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Express Tribune
18 hours ago
- Express Tribune
Medical student goes missing from bus
A 24-year-old medical student has gone missing under mysterious circumstances after boarding a bus in Lahore, prompting fears of abduction and triggering a police investigation. Ayyan Afzal, a student of a medical college, reportedly boarded a bus from Bahawalnagar to Lahore, at approximately 5:30pm on Monday. According to family sources, his mobile phone was switched off shortly after he boarded the bus and no contact has been established with him since then. His father, a senior citizen, and other family members grew increasingly anxious after multiple attempts to reach Ayyan failed. Fearing possible abduction, they approached the police to seek immediate help. On the complaint of Tahir Mahmood, the victim's maternal uncle, an FIR has been registered under Section 365 of the Pakistan Penal Code (kidnapping or abduction with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine a person) at Nawan Kot police station.
Express Tribune
18 hours ago
- Express Tribune
Woman held for husband's murder
Police have arrested a woman and an accomplice of hers for murdering her husband by strangulation. The victim had been murdered 10 days ago in Madina Town. According to the FIR registered under Sections 302 and 34 of Pakistan Penal Code, Humaira Bibi had allegedly strangulated her husband Nawaz with the help of Shoaib. Investigators claimed that then woman had confessed during interrogation to having an affair with Shoaib, which her husband had discovered. Refusing to end the relationship, she conspired with Shoaib to murder him. Both suspects have been taken into custody and the investigation is ongoing. Meanwhile, a woman was killed by her husband in a knife attack following a domestic dispute. Police took the body into custody and shifted it to a hospital for post-mortem, following which it was handed over to the family, while efforts were under way to arrest the suspect. According to the FIR lodged by Muhammad Idrees, a resident of Motorway Valley, his 50-year-old mother Abida Parveen had an argument with her husband Allah Ditta. During the altercation, Allah Ditta attacked her with a knife, causing injuries that proved fatal. The Nishatabad police handed over the body to the family of the deceased after completing legal formalities. Police officials said they were conducting raids to arrest the suspect.
Express Tribune
6 days ago
- Express Tribune
SHO, three cops booked for 'extortion'
Despite a court-approved interim bail, police allegedly detained a murder suspect and extorted Rs200,000 in bribes for his release. Following an inquiry that confirmed the allegations, a case has been registered against the Station House Officer (SHO) of Saddar Police Station, the station Muharrar and three other personnel. According to a complaint submitted to the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations by Mujahid Iqbal, his son Hamza Mujahid had been falsely implicated in a murder case under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code at Saddar Police Station Iqbal stated that his son obtained interim bail from the court of the Additional District and Sessions Judge on May 28. However, when Hamza presented himself at the police station the following day to join the investigation, SHO Abid Hussain Jutt reportedly arrested him . Robkar, which the SHO allegedly tore apart while hurling verbal abuse. The complaint further alleged that Investigating Officer Sub-Inspector Naeem Alamuddin, along with officers from both cases as well as the station Muharrar Hashim, subjected Hamza to torture. SHO Jutt then allegedly demanded Rs500,000 for his release.
Business Recorder
7 days ago
- Politics
- Business Recorder
ATC writes another letter to Ministry: Approval to hold trial of IK within jail premises sought
ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday wrote another letter to the Ministry of Law for granting approval to hold jail trial of incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan within jail premises in two different cases. ATC judge, Tahir Abbas Sipra, while hearing the cases involving Khan and other leaders, due to non-availability of Khan, adjourned the hearing without proceeding. The judge remarked that the court has so far not received a reply of the previous letter written by him to the Ministry of Law for the jail trial of Khan. The judge again wrote a letter to the ministry regarding the two cases. During the previous hearing, the judge remarked that he will ask for the accused to be either produced in court, allowed to appear online, or be tried within the jail premises. The other leaders nominated in the cases including Senator Shibli Faraz, Tahir Sadiq, Raja Basharat and others, appeared before the court. PTI lawyer, Sardar Misroof Khan and Zahid Bashir Dar appeared before the court. The court adjourned the hearing of cases till July 13. Police had registered the case at CTD police station under sections 148 (rioting, armed with a deadly weapon), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of the offence committed in prosecution of common object), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 380 (theft in dwelling house, etc), 395 (punishment for dacoity), 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees), 435 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to amount of one hundred rupees), 440 (mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Section 7ATA of Anti-Terrorism Act. Meanwhile, the same court indicted three accused in a case registered at Karachi Company police station, also involving Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur and others registered in connection with the November 26 protest. ATC judge Tahir Abbas Sipra, hearing the case, framed a charge against three workers and summoned prosecution witnesses during the next hearing to be held on July 13. In the same case, the court has not framed a charge against Bushra Bibi and Gandapur as the prosecution has not submitted challan against them. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Express Tribune
21-06-2025
- Express Tribune
Ex-teacher held for 'grave' crime
Gujar Khan police have booked about a dozen people for digging up a grave, desecrating the grave and the corpse and shifting the body to another grave in the Changa Meera area, arresting the principle accused. The grave was dug up in the darkness of night, the body was exhumed and reburied elsewhere. According to the First Information Report (FIR), an elderly man named Muhammad Ashfaq, who passed away on March 3, was buried in the Changa Meera graveyard. Complainant Kamran Sajid, a relative of the deceased, reported to police that he was at his home in Mauza Pindi when he received a call from a person named Muhammad Nazir. Nazir informed him that during the night, unknown individuals had exhumed the body of his father-in-law's brother, Muhammad Ashfaq, from his grave and relocated it elsewhere. Upon reaching the graveyard, the complainant confirmed the body was missing. Locals informed him that individuals named Hanif Hanfi, Akhtar, Imran, and 10 unknown accomplices had participated in the act and reburied the body approximately 100 meters away. Prior to the incident, the suspect Hanif had reportedly announced in the mosque his intention to establish a shrine (dargah) for Muhammad Ashfaq, who was considered a saint in the area. According to the complainant, the deceased was a humble and spiritual person and was not associated with such practices. Police responded promptly, collected evidence, and registered a case under Section 297 of the Pakistan Penal Code (pertaining to the desecration of graves). 'Main suspect held' Saddar SP Nabeel Khokhar confirmed that the main suspect, Hanif Hanfi, has been arrested, and efforts are ongoing to locate the other accused. The suspect's intention was allegedly to establish a shrine at the site of the new grave. With the consent of the family and approval from the court, the body was reburied in its original grave, he added. The SP further said that raids are being conducted to arrest the remaining suspects, who will be brought to justice soon. Meanwhile, the scope of the investigation had been expanded and during the inquiry, it was revealed that the prime suspect, Hanif Hanfi, is a former schoolteacher who prefers to be addressed as "Master." He has a passion for poetry and has even authored a book. A resident of Changa Meera village, Hanfi has been living at a local shrine instead of his family home due to alleged domestic disputes. Meanwhile, police are conducting raids to apprehend the remaining suspects, who have gone into hiding.
