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Journalist Farhan Mallick remanded in FIA custody in fresh case

1 month ago | dawn.com | Sumair Abdullah |Zahid Hussain |Mahir Ali

A court in Karachi remanded journalist Farhan Mallick into the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) custody for five days on Wednesday in a new case involving fraud. According to the first information report (FIR), the FIA conducted a raid on a call centre in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on March 25, arresting two suspects Atir Hussain and Hassan Najeed in the process. The FIR stated that the call centre was involved in fraudulent activities, including giving confidential data to foreigners through a software.
Setback for prosecution as suspect in Mustafa murder case refuses to record confession before magistrate

1 month ago | dawn.com | Sumair Abdullah |Jawed Naqvi

KARACHI: The case of prosecution suffered a setback on Monday when a suspect in the Mustafa Amir murder case informed a judicial magistrate that he was not willing to record his confessional statement. Investigating Officer (IO)Muhammad Ali brought Syed Shiraz Hussain Bukhari before Judicial Magistrate (South) Aasim Aslam to record his confessional statement under Section 164 of the criminal procedure code.
Underage Karachi boy among four jailed for 14 years in drugs case

1 month ago | dawn.com | Sumair Abdullah |Arifa Noor |Jawed Naqvi

KARACHI: A sessions court on Monday sentenced four peddlers, including an underage boy, to 14 years in prison for possessing over 20kg of drugs. Additional District and Sessions Judge (West) Aurangzeb Shah found a car driver, Muhammad Saleem, and three passengers — Sikandar, Syed Wali and underage Muhammad Ahmed Khan — guilty of possessing over 20kg of charas.
Assets worth $220,000 recovered in Karachi’s crypto trader kidnap case, ATC told

Jan 19, 2025 | dawn.com | Sumair Abdullah |Muhammad Amir Rana |Abbas Nasir

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday was informed that investigators had recovered digital assets of a crypto trader equivalent to $220,000 in the form of digital coins, Pakistani currency, bonds and a luxury sedan from the alleged kidnappers.
Two Karachi cell phone snatchers jailed for seven years

Jan 18, 2025 | dawn.com | Sumair Abdullah

KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced two muggers to seven years in prison in a case pertaining to the snatching of mobile phones from citizens in Malir. Additional District and Sessions Judge (East) Shahid Ali Memon found accused Anwar Zeb Khan and Suleman guilty of looting two men outside an office near Ghousia Market within the remit of the Saudabad police station in June 2024.
Overcrowding endemic in Pakistan’s prison system: report

Jan 17, 2025 | dawn.com | Sumair Abdullah |Ghazan Jamal

KARACHI: Pakistan’s prisons are housing 152 per cent of their authorised capacity, while three-quarters of the total inmates are either awaiting or undergoing trial, according to a report.
Sindh govt schoolteacher convicted of harassing woman colleague

Jan 16, 2025 | dawn.com | Sumair Abdullah

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Thursday convicted a government schoolteacher in a case pertaining to harassment to a woman colleague at the workplace. Judicial Magistrate (West) Inaamullah Phulpoto found Muhammad Rashid guilty of harassing a woman teacher and sentenced him to prison on three counts: six months each for offences under Sections 354 (assault with intent to outrage modesty), 509 (insulting modesty through gestures or words) and 506 (issuing threats) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
SHC stays demolition of 64 houses in Karachi’s Mujahid Colony

Jan 15, 2025 | dawn.com | Sumair Abdullah |Zahid Hussain

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday restrained municipal authorities from demolishing houses of 64 residents of Mujahid Colony in district Central during an anti-encroachment drive. The residents filed a lawsuit through their counsel Syed Haider Imam Rizvi before the SHC.
Luxury car, Rs12.9m recovered in Karachi trader kidnap case: investigating officer

Jan 14, 2025 | dawn.com | Sumair Abdullah

KARACHI: An antiterrorism court was on Monday informed that investigators had recovered Rs12.9 million and a “luxury” car allegedly purchased with the ransom paid by a cryptocurrency trader to his kidnappers to earn freedom.
Crypto trader picks out two alleged abductors before magistrate

Jan 12, 2025 | dawn.com | Sumair Abdullah |Muhammad Amir Rana |Abbas Nasir

KARACHI: A crypto trader, who was kidnapped and released after paying around $340,000 worth of digital coins, rightly picked out two men as those who had abducted him during an identification parade conducted by a judicial magistrate on Saturday.