Category: Crime

A student of Multan’s Nishtar Medical University (NMU) was reportedly kidnapped from the university campus and gang raped by two men. 

Media reports suggest that the prime suspect, who kidnapped the student, is an employee of the university, while the second suspect is his friend.

An initial investigation by the police says that the suspects drove the girl to an unknown location, away from the university premises and raped her.

Dawn quotes Multan Regional Police Officer (RPO) Sohail Chaudhry as saying that the police acted promptly upon receiving the information and arrested the two suspects. 

Dawn’s Asif Chaudhry reported that a senior NMU doctor said that the girl was in trauma. 

The doctor also claimed that senior doctors are putting pressure on the university and hospital management to take up the matter with the police.

However, a medical examination and DNA testing are yet to be carried out. 

Multan Cantonment SP Tahir Majeed told media that the police is trying to get a medical examination and DNA test to proceed with the case. 

Notably, Nishtar Medical University Multan has been in the spotlight for the last few months because of the violation of medical protocols at the dialysis unit, causing more than 30 patients to contract Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections during dialysis treatment at the medical centre on October 26.

The incident surfaced when a patient breathed his last of HIV/AIDs complications and was identified as Shahnawaz (40). He was under treatment at the nephrology department of the hospital, where the doctors contacted the institute’s top management to refer him to the isolation ward for immediate care soon after he tested positive for HIV/AIDs after the completion of a dialysis session.

Following the incident, panic spread among the doctors, nurses and other employees of the nephrology department when news broke out that HIV/AIDS infections were transmitted to 30 other patients.

Investigation revealed that the police identified 30-35 people, including the Nishtar Hospital staff, who were behind the alleged tampering of the record of the kidney patients tested positive for HIV/AIDS. 

However, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) expressed support for the medics, including the Nishtar Medical University (NMU) Vice Chancellor, who was suspended for negligence that resulted in infections of dozens of kidney patients with HIV in the hospital based on the findings of the probe committee made by the Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz.

A young nurse in Karachi, wanting to marry off her own will, was rescued by police from confinement by her family, who had shaved her head as a punishment. 

Police officials reported on Sunday that Naz Fatima, who works as a nurse at the Ojha campus of the Dow University of Health Sciences, had been forcefully confined to her father’s home.

Quaidabad SHO Farasat Shah said that after being informed, a police team raided the house, recovered the victim and arrested four suspects, including the patriarch of the house, Naz Fatima’s father.

The victim had informed the police that her paternal family beat her and shaved her head because they would not allow her to marry someone of her own choice.

The police informed the media that after being recovered, the victim later registered a case against her father Niaz Husain, uncle Kaleem Husain and others under sections 342 (wrongful confinement), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 337-V (Arsh for hair), 337-A-I (punishment of shajjah) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

Additionally, Naz stated in the FIR that her parents separated around seven months ago, after which she, along with her three sisters, began living with their mother in a rented house in Qadhafi Town.  Her father had been pestering her and her sisters to move in with him in Daud Chali, Quaidabad.

However, on December 12, her father beat her and her sisters, prompting them to temporarily seek refuge at her friend’s house in Green Town.

On December 20, Naz’s father, accompanied by her uncle and other relatives, stormed into her friend’s house in the afternoon, beat her, tore her clothes and shaved her head.

Then, they forcibly took her to his house in Quaidabad, where she was held in confinement until she managed to contact her lawyer. 

Naz’s lawyer then reported her ordeal to the police, and she was subsequently recovered from wrongful confinement.

Further investigation into the case is underway.

A mother of two has slit the throats of her twin sons for “crying too much”.

As per the details, the mother, Komal Shah of Garibabad in Nawabshah, killed Muhammad Raza and Muhammad Hamza because they were “screaming and shouting”.

The three-and-a-half-year-old twins were killed within the jurisdiction of the Airport Police Station. Conflicting reports, however, said both children were five and not three.

SHO concerned Sanaullah Panhwar told media that they found the bodies of the twin brothers in separate rooms with their throats slit. A knife suspected to be the murder weapon was also recovered, and Komal was taken into custody for investigation.

