Year: 2025

RAWALPINDI: A 12-year-old domestic worker, allegedly subjected to severe torture by her employers, succumbed to her injuries at Holy Family Hospital, police and hospital sources told Geo News on Wednesday. The incident occurred in Rawalpindi’s Asghar Mall area within the jurisdiction of Banni Police Station. The victim, identified as Iqra, was critically injured and rushed to the hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. Police have arrested the primary suspects (the maid’s employers), Rashid Shafiq and his wife, Sana. According to authorities, a case has been registered against them on the complaint…

UNITED NATIONS: Amid ongoing efforts to curb the menace of terrorism, Pakistan has demanded for the need to address and take action against the threat posed by terrorist safe havens existing in neighbouring Afghanistan. “This threat of Daesh, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Majeed Brigade is a threat not only to Afghanistan and Pakistan but to the entire region and beyond,” Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Munir Akram, said while speaking during a UNSC debate on the 20th biannual report of the secretary-general on the threat posed by…

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi is set to chair a Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) meeting today for the appointment of eight judges to the Supreme Court. The huddle, during today’s meeting, will consider five senior judges from each of the four high courts, sources told Geo News. It is expected that two judges each from the Sindh and Islamabad High Courts and one judge each from the Peshawar and Balochistan High Courts will be elevated to the Supreme Court. However, ahead of the meeting, four Supreme Court judges, including two commission…

KARACHI: The American citizen, Onijah Andrew Robinson, who traveled to Pakistan for love, has finally returned to the United States after spending several months in Karachi. The 33-year-old arrived in the city on October 11, 2024, after developing a relationship with 19-year-old Nidal Ahmed Memon. However, due to family pressure, Memon declined to marry her, leaving Robinson stranded in Karachi. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFyHZJ9vJN6/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=594&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fapnetn.thenews.com.pk&rp=%2Foldimages%2Fcontent%2Fposts%2Fedit%2F1280639%3Fpost_type%3D1#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A4081.5%2C%22ls%22%3A3322.5%2C%22le%22%3A3746%7D Despite her visa expiring on November 10, she refused to return to the US and remained in Karachi. In mid-January, she attempted to enter Karachi airport, but Airport Security…