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Reverse migration: poor return to villages as living costs surge in cities

Reuters report, October 15, 2023KARACHI/LAHORE: Salma Faheem has not spoken to her husband, Mohammad, since June, when he dropped her and their three children off in his home village of Dalma in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) because he could no longer afford to have them living with him in Karachi. Now instead of living in one room in an urban slum with water on tap and a gas-powered cooker, Salma has to walk an hour every…

Bail of Imran’s sister, her husband extended

Report in Dawn, October 10th, 2023MUZAFFARGARH: Special Judge Naveed Qureshi of the Anti-Corruption Establishment on Monday extended the bail of former premier Imran Khan’s sister Dr Uzma Khan and her husband Ahad Majeed Niazi until Oct 13. The couple is facing charges related to the alleged fraudulent acquisition of 5,261 kanal land at a low price in Layyah. During the proceedings, Special Judge Naveed Qureshi directed Uzma Khan to appear in court. In her defense,…

Jealous husband plotted Jaranwala desecration: police

report in The Express Tribune, September 5th, 2023.FAISALABAD: The desecration of the Holy Quran that sparked communal riots, burning of churches and Christians’ properties at Jaranwala tehsil of Punjab’s Faisalabad district on August 16 was part of a conspiracy hatched by a jealous husband to bring harm to his wife’s alleged lover. Sharing details of the police investigation into the incident, Jaranwala Superintendent Police (SP) Bilal Silhari said P, a Christian man, had discovered that…

Women in Madhesh are being murdered over dowry

by Rupa Gahatraj in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 29, 2022Puja Loniya, a 23-year-old woman from Jaipur of Nepalgunj sub-metropolitan city, was found dead at her husband’s house on December 13. Puja, a mother of a son and a daughter, was married to Rajkumar Loniya of Janaki Rural Municipality-6 five years ago. Puja’s parents received the news of her death through a neighbour and have accused Rajkumar’s family of torturing and killing their daughter over dowry.…