While the bodies of the deceased were shifted to Peoples Medical University Hospital for autopsy, no case has been filed against the mother, he said.

If the family does not file a case, the official added, a case will be registered with the government as claimant.

He concluded that the incident would be investigated from every angle.

The father of the murdered children, devastated by the loss, told the police that since the birth of the children, his wife’s mental health had deteriorated. “I forgive my wife for the murder of my young children,” he said.

Other family members and neighbours also testified that the woman was mentally unstable.

It is pertinent to note that more than one in every 10 women suffer from postpartum depression.

It is characterised by emotional highs and lows, frequent crying, fatigue, guilt, anxiety and possible issues with caring for the baby.

The condition of extreme illness is called postpartum psychosis, which requires emergency medical attention. Cleveland Clinic explains that his condition is characterized by severe agitation, confusion, feelings of hopelessness and shame, insomnia, paranoia, delusions or hallucinations, hyperactivity, rapid speech or mania. Patients with postpartum psychosis require immediate medical attention since there is an increased risk of suicide and risk of harm to the baby as well. The treatment usually includes hospitalization, psychotherapy and medication.

However, if it remains untreated, women experience suicidal thoughts or the urge to kill their children and may eventually do so. 

A police officer in Karachi has shot dead a robber despite the latter surrendering to him, a viral CCTV video has revealed.

As per the details, the video being shared over the internet showed an encounter between two cops and a street criminal in the Parda Park are of the port city.

According to Geo News, the video was recorded Tuesday when two police officers chased a robber on a motorcycle. As they inched closer to nabbing him, the robber threw his pistol away and got off the bike. He then raised both his hands, surrendering to the cops.

The video then showed the cops parking their motorcycle as at least one of them opens fire at the robber.

The video also showed a large number of people gathering at the site of the incident after hearing the gunshots.

Police, in an official statement, said that multiple robbery cases were registered against the deceased, namely Munir, at various police stations across the city. However, they said, an investigation was being conducted into the firing incident that led to Munir’s death.

Notably, a report released by the City Police Liaison Committee indicated that in the first six months of 2024 alone, 10,304 mobile phones were stolen, and 135 vehicles were snatched at gunpoint.

Moreover, 4,639 motorcycles were stolen during the same period.

Incidents of police harassment and brutality are increasingly becoming common as previously in September, Dr Shahnawaz Kunbhar from Umerkot in Sindh was fatally shot by police in an alleged extra-judicial killing in Mirpurkhas, a day after he was arrested on allegations of blasphemy.

The body was handed over to the family but an angry extremist mob followed them and eventually burnt the body. 

In the days that followed the investigation revealed that the slain doctor was killed in a fake encounter, and 45 suspects were made part of the FIR as the news was highlighted by civil society and media groups, putting pressure on the government to solve the case.

The suspects nominated in the FIR include top police officials and a cleric.

It was suggested in the inquiry report presented by Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar that the family must register an FIR against the suspects.

Greedy robbers snatched pizza from a delivery boy in Faisalabad, the fourth such incident in the last 45 days.

Geo News reported that this is the fourth incident of pizza delivery boys being looted by robbers in the past one and a half months. 

A police official informed the media that two motorcycle-riding robbers robbed a pizza delivery boy named Amanullah near Madina Town police station.

The delivery boy told the police that the suspect had snatched the pizza, the pizza bag, his mobile phone, and Rs 3,000 from him, adding that the robbers fled after looting.

The First Information Report (FIR) of the case has been registered at Madina Town police station.

In previous incidents, the pizza-stealing muggers snatched pizza in the areas of Saddar and other areas under the jurisdiction of the Madina Town police station.

Earlier in November, muggers stole four pizzas from a delivery boy at gunpoint.

Usman, the delivery boy, also registered a case with the police against two unidentified suspects at Saddar Police Station on charges of “pizza robbery”.

Notably, a similar incident took place in the city’s Sufyan Town, where pizzas worth Rs 1,800 were stolen.

However, the police have not yet been able to catch the suspected robbers.

