Karachi, June 16 2006: A seminar on “Children in Difficult Circumstances in Sindh” was organised by Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), a children rights advocacy group, at a local hotel on June 15. The seminar was attended by a diverse group of audience, ranging form media personnel, human rights […]
KARACHI, June 15 2006: Sindh Home Minister, Rauf Siddiqi has directed that while taking immediate actions the people who give verdict of murder in cases of Karo Kari, be arrested forthwith and awarded exemplary punishment. He issued directive in this regard while taking notice of newspaper report regarding murder of eight persons including four women […]
SUKKUR, June 15 2006: A man chopped off lips and ears of his wife in village Behram Banglani of Shikarpur, on June 13 night. According to reports received here, Soomri Banglani was asleep, when her husband Jalal Banglani attacked her with a knife, chopped off her lips and ears and fled. The injured woman was […]
FAISALABAD, June 15 2006: Unidentified men strangled a girl after raping her in Canal Road area here on June 14. Police said the girl, about 20, was abducted and raped. Later, the accused threw her body at some deserted place. Her body also bore torture marks. The identity of the girl could not be established […]
KARACHI, June 15 2006: The mother of an ll-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by 50-year-old pir in Saeedabad filed a case in the Mochko police station last month against him and said that she will not accept the money that the pir’s family is reportedly offering for her to drop the charges. Shamim, the […]
THATTA, June 14 2006: A minor girl was sexually assaulted by a young man in the village of Gul Hassan Jakharo, 6 kilometers off here, on June 13. On the complaints of Humera’s father, the Thatta police registered a case under the Hudood Ordinance against one Rabadino Mirbahar and arrested him. Meanwhile, Head Muharrir of […]
SUKKUR, June 14 2006: Two women and a man were killed by armed persons on pretexts of Karo-Kari in separate incidents on June 12 Night and June 13. According to reports, one Abdul Haq Umrani suspected that his mother, Hawwa, had illicit relations with his relative Muhammad Umrani, He first gunned down his mother, and […]
KARACHI, June 14 2006: An eleven-year-old girl was murdered after reportedly being raped while two of her sisters, including an 11-month-old baby, were injured by their uncle in Orangi Town June 13. Shamsuddin, a garment worker and resident of Ghaziabad, Orangi Town, went to the NADRA office along with his first wife and father-in-law for […]
KARACHI, June 14 2006: A man killed his 10-year-old niece after allegedly subjecting her to abuse, and wounded her sisters before fleeing from their house in Orangi Town on June 13. Police said that Shamsuddin along with his wife and father-in-law went to the registration office in connection with preparation of a national identity card, […]
KARACHI, June 14 2006: At least six people were killed in different incidents in the metropolis on June 13. A ten-year-old girl was murdered when one of her relatives sexually harassed her and then stabbed her in Orangi Town. According to police, Abdul Rehman, 14, who was a step-uncle of the deceased girl, came to […]
GUJRANWALA, June 12: The bail application of two sisters, who were allegedly raped by policemen at a police station during a dacoity case interrogation, was rejected by a local court here on May 12. District bar association president Ilyas Rehan pursued the case on behalf of the sisters while police opposed their bail for want […]
PESHAWAR, June 13 2006: The handing over of an 11-year-old girl to a rival family in swara was challenged in Peshawar High Court on May 12. A writ petition was filed by two sisters, Sanad Bibi (11) and Shah Izzat Bibi (9), praying the court that a jirga decision in Barawal Banda in Upper Dir […]
ISLAMABAD, June 13 2006: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on May 12 said the government has taken measures in an effect to eradicate child labour from the country by providing children with free education and other basic necessities. He stated this while addressing children from different schools at Parliament House on the International Day against Child […]
SIALKOT, June 13 2006: Two alleged rapists chopped off two fingers of right hand of a married woman after raping her on May 12 at her house for raising an alarm at Kotli Chumbwali, Daska. Police said Tanveer and Naveed stormed into the house of labourer Naseer Ahmad and held his wife ‘S’ hostage. Tanveer […]
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