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Nine- year-old bride rescued

JACOBABAD, July 01 2006: A nine-year-old girl, married off to a 70-year-old man to settle a debt area, early this week, has been rescued by police. The girl, Zahida, will be sent to a care centre after a medical examination. Her father is in police custody while her husband of a few days, Abdul SattarPahore, […]


Two girls raped

MAILSI, July 01 2006: Two girls were allegedly raped in as many incidents here on June 30. In the first incident, a girl of Chak 142/WB was going to fields when Farooq, Nasim, Pervez and Rafaqat allegedly abducted her. They took her to an abandoned house where Farooq and Nasim allegedly raped her. In another […]


Three booked over fake rape case

OKARA, July 01 2006: The Gogera police on June 30 booked a man and his two daughters for registering a false case of abduction and rape against their rival kin. Reportedly, Mahabat Ali Jat of the village 26/GD had a case registered with the police some time back accusing Muhammad Akbar Jat, Arshad, Ashraf, Shahadat, […]


Meeting to review Hudood Ordinance today(July 01)

SLAMABAD, July 01 2006: President General Pervez Musharraf will chair a meeting today to review the Hudood Ordinance in the backdrop of ongoing debate in the country and formulate the roadmap for future legislation to bring some changes in the law. Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman Council […]


Four booked under blasphemy act

Khairpur, July 01 2006: Faiz Gunj police has booked four people accused of committing blasphemy on July 30. According to details, Ali Muhammad Arain had lodged an FIR that Mohammad Ayub Arain, Moloo Arain, Akbar Ali Arain, Mohammad Bashir Arain forced his son to convert into Qadianiat by using abusive languages against Hazrat Muhammad (peace […]


Violation of women’s rights

ANIS HAROON June 29 2006: THE incident which took place in the Sindh Assembly on June 21 is most unfortunate. It reflects the mindset of the so-called graduate assembly. If our MPAs get involved in eve-teasing and start harassing their colleagues, what can one expect from a common man on the street? Moreover, the leader […]


Man accuses in-laws of killing his daughter over dowry

PESHAWAR, June 27 2006: Parents of a girl, who reportedly committed suicide two days ago, have accused her in-laws of torturing her to death for not bringing enough dowry’. Saima Begum, 18, was married to 24­year-old Inayat Ali Shah son of Karim Shah, a resident of Dhaki Naal Bandi, Peshawar, some five months ago. Syed […]


Man kills pregnant wife

KARACHI, June 27 2006: A man killed his pregnant wife early June 26 morning in Korangi. Police said Abid Husain, 35, killed his 25-year-old wife, Afsheen, by slitting her throat while she was asleep in their house in Zia Colony, Korangi. Police said after killing his wife, the suspect escaped from the home leaving his […]


Woman killed over Karo- Kari

KHAIRPUR, June 26 2006: A woman was killed by her brother on the pretext of Karo- Kari in Shikarpur police limits on June 25. Report said that at Shaikh Farm one Jamzadi w/o Ali Hassan Shaikh was shot dead by her brother Hatim Ali Shaikh for maintaining illicit relations with a man and fled. Source: […]


10 acquitted in Hudood case

HYDERABAD, June 23 2006: The second additional district and session’s judge, Mr. Amjad Ali Bohyo, on acquitted 10 people, including four women, in a Zina Enforcement Hudood Ordinance case after a girl, Ms Nayab Memon, stated that she had not been abducted. The court acquitted Aachar Khuman, Noor Mohammad, Ameer Bux Arbab, Mushtaq Arbab, Zulfiqar […]


Minor girl killed after sexual assault

KARACHI, June 23 2006: A girl was murdered while police arrested 16 Afghan nationals for illegal border crossing on June 22. A body of a minor girl was found from a drainage course within Pak Colony police jurisdiction. The deceased girl was identified as Maryam, a three-year-old daughter of Shabbir Ahmed and a resident of […]


Three freed as girl denies kidnapping

HYDERABAD, June 23 2006: District and Sessions Judge on ordered the release of the accused imprisoned in the kidnapping case of Nayab Memon of Hala; district Matiari, after the girl recorded her statement that she was not kidnapped and left the home on her own. Nominated persons in the case, including Aachar Kumhan, Noor Mohammad, […]


Criminal assault on abducted peasant girl

HYDERABAD, June 22 2006: A teenage peasant girl from scheduled caste Kolhi family was abducted by her neighbour in Kotri and criminally assaulted by many .persons in captivity at Thatta district, her father claims. The girl belonged to a family that escaped bondage of a landlord some time ago and settled in a makeshift camp […]


Gang-rape victim accuses police of protecting culprits

HYDERABAD, June 21 2006: A 17-year-old girl of Tando Adam in the Sanghar district was gang-raped on June 6, but the culprits are still at large and the police are not supporting her and her family due to the political influence of the culprits. Naila, daughter of Liaquat Ali Rajput, resident of Ahmedpur locality of […]