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KARACHI: A session’s court on Tuesday sentenced a former policeman to life in prison for wounding his ex-fiancée in an acid attack to avenge the refusal to his marriage proposal in 2015. Zeeshan Umar alias Ali was found guilty of ...

KARACHI: Two women suffered burns in an acid attack on them in Akhtar Colony, Mehmoodabad, on Thursday night, according to police. They said that suspect Yasir threw acid on his former wife, Sana, 27, in her home located in the ...

FAISALABAD: Chairperson National Commission on the Status (NCSW) of Women Nilofar Bakhtiar said that violence against women is a major hindrance and efforts should be made to make them play an active role for the economic growth. She said that ...

OKARA: A man threw acid on two minor sisters travelling by a bus, allegedly after he was denied the seat where the victims were sitting with their aunt. As per the first information report lodged with Haveli Lakha police by ...

GUJRAT: A widowed mother of three children was injured in an acid attack by an assailant at Kacha Khu area of Kunjah city. Reports said Afshan Mushtaq, 35, whose husband had died some time ago, was at her house when ...