The sound of gunfire took the University of Karachi by storm in a splendid demonstration put forward by the Special Security Unit (SSU) of the Sindh Police on 24, 2025, in the Chinese Teachers’ Memorial Auditorium. Karachi University’s Department of Criminology partnered with the Special Security Unit (SSU) of the Sindh Police to deliver an...
A young bride, merely nineteen years of age, lost her battle with death after allegedly being subjected to brutal acts of domestic and sexual violence at the hands of her husband, Ashok. The victim, identified as Shanti, succumbed to her injuries at Civil Hospital’s Trauma Centre in Karachi on July 23, 2025, just days after...
A simple ‘no’ took the life of a young lady with a bright future ahead of her. Kinza, a 19-year-old student of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University in Rawalpindi, was brutally murdered after rejecting a marriage proposal. Kinza was traveling home by bus from Rawalpindi to her hometown in Jhang, maintaining contact with...
Sardar Sherbaz Satakzai, a prominent tribal leader and the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a couple in Balochistan’s Dagari area, was arrested and presented before an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Quetta. The court, presided over by Judge Muhammad Mubeen, granted a two-day physical remand to the Special Crime Investigation Wing (SCIW) for further...
In the later hours of Sunday, July 20, 2025, a horrifying video took the internet by storm, depicting the brutal execution of a young couple in Balochistan following a jirga’s decision, citing the reason behind the barbaric murder to be the couple’s decision to enter into a love marriage, against the customs of their tribe....
On July 20, 2025, Pakistan’s security forces conducted a successful intelligence-based operation in Kalat district, Balochistan, neutralizing four terrorists associated with the group termed Fitna-tul-Hindustan by authorities. The operation, executed on July 19–20, targeted militants linked to attacks aimed at destabilizing the region. A significant cache of weapons, explosives, and a flag associated with the...
On July 20, 2025, Pakistan’s security forces, in collaboration with the Police, Levies, Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), and district administration, conducted a successful joint operation in Malakand district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, targeting militants associated with the group referred to as Fitna al-Khawarij, a term used by Pakistani authorities to describe the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The operation, which...
Pakistan’s Senate passed the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025, abolishing the death penalty for publicly stripping a woman and harboring hijackers, replacing it with life imprisonment or up to 25 years in prison. The bill, introduced by Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry, aligns with EU GSP+ trade requirements and ICCPR standards, aiming to...
On July 19, 2025, the District and Sessions Court in Islamabad issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur in a case involving the alleged recovery of liquor and illegal weapons from 2016. Judicial Magistrate Mubashir Hassan Chishti rejected Gandapur’s plea for exemption from personal appearance and ordered the police to...
The Karachi Water Corporation (KWC) is once again under scrutiny following allegations of serious irregularities in the issuance of subsoil water licenses. The corporation has suspended Engineer Muhammad Subhan Akhtar and issued a show-cause notice to Chief Security Officer Lieutenant Colonel (Retd.) M. Anjum Tauqeer Malik, signaling the start of a formal departmental inquiry. The...