Court & Crimes
Karachi Rangers Arrest Three Extortionists in Liaquatabad Operation
Karachi (HRNW)- Rangers conducted an operation in the Liaquatabad Super Market area of Central Karachi based on intelligence information. According to a Rangers spokesperson, three extortionists were arrested during the operation and handed over to the police for further legal action. The spokesperson stated that the suspects used to collect around Rs 400,000 in extortion daily…
Islamic Ideology Council Recommends Divorce Permissible After Husband’s Disappearance
Islamabad, Pakistan (HRNW)- The Islamic Ideology Council (IIC) has recommended allowing wives to seek divorce two years after a husband goes missing. During a recent council meeting, members strongly condemned terrorism, highlighting attacks in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and affirming that the nation stands united with the armed forces against terrorism. The council’s statement outlined…
FIA Investigation Clarified in Case of Woman’s Sons and Sons-in-Law Killed in Alleged Police Encounters
Islamabad, Pakistan (HRNW)- Additional Sessions Judge Shafqat Shehbaz Raja has clarified the scope of FIA investigations and proceedings in the case concerning a woman’s three sons and two sons-in-law killed in alleged police encounters. According to the written judgment, the pending complaint is before the Deputy Director Coordination at FIA Headquarters Islamabad, and the Director…
Court Summons Sindh IGP Over Non-Submission of Report in Kidnapping for Ransom Case
Karachi, Pakistan (HRNW)- The court has expressed strong displeasure over the failure of the Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) to submit a report in a kidnapping for ransom case arising from a business dispute, and has summoned the IGP to appear at the next hearing. The court also ordered ASI Rasheed, who registered the case,…
Court Hands 37-Year Jail Term to Bashir Ahmed in Quetta Murder Case
Quetta, Pakistan (HRNW)- A local court has sentenced Bashir Ahmed to a total of 37 years in prison and imposed a fine of PKR 300,000 in connection with the murder of a young man in Junijo Town in August 2024, which stemmed from a business dispute. According to court orders, the fine amount will be…
Indonesian Couple Publicly Flogged for Alcohol and Unmarried Sex Under Sharia Law
ACEH, Indonesia (HRNW)- In a controversial enforcement of Sharia law, a couple in Aceh, Indonesia, was publicly flogged 140 times for allegedly consuming alcohol and engaging in sexual relations outside marriage. Witnesses reported that the punishment was carried out in a crowded public square, drawing both attention and condemnation from human rights observers. Aceh is…
Pakistan Customs Seizes Gold and Commercial Goods at Jinnah International Airport
KARACHI, Pakistan (HRNW)- Pakistan Customs officials at International Arrivals, Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, intercepted 1,185 grams of gold jewellery along with a commercial quantity of cosmetics, perfumes, and handbags from a passenger arriving from the USA. The seized items, valued at approximately Rs. 58 million, have been taken into custody, and an FIR has…
Supreme Court Bans Use of ‘Bakhidmat Janab’ in FIRs, Orders Modernized Language in Police Records
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (HRNW)- The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled that the outdated term “Bakhidmat Janab” (Your Servant) may no longer be used when addressing Station House Officers (SHOs) in police records. The decision was issued by Justice Salahuddin Panwhar following a point raised by Judicial Law Clerk Mohammad Subhan Malik. The Court clarified that…
Afghanistan: Taliban Unveils Draconian Penal Code, Solidifying Institutionalized Oppression
Kabul, Afghanistan – (HRNW)– New reports today reveal a chilling development in Afghanistan, as the Taliban has quietly rolled out a new “Principles of Criminal Procedures” penal code. This 58-page document, meticulously crafted away from international scrutiny, is set to further institutionalize discrimination and cement a caste-like social system across the country. Human rights organizations…
Chief Justice Yahya Afridi: Payment of Agreed Haq Mehr is a Legal Obligation on the Husband
Islamabad (HRNW) — A two-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, headed by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi, heard a petition concerning the payment of Haq Mehr (dower). During the proceedings, the Chief Justice made it clear that the Haq Mehr amount recorded in the Nikah Nama (marriage contract) is a legal and moral obligation…