deceased, said Najma, 35, part of the Sharqpur Inter College for Girls’ cricket team, used to wear pants and ride […]
SUKKUR: A jirga declared Gulzar Ahmed Shaikh a ‘karo’ for marrying his sister-in-law, Kazbano Shaikh, in Raheem Bux Khoso village. As punishment he was ordered to hand over two girls from his family in marriage, pay a fine of Rs200,000 and leave the village on Wednesday. Gulzar refused to accept the judgement which is why […]
By: Inamullah Khattak RAWALPINDI: Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi on Wednesday announced result of the annual Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination and the top three positions were clinched by girls. The result was announced during a ceremony with provincial Minister for Planning and Development Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor as chief guest. It was […]
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