Twenty suspects held in child serial killer investigation in Pakistan

CHUNIAN, PAKISTAN: Pakistani police have detained 20 suspects as they investigate the possibility of a serial killer being behind the suspected murder and sexual assault of three boys in a district which has a history of child abuse and...

Women 24 Sep, 2019

Pakistani father of slain girl blames police for slow action

LAHORE, PAKISTAN: The father of an 8-year-old Pakistani girl whose rape and killing shocked the nation accused the police on Thursday of being slow to respond when his daughter went missing in eastern Punjab province. The father, Anees Ansari,...

Women 11 Jan, 2018

Two dead in protests over Pakistan girl's rape and murder

LAHORE, PAKISTAN: Two civilians were killed when officers fired live rounds to disburse crowds that attacked a police station in Pakistan on Wednesday in a protest over the rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl. Police recovered the body of...

Women 11 Jan, 2018

1 dead, 24 injured in Tanahun bus accident

DAMAULI: A person died and 24 others were injured when a bus met with an accident at Byas Municipality-8 of Tanahun district along the Prithivi Highway on Thursday. According to Superintendent of Police Umesh Raj Joshi, the deceased has been...

Travel 02 Feb, 2017

Words worth

Neither A Hawk Nor A Dove by Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, hardbound, published by Penguin Books, pp 851, Rs 1,598 The Hindus: An Alternative History by Wendy Doniger, paperback, published by Speaking Tiger, pp 779, Rs 1,246 The Queen by Triffany...