Domestic violence cases quadruple: As per the biannual report by the Sustainable Social Development Organisation (SSDO), “Tracking Numbers: State of Violence Against Women and Children in Pakistan”, domestic violence and child abuse ...

Man murders wife, burns corpse: Nazim Masih of Murdike in Sheikhupura district, Punjab, is accused of murdering his wife Parveen after a domestic dispute on Sunday, August 9, and then setting her body alight. According to the initial ...

Arrest for same-sex marriage: Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench issues arrest warrant for Aakash, previously Aasma, for contracting same-sex marriage. Aakash said he had undergone a sex-change operation, but went into hiding ...

Civil rights in KP under threat: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Actions (In Aid of Civil Power) Ordinance, granting the military far-reaching authority to arrest anyone from anywhere within the province and detain them for indefinite ...

Infant girl thrown off building; survives: Police detained a man and woman for allegedly dropping a newborn girl from the second floor of a building in Karachi’s Baloch Colony neighbourhood. The incident took place in the early morning of ...

Honour killing scourge in Malir: The father of Sumaira Akram Khan, 20, reported to police that his son had murdered both his daughter and her husband Zahid, 21 for marrying of their free will in Malir, Karachi. Acting upon the father’s ...

Man murdered for “blasphemy”: An elderly man accused of blasphemy was gunned down within the premises of the Peshawar Judicial Complex on Wednesday, July 29. The accused had been summoned from the Peshawar Central Jail for a ...

Ahmadis cannot perform sacrifice: LHCBA: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) called upon the federal government to bar the Ahmadiyya community from performing ritual sacrifices on Eid al-Azha. In a letter to the interior ...

Minor boy raped in Shikarpur: A 10 year old orphan boy was abducted, tortured, and raped by two suspects in Shikarpur, Sindh on Sunday, July 26. According to the victim’s relatives, the boy was abducted while he was out playing in ...

Newlyweds found murdered: Newlyweds Saleem Saeen and Aisha (real name Hina) were found dead with their throats slashed in their home in Karachi’s Nazimabad area. According to police, the couple had married around four ...