Based in Karachi, Yousuf Katpar covers judiciary, social and human rights issues
Representational image of a judge holding a gavel. — AFP/FileA court on Monday granted bail to a couple arrested for allegedly torturing and...
Representational image of contingents of Karachi police rush to the crime scene following firing in the Gizri area of Karachi on February 8, 2025....
A judicial magistrate on Thursday handed over the custody of 17 suspects to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency for three days in a fraud...
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate has issued a notice to the Federal Investigation Agency on a fresh bail application filed by incarcerated social...
This representational image shows the hands of an incarcerated person. — AFP/File A model court has awarded a collective sentence of 12 years in...
Representational image of a judge holding a gavel. — Unsplash/FileKARACHI/LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday remanded a suspect in the...
Representational image shows prisoners sitting inside a dark lockup. — AFP/FileA sessions court has sentenced a mugger to seven-year imprisonment...
Renowned actor Nadia Hussain. — Instagram@nadiahussain_khan/File A sessions court on Wednesday confirmed interim pre-arrest bail granted to actor...
IO states suspects are required to be interrogated about the remaining absconding inmates
Prime suspect Salman Farooqi can be seen handcuffed and standing behind bars on June 2, 2025. — Facebook@KarachiPoliceOfficialWhile a motorcyclist...
Prime suspect Salman Farooqi can be seen handcuffed and standing behind bars on June 2, 2025. — Facebook@KarachiPoliceOfficialA judicial...
This representational image shows a person holding a gavel. — Pexels/FileA sessions court has acquitted a man in a blasphemy case, citing...
German Consul General Dr Rüdiger Lotz speaks at an event. — APP/File The Pakistan Eye Bank Society , in collaboration with the Rotary Club of...
Representational image of a judge holding a gavel. — Unsplash/FileA sessions court has awarded a collective sentence of fourteen years in prison...
Representational image of a judge holding a gavel. — Unsplash/FileA Malir court has acquitted two men for lack of evidence in a case pertaining to...
This representational image shows a person holding a gavel. — Pexels/FileAn anti-terrorism court on Thursday sentenced a man to four counts of...
Police escort Armaghan, prime accused in Mustafa Amir murder case during an appearance before SHC on February 18, 2025. — ReporterA judicial...
This representational image shows a person holding a gavel. — Pexels/FileA model court has sentenced a woman and her friend to life imprisonment...
Members of the Quetta Union of Journalists protests against the arrest of journalists on the call of the Federal Union of Journalists , at the...
Police escort Armaghan, prime suspect in Mustafa Amir murder case during an appearance before SHC on February 18, 2025. — Screengrab via Geo NewsA...
Police escort Armughan, prime suspect in Mustafa Amir murder case during an appearance before SHC on February 18, 2025. — Screengrab via Geo...
Social and human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud seen in this image, released on April 24, 2025. — Facebook@mir.m.talpur.9A decade after the murder...
A representational image of a gavel in a court. — Unsplash/FileA model court on Monday sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for murdering his...
Police escort Armaghan, prime suspect in Mustafa Amir's murder case, during an appearance before SHC on February 18, 2025. — YouTbe/Geo...
Representational image. — AFP/FileKARACHI : A civil court in Karachi has dismissed a Rs20 million damages suit against a Sindh High Court judge,...
A representational image of a person robbing another at gun point. — APP/FileA total of 1,355 cases of street crime were disposed of by Karachi...
Baloch Yakjehti Committee leader Sammi Deen Baloch addresses an event. — X@SammiBaluch/FileBaloch Yakjehti Committee leader Sammi Deen Baloch...
Suspect first confessed to his crime but later retracted, prompting magistrate to reject investigation officer's application
A police personnel stands alongside Kamran Asghar Qureshi, father of Armaghan Qureshi on March 20, 2025. — Screengrab via Geo NewsA judicial...
This representational image shows a person holding a gavel. — Pexels/FileA sessions court on Thursday awarded a collective sentence of 32 years...
Actor Sajid Hassan's son Sahir Hassan being produced before court in this undated photo. — Screengrab via Geo News/FilePolice have filed an...
Police escort Armughan, prime suspect in Mustafa Amir murder case during an appearance before SHC on February 18, 2025. — ReporterAn...
The image shows deceased Mustafa Amir. — Facebook@Saba Butt/FileAn anti-terrorism court on Friday granted four-day police remand of Armaghan, the...
A representational image of a handcuffed man standing behind bars. — APP/FileA judicial magistrate on Wednesday remanded a suspect in the Federal...
Activists of PTI protest on a street against the disqualification decision of former prime minister Imran Khan in Karachi. — AFP/FileA senior...
Police escort Armaghan, prime suspect in Mustafa Amir's murder case, during an appearance before SHC on February 18, 2025. — Screengrab via Geo...
Police escort Armaghan, prime suspect in Mustafa Amir's murder case, during an appearance before SHC on February 18, 2025. — Screengrab via Geo...
A representational image shows a person preparing an injectable substance. — AFP/FileA sessions court on Thursday acquitted a man in a drug...
Representational image of a judge holding a gavel. — Unsplash/FileA sessions court has sentenced a man to three-year imprisonment for sexually...
Police escort Armaghan, prime suspect in Mustafa Amir's murder case, during an appearance before SHC on February 18, 2025. — Screengrab via Geo...
A collage showing deceased Mustafa Amir and prime suspect Armaghan. — Screengrab via Geo News/FileA judicial magistrate on Monday rejected the...
View of the site after a traffic accident due to overspeeding while recusing operation underway, at Gulistan-e-Johar area in Karachi on February 5,...
The collage shows deceased Mustafa Amir and prime suspect Armaghan. — Facebook@Saba Butt/File/Screengrab/Geo NewsTwo key witnesses deposed...
Representational image of a judge holding a gavel. — Unsplash/FileA judicial magistrate on Wednesday issued notices to the defence side on an...
This image shows the building of the Employees Oldage Benefit Institution in Karachi. — Noor Durrani & Associates Website/FileAn anti-corruption...
Mohajir Qaumi Movement- Chairman Afaq Ahmed is being escorted by police personnel during his appearance at an Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi on...
Representational image shows prisoners sitting inside a dark lockup. — AFP/FileA sessions court on Monday sentenced four accused, including a...
Policemen stand guard in Karachi on February 8, 2024. — AFPA judicial magistrate on Sunday granted a day’s police remand of a renowned actor’s...