Month: January 2011

Man booked for `honour killing`

FAISALABAD: City Jaranwala police on Saturday registered a case against two people for killing a girl who contracted marriage against the will of her parents....

Woman gunned down for honour

RAWALPINDI: A woman was gunned down allegedly by her uncle and brother-in-law in the name of honour at her parents` house in Saddar Bairooni area...

Free-will couple claims NGOs abandoned them

KARACHI: Saira Jatoi and Ismail Soomro’s free-will marriage made headlines four years ago. They are still in hiding as they fear for their lives. “NGOs...

Three held for keeping woman in chain

KARACHI: Police booked and arrested on Thursday a young man, his elder brother and sister-in-law for keeping his wife chained in illegal confinement in his...

Woman seeks action against in-laws for assault

SHIKARPUR: A woman Ms Nazia Parveen Soomro, 22, claimed here on Thursday that she has been criminally assaulted by her brothers-in-law after administrating her drugs...