FAISALABAD: A man shot a girl dead on Sunday in Chak 18-JB and later committed suicide. Khadim Hussain, uncle of the deceased girl, told reporters that Ejaz Ahmad, a neighbour, had courted Aasia*, who had refused his advances. “Ejaz met ...
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SUKKUR: Leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and religious minority groups on Saturday launched a campaign in Sukkur and Ghoti districts against forced and underage marriages and religious extremism. From the platform of the Marvi ...
Read More »No honour in rape
By: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto On May 25 seven dacoits scaled the walls of a house in Rasulabad in Khairpur, Sindh. They robbed the family of everything they had and then raped the four women of the house – three sisters, ...
Read More »Bail plea of man charged with attempted rape rejected
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday dismissed the bail petition of an accused charged with attempted rape of an eight-year-old girl. A single bench of Justice Ikramullah Khan dismissed the bail petition of Mujahid Shah, a resident of ...
Read More »Woman with two kids commit suicide
BAHAWALPUR: A woman along with her two children committed suicide by jumping into 3-R Canal near Chak 28 Liaqatpur on Tuesday. Shakeela Bibi and her husband Ghulam Abbas exchanged hot words with each other over school fee of their son. ...
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