Chief Minister (CM) Balochistan Mir Sarfraz Bugti on Sunday strongly condemned the brutal murder of Waleed Saleh, brother of MPA Rehmat Saleh Baloch, in Panjgur, calling it a serious and condemnable attempt to sabotage the peace of the province. He has also sought an immediate report on the incident. The CM expressed deep sorrow and […]
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No Honour in Murder
A young man in Okara shot his two sisters in their home. He did not run or hide. He surrendered, gun still warm, confident that Pakistan would treat him less as a criminal and more as a custodian of family “honour.” Just two months earlier, in Balochistan, a young couple was executed for marrying without […]
Accused confess in court, reveal horrific details of assaulting, murdering minor
The killers of six-year-old Saad, criminals Ahsan and Sohail, have confessed to abducting, raping and killing the child before the court. Miscreants killed the child after abusing him in Landhi, Karachi. According to details, the case hearing of the abduction, rape and murder of a child took place. The Judicial Magistrate (East) recorded the confessional […]
Suspects booked for murder of three transgender persons
A first information report (FIR) was registered against suspects who allegedly gunned down three transgender persons in Karachi, it emerged on Monday. The bodies of three transgender individuals were recovered from Karachi’s Memon Goth area after midnight on Sunday, according to Edhi Information Centre. It said the bodies were found riddled with bullet holes and […]
WhatsApp dispute turns deadly: Man charged with murder after group removal
A man in Peshawar has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting the administrator of a community WhatsApp group, Mushtaq Ahmed who removed him from the chat. Police documents confirm that a suspect named Ashfaq has been arrested in connection with the crime. According to Mushtaq’s brother, the dispute started when Mushtaq removed Ashfaq […]
The 2012 gang rape and murder that shocked India
The ordeal of a young woman gang-raped and killed on a Delhi bus on December 16, 2012 appalled India and the world and shone a spotlight on the scourge of sexual crimes against women. – What happened – Jyoti Singh, 23, was returning home from watching “Life of Pi” at the cinema with a male […]
Arshad Sharif murder: Govt forms new JIT on Supreme Court’s order
The federal government on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that a new joint investigation team (JIT) has been formed to probe the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif. Yesterday, the Supreme Court SC sought names of Joint Investigation Team (JIT) members, formed by the federal government to probe the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif. […]
Arshad Sharif murder: FIA probing team returns home
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team which went to Kenya to investigate the killing of senior journalist Arshad Sharif returned home after investigation. The committee, which comprises an official from the Intelligence Bureau and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), interrogated Khurram Ahmed, who was driving the vehicle carrying the slain journalist and his brother Waqar Ahmed […]
Most murders of journalists go unpunished: UNESCO
An overwhelming majority of killings of journalists across the world go unpunished, a United Nations agency reported on Wednesday. “Impunity for killings of journalists remains unacceptably high at 86 percent,” said UNESCO, the United Nations cultural organisation whose brief includes media issues. UNESCO called for “all necessary measures to ensure that crimes committed against journalists […]
Noor’s family seeks early hanging of convict
Noor’s family seeks early hanging of convict. Parents of a 27-year-old girl who was brutally murdered by one of her acquaintances in the federal capital last July have denied the rumors they are open to the possibility of making a compromise with their daughter’s killer who was recently sentenced to death by a local court, […]