Along with many constructive moments and tales, the yr 2022 was additionally a yr riddled with tragic, ugly, and malevolent occasions. From mass homicide to femicide, from lethal assaults on well-known personalities and international nationals to high-profile rape circumstances, this yr noticed all of it.
As we transfer ahead to the following yr, we are able to solely hope that the approaching yr brings positivity, good vibes, and justice to all those that deserve it.
Listed below are a number of surprising crime tales we rounded up that stored the police and safety businesses on their toes throughout the outgoing yr.
Arshad Sharif assassination: A valiant voice silenced ceaselessly
On October 23, senior journalist and anchorperson Arshad Sharif was shot useless by the Kenyan police in a “mistaken id” case whereas he was travelling to its capital Nairobi from the nation’s Magadi city.
The federal government fashioned a fact-finding committee, manned by Federal Investigation Company’s (FIA) Athar Waheed and Intelligence Bureau’s (IB) Omar Shahid Hamid that travelled to Kenya to probe into the incident.
The homicide continues to be being investigated and a particular joint investigation workforce (JIT) has additionally been fashioned to resolve the case on the orders of the Supreme Court docket. The investigation stays inconclusive up to now.
Sarah Inam homicide: A brave candle snuffed out
On September 23, Sarah Inam, 37, a Pakistani expatriate, was allegedly murdered by her husband, Shahnawaz, son of senior journalist Ayaz Amir, simply three months into their marriage.
Shahnawaz allegedly killed Sarah at house — a farmhouse in Islamabad’s Chak Shahzad space — after a row over a “household subject”. After being detained by the police because the prime suspect within the homicide — he confessed to killing Sarah, saying he “thought” his partner was having an affair.
The hacking of eight: A story of a nocturnal axing spree in Punjab
On October 8, eight males had been murdered with an axe whereas sleeping within the farms in a village close to Sheikhupura, Punjab.
The police mentioned that the perpetrator attacked the victims sleeping at completely different spots within the fields after 3am. Cops arrested the suspected assassin, whom they claimed to be mentally unstable, with the homicide weapon.
Friendship beneath assault: Chinese language nationals killed in KU suicide blast
On April 26, 4 folks, together with three Chinese language nationals, had been killed whereas 4 others sustained accidents in a automotive explosion on the premises of the College of Karachi.
In line with the Counter-Terrorism Division (CTD), it was a suicide blast and was carried out by a burqa-clad girl.
Later, the suspected mastermind behind the assault was reported to have been captured. The knowledge extracted by the police from the suspect revealed that the KU blast was a joint terrorist exercise by Balochistan Liberation Military (BLA) and Balochistan Liberation Federation-Karachi (BLF).
Terror bites: Chinese language dentists within the line of fireside
On September 28, one individual was killed whereas two had been injured in an assault on a Chinese language dentist’s clinic in Karachi’s Saddar space.
The unidentified suspect arrived at Dr H U Richard’s clinic as a affected person and opened hearth as quickly as he went contained in the therapy room, the police mentioned.
Later in October, the suspect recognized as Waqar Khushk was arrested. “The suspect had no private enmity with the victims. He carried out the assault to unfold terror,” mentioned Sindh Info Minister Sharjeel Memon.
Horror in Gulshan: Man kills spouse, boils physique in cauldron
In one more horrific incident, a mom of six was killed and boiled in a pot by her husband in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi on July 14.
Nargis’s physique was found in a cauldron within the kitchen of a personal college. In line with District East SSP Abdur Rahim Sherazi, preliminary investigations and the youngsters’s statements prompt that the suspect smothered his spouse to dying with a pillow earlier than boiling her within the cauldron in entrance of his youngsters. One of many girl’s legs was severed from her physique.
Police are but to discover a motive behind the homicide. Nevertheless, it was reported that the husband was forcing the sufferer to have interaction in illicit relationships with different males and murdered her when she refused to obey him.
US TikToker raped in Pakistan
A US TikToker visiting Pakistan was allegedly gang-raped by her tour information and his confederate at a lodge throughout her go to to the vacationer website.
Two males had been arrested on the costs of gang-raping the foreigner. In the meantime, the suspect mentioned in his assertion to the police that he and the sufferer had been in a relationship.
Monetary stress: Allegedly broke man butchers spouse, daughters
A person allegedly killed his spouse, 38 and three daughters aged 16, 12, and 10, with a sharp-edged software in Karachi’s Shamsi Society, earlier than attempting to unsuccessfully stab himself to dying.
The suspect recognized as Fawad mentioned he was depressed attributable to monetary points and was uninterested in explaining issues to his spouse. He confessed to killing his daughters whereas his spouse was within the rest room.
Physique in rickshaw: Murdered spouse moved to in-laws’ home
A person transported the physique of his spouse in a rented rickshaw together with a minor daughter after torturing her (his partner) to dying over a home dispute in Lahore.
The suspect, Nisar, murdered his spouse, Anjum, within the jurisdiction of Harbanspura Police Station.
‘Dreamt’ blasphemy: Three ladies slaughter feminine trainer
Three ladies killed a feminine seminary trainer after accusing her of blasphemy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan.
The suspects mentioned that their 13-year-old relative “had a dream” by which the sufferer, Safoora Bibi, allegedly dedicated blasphemy. The suspects, 17, 21, and 24 are in police custody.