A young man has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself over constant harassment by Sindh police due to his past as a pickpocket.

As per reports, the man took his own life after hanging himself from a ceiling fan in the Meharr area of ​​Dadu.

In a video message recorded prior to the alleged suicide, the man said he was a pickpocket when he was young. He went on to claim that it was a cop who made him a criminal, and despite having given up the life of crime, police were harassing him.

While an investigation into the man’s claims and subsequent death is underway, police maintain a number of theft-related cases were registered against him at various police stations in Meharr. 

He was also previously injured in a police encounter, they added.

Incidents of police harassment and brutality are increasingly becoming common as previously in September, Dr Shahnawaz Kunbhar from Umerkot in Sindh was fatally shot by police in an alleged extra-judicial killing in Mirpurkhas, a day after he was arrested on allegations of blasphemy.

The body was handed over to the family but an angry extremist mob followed them and eventually burnt the body. 

In the days that followed the investigation revealed that the slain doctor was killed in a fake encounter, and 45 suspects were made part of the FIR as the news was highlighted by civil society and media groups, putting pressure on the government to solve the case.

The suspects nominated in the FIR include top police officials and a cleric.

It was suggested in the inquiry report presented by Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar that the family must register an FIR against the suspects.

In Narowal, a suspect being held in the custody of the Shah Gharib Police Station in Narowal was allegedly tortured to death while police claimed that he had committed suicide.

The victim was identified as Muhammad Farooq, son of Mushtaq Ahmed, a resident of village Kadiala who was in police custody on charge of motorcycle theft.

He was found dead in the lock-up. His family has alleged that he was in the custody of the police for the last many days and that police tortured him to death during the interrogation. They outright rejected police claims of suicide.

A case was registered against two officials for negligence in this case.

However, the matter pertaining to the alleged pickpocket in Dadu is still awaiting investigation.

A Bykea rider was shot dead by robbers in the Gulistan-i-Jauhar area of Karachi on Friday afternoon.

Police and Rescue personnel confirmed that the victim was reportedly seated on his motorbike, waiting for a ride near an under-construction building at Munawwar Chowrangi when armed motorcyclists pointed a gun at him and snatched his cell phone. 

CCTV footage that emerged online shows the victim, Fahad Hussain, standing under a tree when two suspects snatched his mobile phone and fled. As the rider resisted, one suspect grabbed him from behind. 

As the robbers were fleeing, the victim tried to follow them, but they fatally shot him and rode away.

Forty-year-old Fahad Hussain was originally a resident of Shah Faisal Colony. 

Police say the crime scene unit has collected evidence from the scene of the incident.

Area SHO Pir Shabbir Haider said that the rider suffered critical bullet wounds and was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where the doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

He said that the victim was associated with the online ride-hailing and delivery service Bykea. Additionally, he stated that the victim’s cell phone could not be found, but his wallet and motorbike were not taken away.

At Jinnah Hospital, the victim’s family demanded justice for Fahad, whose life was cut short in yet another incident of robbery in the city.

The police assured the family of swift action, asserting that they are actively investigating the case. 

Police officials told the media that multiple CCTV footage has been obtained, but the clarity of the recordings remains a challenge as they have been captured from a distance.

Efforts are underway to collect closer footage for better identification of the motorcycle-riding suspects involved in the shooting.

Earlier, the murder of 27-year-old Itteqa Moeen, a gold medallist mechanical engineer, created headlines all over the media where the government was also lambasted for the lack of law and order in the city, yet the situation is worrisome. 

Notably, the number of individuals killed during robbery incidents in Karachi alone this year has reached 110, highlighting the alarming rise in street crimes in the city.

A young student was found dead in the washroom of a private school in Gujranwala.

Dawn reports that following the incident, local police booked the school’s principal, his son and three other higher-ups of the institute, situated in the People’s Colony of Gujranwala city area, on Thursday.

The deceased’s father registered the complaint,  alleging in the FIR that a fellow student poisoned his son to death, seeking a murder case against the alleged suspect.

The deceased was identified as Awais Ahmed by Rescue 1122 and the police sources who had reached the spot after being informed of the incident.

