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Following the murder, a First Information Report was registered against Jaffer under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code, and the suspect was arrested at the site of the crime. [17] Four days later, Jaffer's parents and house servants were arrested on suspicion of complicity in the crime. [18] Police investigated the role of Therapy Works ...
On 9 November 2024, at least 32 people were killed and 62 others were injured in a suicide bombing at Quetta railway station in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. [3] [4] The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack. [5] [2] It was the first time that the BLA had attacked the centre of ...
On 21 November 2024, gunmen attacked a large convoy of vehicles transporting Shia Muslims in the Kurram District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing at least 54 people and injuring 86 others. The attack was one of northwestern Pakistan's deadliest incidents of sectarian violence in recent years. [4]
On Monday, 20 March 2023, an attack took place in Havelian, a town in Abbottabad district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan which caused the death of at least eleven people, including Atif Munsif Khan Jadoon, a leader of the PTI party and Havelian Tehsil Mayor-(Nazim).
[10] [11] Crime statistics of Pakistan shows that there is a rapid increase in the number of crime reported over time like other countries of the world, mainly due to high unemployment, rising poverty, increasing inflation and urbanization. Some other non-economic factors are also responsible for it.
The fact that much of Pakistan's Tribal Areas are semi-autonomous and governed by often fundamentalist leaders makes federal enforcement difficult when attempted. [13] In cases of murder, the victim's family is allowed to pardon the perpetrators, or reach a monetary settlement. The culprits are then free from prosecution and sentencing. [14]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack and emphasized that the terrorists may have forgotten that Pakistan is a nation that defeated terrorism with its bravery and courage. [ 2 ] In 2024, Umer Farooq, a Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militant involved in the attack was killed in an intelligence-based operation in Karachi.
Targeted killings in Pakistan (Urdu: نشانی قاتلوں or ہدفی ہلاکتوں) have been a rising form of violence and have contributed to security instability in the country. They have become common and have gained attention especially in Karachi , Pakistan's largest city, economic capital and capital city of the Sindh province .