Tag: Murdered

SHC lawyer among six murdered

A Sindh High Court (SHC) lawyer and five others were killed in separate incidents across Karachi on Tuesday. SHC lawyer Abdul Waheedul Rehman was...

Couple murdered in Sohrab Goth

A man and his wife were found murdered in Sohrab Goth on Friday. The couple was allegedly killed by brother of the murdered woman....

I can prove Bhutto was judicially murdered: former Sindh governor

The constitution is the sprit of the country and judiciary is the soul, but both were crushed by the military dictators in the past....

A-levels student murdered in robbery

An A Level student was murdered while resisting a robbery at his house in Wapda Town in the Sattukatla police precincts on Thursday. A...

A-levels student murdered in robbery

An A Level student was murdered while resisting a robbery at his house in Wapda Town in the Sattukatla police precincts on Thursday. A...

ANP ward president, two cops murdered

At least four people, including Awami National Party (ANP) Lyari Ward president and two cops, were gunned down in the metropolis on Friday. Docks...

Two lawyer brothers murdered; colleagues boycott courts

Two brothers, both lawyers, were gunned down by unidentified assailants in the Musharraf Colony area of Mauripur on Saturday. As the news of the...

… murdered on his doorstep

LAHORE - A youth was murdered by some unidentified men on his doorstep in Samanabad on Thursday. The deceased, identified as Farrukh son of Mohammad Farooq, resided on the Jehangir Street in Samanabad. Police said that Farrukh worked in a private bus company and was married almost three months ago.
On Thursday, some unidentified men visited his house and asked his mother that they intended to see Farrukh, who, when appeared, was shot at. Farrukh was rushed to a local hospital

Man murdered in South Cantt

LAHORE - A 30 year old man was shot dead from by individuals in a car in South Cantt area on Sunday. The victim identified as Naveed Gujar, hailed from Silakot. On the day of incident, Naveed was on his way on a rickshaw when an unidentified car intercepted him near Bhatta Chowk, fired at him and drove away.
The injured Naveed was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police said that Saddar Silakot police had registered a murder case against the victim Naveed

MQM activist among 10 murdered

KARACHI - At least 10 people, including an MQM activist, were killed in different violent incidents in the city on Friday. An activist of the MQM was gunned down by unidentified armed men in the Garden area.
Shahjahan, 24, son of Qasim, was shot in the wee hours of Friday and rushed to the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK), where he succumbed to his injuries. The deceased was a worker of MQM Unit 30 of Garden Sector. The body of the victim was handed over to his family after

Woman among two murdered

SAHIWAL - Two people, including a woman, were murdered in separate incidents. In the first incident, four unknown people entered the dera of Muzammal, a resident of Cahk No 59/4R, and on the pretext of holding a meeting with him. they took him to nearby fields and shot him dead. In the second incident, Imran Ahmed murdered Farzana, a resident of Chak No 67/4R, on the doubt that she had relation with a young man of the same village.

Woman murdered in a family feud

LAHORE - A woman was allegedly killed by her brother-in-law in Mustafabad police precincts on Friday. The deceased, identified as Tahira (40), a mother of two, was a resident of Dharampura. She contracted marriage with Muhammad Arshad four years ago. Tahira's sister, Safia, was killed by Arshad's family member, who was jailed later on. Police investigators told that Tahira was following her sister's case, despite being pressurized by her in-laws not to follow the case.
Tahira was

SC judge’s parents murdered in Lahore Cantt

LAHORE - Senior Supreme Court Judge Javed Iqbal's father and mother were murdered on Tuesday in mysterious circumstances at their Cavalry Grounds home, by hitherto unidentified burglars, possibly for resisting them, the city police chief Aslam Tareen told Pakistan Today. The judge's elderly parents were identified as retired police DIG-turned-homeopath Abdul Hameed and his wife Amna, residents of House No 164, Street No 7, Cavalry Grounds, Lahore, where Mr Hameed ran a small clinic.

Murdered, injured, raped… Sindhi women continue to suffer

KARACHI - There has been no let-up in gender-based violence in Sindh, reveals a six-month report compiled by the Aurat Foundation (AF) in collaboration with Irish NGO Trocaire.
PML-F MPA Marvi Rashdi, AF Karachi Resident Director Mahnaz Rahman, AF representatives Shireen Aijaz and Fareeda Tahir, and others formally launched the report titled 'Policy and Data Monitor on Violence against Women' based on the period between July and December 2010, at the Karachi Press Club on

Aurat Foundation-Trocaire report on gender-based violence – Murdered, injured and raped…...

KARACHI - There has been no let-up in gender-based violence in Sindh, reveals a six-month report compiled by the Aurat Foundation (AF) in collaboration with Irish NGO Trocaire.
PML-F MPA Marvi Rashdi, AF Karachi Resident Director Mahnaz Rahman, AF representatives Shireen Aijaz and Fareeda Tahir, and others formally launched the report titled 'Policy and Data Monitor on Violence against Women' based on the period between July and December 2010, at the Karachi Press Club on

Murdered model provides real-life drama for Bollywood

NEW DELHI - A new Bollywood film comes out this week based on the real-life murder of a fashion model by the son of a leading lawmaker, in a case that cast a spotlight on the corrupt nexus of police and politics. "No One Killed Jessica" tracks the fight for justice for Jessica Lal, who was working as a celebrity barmaid at a fashionable New Delhi restaurant in 1999 when she was gunned down for refusing to serve a customer a drink.
The prime suspect, Manu Sharma, whose father

Badar says Musharraf murdered Benazir

LAHORE: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) considered former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf as former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's killer and he would soon be brought to justice in accordance with the UN report on Benazir's assassination, PPP Secretary General Senator Jahangir Badar said on Saturday.
He made these remarks while talking to journalists at Benazir's pictorial exhibition at the Alhamra Art Gallery. Badar said that the PPP-led federal government would bring