In a distressing illustration of severe political polarization, a father in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, shot and killed his young son after a heated dispute over the refusal to remove the…
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Peshawar Reports 53 Cases of Forced Marriages Last Year, Actual Numbers Believed to Be Higher
Official figures reveal that Peshawar witnessed a total of 53 reported cases of forced marriages involving women and underage girls in the last year. These inhuman cultural practices persist largely…
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Unidentified assailants barged into a house in Lakki Marwat and shot dead 11 people of a family. The tragic incident occurred in Tekhtikhel area of Lakki Marwat. The gunmen forced…
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Gold worth millions of rupees have been stolen from a repository of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s shrine, sources in the Auqaf Department revealed on Friday. The stolen gold is worth…
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An Islamabad trial court on Thursday sentenced Shahnawaz Amir to death for the murder of Sarah Inam and imposed a fine of Rs1 million on him, which would be paid…
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Three Mutahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) workers were shot dead and others injured when Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) members fired on them, the party claimed Monday. In a statement, the party…
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Four people including former PML-N Jhang UC chairman and his son were shot dead on Lathrar Road here the other day. Former UC chairman Syed Ibrar Shah, his son, driver…
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Hours after Pakistani cricketers Sohaib Maqsood and Aamer Yamin complained about corruption by the Sindh police on social media, four policemen of the Sakrand police station, who were involved in…
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The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday said it has arrested five suspected terrorists linked to banned outfits during operations carried out in different cities of the province. In…
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The investigation officer (IO) probing the Karachi school principal rape case on Tuesday revealed that the number of victims targeted by the suspect is in excess of 45. A first…
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A woman was allegedly stoned and clubbed to death by her husband and his accomplices in the name of honour at the Chucha Border Military Police (BMP) station in Rajanpur.…
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The initial medical examination of the 10-year-old domestic worker, Fatima, who allegedly suffered fatal abuse by a spiritual leader in Ranipur, has confirmed signs of physical violence inflicted upon her.…
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The Khairpur Police have arrested Pir Asad Shah Jeelani, a member of the influential Pirs of Ranipur, for allegedly torturing his 10-year-old maid Fatima Furiro to death. The alleged brutal…
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The wife of civil judge Asim Hafeez, who is facing the charges of alleged torture and abuse of a 14-year-old girl, was arrested outside a local court in the federal…
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Unidentified armed men on Wednesday shot dead Sindh MPA Aslam Abro’s brother and nephew in a “targeted attack” in Karachi’s Defence Housing Society (DHA) Phase VII near Ayesha Mosque. SSP…
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The capital police have booked the wife of a civil judge involved in alleged torture on a 13-year-old maid with criminal intimidation and wrongful confinement, without mentioning physical torture on…
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The funeral prayer of DIG Shariq Jamal who was mysteriously found dead yesterday was offered in Icchra. DIG Operations Lahore Ali Nasir Rizvi, Additional IG Operations Punjab Shahzad Sultan, DIG…
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A gang of dacoits attacked a place of worship — reportedly with “rocket launchers” —belonging to members of the Hindu community in Sindh’s Kashmore during the early hours of Sunday.…
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A Rawalpindi special court on Saturday granted the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) four-day physical remand of the nine suspects that were arrested a day ago for allegedly blackmailing the financially…
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News Analysis: No check on rogue loan apps preying on the poor/ Ammar Habib Khan
Over the last twelve to eighteen months, there has been a surge in digital loan sharks in Pakistan that use technology to increase their outreach and destroy lives and families…