Why aren’t rape victims screened for STDs or infectious diseases?
By: Mahnoor Sherazee KARACHI: Most medico legal officers (MLOs) at public sector hospitals throughout the city do not test rape victims for sexually transmitted diseases,...
Woman shot dead over Karo-Kari in Larkana
LARKANA: According to Risaldar police, in village Mir Khan Khoso, a young woman by the name of Randhi, wife of Majeed Jakhrani, was killed by...
Parents identify girl killed after being kidnapped
KARACHI: An eight-year-old girl found dead on a vacant plot opposite the Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre of Karachi University on Wednesday afternoon was identified on...
Woman killed in Korangi
KARACHI: A young woman was shot dead at her parents’ house in Korangi on Thursday, police said. They added that 24-year-old Haleema, wife of Mohammad...
Family of ‘rape’ victim offered shelter in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is ready to offer residential facility in Peshawar to the family of an alleged gang rape victim, of Karak, if...