Tag: murder

  • Quratulain Baloch murder case 2021: Husband sentenced to death

    Quratulain Baloch murder case 2021: Husband sentenced to death

    Umar Memon, who murdered his wife Quratulain Baloch after torturing her, has been given the death penalty by a Sessions Court.

    “Quratulain Baloch gets justice. This mother of four was brutally murdered by her husband Umar Memon in 2021. Due to the resolve of Quratulain’s brothers and family, the husband has been convicted for murder and given the death penalty. The children are being raised by Qurat’s family,” Lawyer Jibran Nasir wrote in a tweet

    The brutal murder took place in July 2021 when Qurat-ul-Ain Baloch, a mother of four children, was murdered by her husband Umer Khalid Memon after being tortured in Barrage Colony, Hyderabad. Her murder sparked nationwide outrage and condemnation.

  • Woman in Lahore allegedly killed by husband, in-laws over domestic dispute

    Woman in Lahore allegedly killed by husband, in-laws over domestic dispute

    A woman in Lahore was allegedly tortured and then murdered by her husband and in-laws, ARY has reported.

    Details indicate that the event occurred in the Nishtar Colony area of Lahore, where a woman was allegedly tortured and killed by her husband and in-laws over a domestic quarrel.

    The woman, who had been subjected to assault, was taken to a hospital where she passed away while receiving treatment, according to a statement from the police.
    On the complaint of the victim’s brother, Nisar, a first information report (FIR) has been filed against the husband and in-laws.

    The FIR claimed that after the torture, suspects Arshad, Ashraf, and Neelam administered poison to the woman.
    Police are conducting raids to arrest all the accused involved.

  • Imran Khan alleges that Gen Bajwa planned to murder him: report

    Imran Khan alleges that Gen Bajwa planned to murder him: report

    Former Prime Minister and Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has alleged that ex- army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa had planned to have him murdered and impose a state of emergency in the country, reports Dawn, referring to an interaction Khan had with Bol News team in Lahore.

    According to the news report, Bol News Lahore bureau chief Syed Khawar Abbas said that he would make “more revelations” during his press conference on Thursday (today) regarding the attempt on his life in Wazirabad, November 3, last year.

    The PTI chairman further said he could not cover up “the crimes that Gen Bajwa had committed” and added that he was being told by many to stop levelling allegations against the former army chief as he has retired.

    Earlier, Khan, claimed that Gen Bajwa was very close to current Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif.

    “There was information that General Bajwa was in contact with Shehbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif. The plan was to bring Shehbaz Sharif [into power] and remove me,” said Khan in an interview with GNN.

    General Bajwa retired as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) in November, last year, handing over the command of the country’s military to General Asim Munir.

    Since his retirement, Bajwa has been the target of criticism by Imran Khan, who has levelled serious allegations against the former COAS. General Bajwa has yet to respond to the allegations officially.

  • Girl kills big brother with boyfriend, younger brother for not letting her marry her lover

    Girl kills big brother with boyfriend, younger brother for not letting her marry her lover

    A girl from Gujranwala, with the help of her lover and younger brother killed her elder brother for not allowing her to marry the man she likes, SAMAA has reported.

    The incident took place in Dhullay area of Gujranwala city in Punjab. Asma and her brother Mudassar wanted her to marry the boyfriend but her elder brother Basharat stopped her.

    Initially, on October 2, the girl bribed a gunman with Rs.50,000 to assassinate Basharat. During the attempted shooting, Basharat was unharmed. On October 15, she again asked the hitman to shoot her brother. This time Basharan got injured and was admitted to hospital.

    In the hospital Asma and Mudassir killed Basharat by jabbing poison in his drip.

    Police have arrested the suspects.

  • 2-year-old child, kidnapped, tortured, killed in Lahore

    2-year-old child, kidnapped, tortured, killed in Lahore

    A toddler, kidnapped from outside his house on Sunday, was found this morning, tortured and strangled to death, Samaa has reported.

    The tortured body of the two-and-a-half years old boy, named Zeeshan, was found near the Chohang area in Lahore. The child had gone missing while playing outside his house on Sunday evening.

    The family started a search for the boy and later found his body in a cemetery in the morning.

    However, the child’s family did not report their child missing to the police, and they instead carried on their own independent search for the minor.

    Initial investigations revealed that Zeeshan had been strangled to death, but a full investigation, autopsy, and forensic examination will determine the precise cause of death.

    Police are investigating the case.

  • Oculus creator makes VR headset that actually kills users if they die in the game

    Oculus creator makes VR headset that actually kills users if they die in the game

    Palmer Luckey, a virtual reality pioneer and the developer of Oculus – now better known as a part of Facebook’s Meta – created a VR device that will actually kill the player if they lose the game.

    NerveGear, Luckey’s murderous headset, looks like a Meta Quest Pro coupled with three explosive charge units located above the screen.

    The charges are aimed at the user’s forebrain, and if they detonate, they will entirely demolish the user’s skull.

    Wearing a NeveGear VR headset, players start Sword Art Online, a new game based on the Japanese anime and book of the same name.

    Luckey described the ‘killer’ VR on his blog:

    Today is November 6th, 2022, the day of the SAO Incident.  Thousands of VRMMORPG gamers were trapped by a mad scientist inside a death game that could only be escaped through completion.  If their hit points dropped to zero, their brain would be bombarded by extraordinarily powerful microwaves, supposedly killing the user.  The same would happen if anyone in the real world tampered with their NerveGear, the virtual reality head-mounted display that transported their minds and souls to Aincrad, the primary setting of Sword Art Online.