The initial investigation suggests that Awais had reportedly left his home for school in the morning but was found dead in a washroom of the school later in the day.

The boy’s body was shifted to the nearby district headquarters hospital for autopsy. They later handed over the body to the deceased’s family.

In their statement, the family asserted that Ahmed was fine when he left for school.
However, the People’s Colony’s police Station House Officer (SHO) said that the police has started an investigation into the matter.

Meanwhile, the result of the autopsy report is still awaited, which will ascertain the cause of the death with clarity.

Additionally, on the direction of Gujranwala City Police Officer (CPO) Rana Ayaz Saleem, the police has booked the principal of the private school, Zubair, his son Abdul Hadi and three other students under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on the report of Mohsin Yousaf, the elder brother of the deceased ninth-grade student.

The brother had alleged that his brother was a good sportsman, and he has been murdered over jealousy by the suspects.

However, CPO Gujranwala has ordered the Civil Lines Superintendent Police (SP) to hold an inquiry and submit a detailed report on the incident.

Earlier in September, a teenager from Quetta allegedly murdered a young boy whose partially burned corpse was found on September 20 by the local police. 

Mushtaq Hussain, also known as Mehdi was arrested by the Quetta police for killing Arman Ali.

SSP Serious Crimes Unit Zohaib Mohsin told media that the suspect confessed during the investigation to have planned the crime after watching scenes from a crime series on social media.

Mushtaq explained how he executed the plan to the police team. He took a knife and a hammer, hid them in a school bag, and went to the crime scene, where he found a boy flying a kite. Luring the boy with a juice packet, he then attacked him.

He maintained that he did not know the boy and claimed he acted based on what he had seen in the series.

A Judicial Magistrate in Karachi has sentenced a man to nine years in jail for leaking indecent images of his former fiancé under the Prevention of Electronic Crime Act (PECA) on Thursday.

The court sentenced Muhammad Shoaib to nine years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 90,000 on him for taking obscene photos of the woman before posting them on Facebook and Instagram through fake accounts.

If Shoaib fails to pay the fine, he will undergo additional imprisonment.

The case was heard by Judicial Magistrate Yusra Ashfaq, where the man was charged under Sections 20 (dignity of natural person), 21 (modesty of natural person and minor), 24 (cyberstalking) of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016. He was awarded a three-year imprisonment on each count, making his sentence a total of nine years long. 

The court ruled, “The prosecution has demonstrated that the accused tarnished the dignity of the complainant and her family, violated the complainant’s modesty, displayed obscene videos without her consent, and displayed them publicly.”

Additionally, the detailed order also mentioned that the convict has previously been convicted on similar charges back in 2017. “Despite having been convicted in a similar case in 2017, he persisted in his harassment, reportedly utilizing digital platforms to share obscene images and videos of the victim publicly through different modus operandi.”

The court noted that forensic investigation suggests that the convict had leaked the photos and videos with “deliberate intention” to inflict emotional distress over the victim.

Federal Investigation Agency’s Assistant Director-Legal Sheraz Rajpar informs the court that the victim’s father had lodged a complaint against Mohammad Shoaib.

The father informed the FIA Cyber Crime Cell that back in September 2019, his daughter’s inappropriate images and videos were being shared through Instagram and Facebook, which caused distress to his daughter and his family. Notably, his daughter had been engaged to Shoaib, but the relationship ended. 

FIA seized the electronic devices that Shoaib used for making different social media accounts and harassing the victim.

While the convict’s lawyer contended in front of the court that his client was falsely implicated in this crime, the court rejected the defence plea and noted that the evidence available before the court directly infers his involvement in the harassment. 

The other FIR against Shoaib was also registered by the same ex-fiancée, and he was convicted in August 2020 for using different social media platforms, including Gmail and Facebook, to commit similar offences.

However, that conviction was later challenged in the Sindh High Court (SHC), and it is still pending.

“Therefore, the defence’s argument that imposing a punishment would violate the principle of double jeopardy lacks merit as the prior social mediums were Facebook and Gmail,” the court said in the final verdict.