The killers of six-year-old Saad, criminals Ahsan and Sohail, have confessed to abducting, raping and killing the child before the court. Miscreants killed the child after abusing him in Landhi, Karachi. According to details, the case hearing of the abduction, rape and murder of a child took place. The Judicial Magistrate (East) recorded the confessional […]
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Suspects booked for murder of three transgender persons
A first information report (FIR) was registered against suspects who allegedly gunned down three transgender persons in Karachi, it emerged on Monday. The bodies of three transgender individuals were recovered from Karachi’s Memon Goth area after midnight on Sunday, according to Edhi Information Centre. It said the bodies were found riddled with bullet holes and […]
WhatsApp dispute turns deadly: Man charged with murder after group removal
A man in Peshawar has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting the administrator of a community WhatsApp group, Mushtaq Ahmed who removed him from the chat. Police documents confirm that a suspect named Ashfaq has been arrested in connection with the crime. According to Mushtaq’s brother, the dispute started when Mushtaq removed Ashfaq […]
The 2012 gang rape and murder that shocked India
The ordeal of a young woman gang-raped and killed on a Delhi bus on December 16, 2012 appalled India and the world and shone a spotlight on the scourge of sexual crimes against women. – What happened – Jyoti Singh, 23, was returning home from watching “Life of Pi” at the cinema with a male […]
Arshad Sharif murder: Govt forms new JIT on Supreme Court’s order
The federal government on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that a new joint investigation team (JIT) has been formed to probe the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif. Yesterday, the Supreme Court SC sought names of Joint Investigation Team (JIT) members, formed by the federal government to probe the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif. […]
Arshad Sharif murder: FIA probing team returns home
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team which went to Kenya to investigate the killing of senior journalist Arshad Sharif returned home after investigation. The committee, which comprises an official from the Intelligence Bureau and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), interrogated Khurram Ahmed, who was driving the vehicle carrying the slain journalist and his brother Waqar Ahmed […]
Most murders of journalists go unpunished: UNESCO
An overwhelming majority of killings of journalists across the world go unpunished, a United Nations agency reported on Wednesday. “Impunity for killings of journalists remains unacceptably high at 86 percent,” said UNESCO, the United Nations cultural organisation whose brief includes media issues. UNESCO called for “all necessary measures to ensure that crimes committed against journalists […]
Noor’s family seeks early hanging of convict
Noor’s family seeks early hanging of convict. Parents of a 27-year-old girl who was brutally murdered by one of her acquaintances in the federal capital last July have denied the rumors they are open to the possibility of making a compromise with their daughter’s killer who was recently sentenced to death by a local court, […]
Cops: Ex-grad student suspected in Arizona professor killing
A University of Arizona professor who authorities say was fatally shot on campus by a former graduate student was an expert on desert water issues who faculty and former students described as a kind and brilliant colleague. School officials identified Thomas Meixner, who had headed the school’s Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, as the […]
2 South American researchers murdered in Missouri
Missouri homicide and arson detectives are investigating the deaths of two South American researchers whose bodies were found after a weekend apartment fire near the Kansas City biomedical research center where they worked. Kansas City police identified the victims as Camila Behrensen, 24, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Pablo Guzmán Palma, 25, of Santiago, Chile. […]