    The players must battle their way through a 100-floor dungeon in order to escape a lunatic scientist’s virtual reality.

    Don’t get too thrilled or scared because the killer VR headset is not yet available for purchase.

    Luckey sold Oculus, the underpinning of Mark Zuckerberg’s march to the metaverse, to Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion.

  • Shahzeb won’t get justice: the fault in our laws

    Shahzeb won’t get justice: the fault in our laws

    The Supreme Court acquitted Shahrukh Jatoi as well as his accomplices in the Shahzeb Khan murder case. Jatoi, a scion of a rich and influential family, has gotten away with murder, which is a prime example of a miscarriage of justice. Ten years ago, Jatoi and his friends killed 20-year-old Shahzeb Khan. Jatoi also flew out of the country to escape the law. He was eventually brought back. Later, Shahzeb’s family pardoned him as they faced threats. Not many can forget how the 20-year-old was shot dead for trying to stop Jatoi and company from harassing his sister, and also the way the system protected them. Although the victim’s father was a senior police officer, the police would not register an FIR against the accused.

    In this particular case, we should not forget the role of the Sindh government that consistently facilitated Shahrukh Jatoi because of his influential father. And now our superior judiciary has set him free. Imagine what must be going through the minds of Shahzeb’s family members who not only lost a young loved one but will not have to deal with the trauma of seeing Shahzeb’s murderer being set free. The justice system has indeed failed them the most.

    History will remember that a murderer has been acquitted by our courts. He will be walking freely, out in the open. A complete threat to everyone around. They say justice delayed is justice denied. However, in Pakistan, a murderer has been set free because of our laws, especially the Qisas and Diyat laws. A pardon was signed but in such cases, power and intimidation lead to such pardons. Jatoi getting away with murder makes us question our laws and judicial system. It seems that these laws not only favour those who are powerful but are used quite frequently in murder cases.

    Should the powerful and wealthy be allowed to get away with such crimes? It’s the fault in our laws that mercy to men like Jatoi. Who is next on the list to walk freely: Zahir Jaffer or Shah Nawaz Amir?

    As a country, we are still dealing with the horrors of the murder of Noor Mukadam. We haven’t healed as a nation and have witnessed the bone-chilling gruesome murder of Sara Shah Nawaz at the hands of a man who too was raised as a result of the patriarchal norms in the country. In Pakistan, powerful men can get away with anything, even murder, without any repercussions. Our society and justice system have failed the men and women of Pakistan.

  • Neighbour who went to resolve dispute between husband and wife, killed by husband

    Neighbour who went to resolve dispute between husband and wife, killed by husband

    A domestic dispute between a husband and wife in India ended in the death of their neighbour who came to help resolve the matter.

    The incident took place in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Hearing the loud sounds coming from the house, the neighbour went there to resolve the dispute, returning home once the matter appeared settled.

    However, after a while, the husband went to the neighbour’s house and tortured him to death.

    According to Indian media, the wife objected to cooking mutton on Tuesday over which a fight broke out between the two.

    Many followers of the Hindu religion consider Tuesday the holiest day of the week and try not to cook any meat on that day.

    After the neighbour’s death, the police registered a complaint against the husband on the basis of his wife’s statement. He was arrested on the same day.

  • Woman slaughters husband for hiding first marriage

    Woman slaughters husband for hiding first marriage

    A woman in Islamabad slaughtered her husband for hiding his first marriage, Shakeel Anjum has reported for The News. As per the details, the incident took place on Tuesday, in Sector G-12, Merabadi, Islamabad.

    According to the police, the man was already married but had not told Marjan Bibi, his second wife, about it. After finding out about it, despite the victim having long divorced his first wife, Marjan Bibi, who hails from Kohat, took revenge.

    As per the details, differences developed between the couple when the accused asked her husband about his first marriage. He admitted to having been married earlier, however he clarified that he had divorced his first wife years ago.

    The woman attacked her husband with a sharp weapon and killed him by slaughtering him with a dagger.

  • ‘Almost impossible to convict the elite’, Pakistanis angry kay Shahrukh Jatoi ko reha kia jaye ga

    ‘Almost impossible to convict the elite’, Pakistanis angry kay Shahrukh Jatoi ko reha kia jaye ga

    The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday acquitted Shahrukh Jatoi and others in Shahzeb Khan’s murder case.

    Shahzeb was murdered in Karachi in 2012.

    An Anti-Terrorism Court handed Jatoi a death sentence in 2013. However, in 2017, the complainant side had ‘pardoned’ Jatoi under the country’s Qisas and Diyat law.

    The hearing at the apex court was headed by a three-judge bench that included Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, Justice Munib Akhtar, and Justice Ijazul Ahsan.

    The son of Deputy Superintendent of Police, Aurangzeb Khan, the 20-years-old Shahzeb Khan was shot and killed at Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority on December 24, 2012. He was returning home from a wedding with his sister.

    Shahzeb was slain after he got into an altercation with one of the suspects’ servants who had verbally threatened and tormented his sister.

    Twitter users are expressing their anger over the acquittal of Shahrukh Jatoi.