Trainee nurse raped, burnt to death
KARACHI: A trainee nurse was kidnapped, raped, tortured and burnt to death in Surjani Town on Monday evening, police said. They added that the body...
12-year-old chairs jirga, issues decree
SUKKUR: A twelve-year-old boy, Fateh Mohammad Nandwani, on Monday chaired a tribal court (jirga) and passed a decree ordering a man to pay a fine...
Fata sees modest increase in literacy
PESHAWAR: The government has claimed a modest increase in the boys and girls’ literacy rate in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). “Literacy rate for...
Double murder: PML-F MNA wins protective bail in Shikarpur jirga case
KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Maqbool Baqar granted on Monday protective bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) MNA Ghous Bux Mahar. MNA Mahar...
Sindh Assembly rejects CII’s ‘anti-women’ recommendations
KARACHI: Rejecting the recent ‘anti-women’ recommendations of the Council of Islamic Ideology regarding no minimum age requirement for marriage, against DNA test in rape cases,...