Tag: Murder

Woman axes husband to death for not purchasing new dress for...

 DADU: A woman axed to death her husband for not purchasing a new dress for her on Saturday. Police said that a woman hailing from...

SC acquits man accused of burning his wife alive

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday overturned the life sentence handed to a man who was convicted in 2012 for allegedly burning his...

Child maid’s murder forces Pakistan to soul search

ISLAMABAD: The battered body of 16-year-old servant Uzma Bibi was found dumped in a canal and her wealthy employer charged with murder, the latest...

Poverty-stricken man kills four children in Gujrat

GUJRAT: A poverty-stricken man axed his four children, including three daughters and a son, to death here on Friday. According to police, the accused was...

Nine-year-old boy kills sister in Sargodha

A nine-year-old boy killed his sister on Tuesday night allegedly over a domestic dispute, police said. According to reports, Ali Hassan allegedly shot down his...

Royal adviser fired over Khashoggi murder absent from Saudi trial: sources

RIYADH: A Saudi royal adviser has been fired over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He is not among the 11 suspects on trial...

Student kills professor over ‘anti-Islam’ comments

A student at Government Sadiq Egerton College in Bahawalpur killed Professor Khalid Hameed of the English department over latter's alleged 'anti-Islam' comments. Principal Wali Muhammad...

Kohistan honour killing: Petitioner gunned down in Abbottabad

ABBOTTABAD: Unknown assailants on Wednesday gunned down Afzal Kohistani, a young man pursuing Kohistan honour killing case in the Supreme Court. According to reports, unidentified gunmen...

Jirga orders couple’s murder in name of ‘honour’

KARACHI: A 25-year-old man and a woman were murdered in the name of honour on Saturday on the orders of a jirga in Karachi. The...

Unidentified men kill PSP leader in Karachi

Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) leader Abdul Habib Khilji was shot dead by unidentified persons in Karachi on Monday, according to police. Media reports said the...

22-year-old girl raped, murdered in Jamshoro

HYDERABAD: A young woman was allegedly raped and murdered at her house in the Jamshoro district on Saturday. According to the police, the 22-year-old victim,...

SP Dawar’s family demands int’l commission to probe murder

--Son of deceased officer dissatisfied with progress made by govt-formed JIT SP Tahir Khan Dawar’s family expressed dismay at the government’s inability to make progress in...

JIT formed to probe GB male teenager’s rape, murder

GILGIT: The Gilgit Baltistan (GB) home department has formed a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the murder of the 14-year-old, seventh-grade student Didar Hussain in...

Milkman among two held for ‘raping, murdering’ minor girl

FAISALABAD: Police on Saturday arrested two people, including a milkman, for allegedly raping and killing a seven-year-old girl in Faisalabad. According to police, dead body of the...

Court orders police to file case against woman for ‘killing’ cat

A city court in Karachi on Friday ordered registration of a case against a woman for allegedly murdering a pet cat in a road accident. According...

Transgender community protests against murder, delay in treatment of eunuch

PESHAWAR: The transgender community on Monday held a protest demonstration against the murder of a eunuch in Karak and the delay in treatment of another who...

Husband among five arrested for murder of public prosecutor

HAFIZABAD: Five suspects including the husband of public prosecutor Naila Amjad have been arrested in the latter’s murder case on Sunday. On January 11, Assistant District...