The execution was conducted “at the request of the victim’s family, due to the emotional effect the case on society,” provincial chief justice said.

Soldiers stand guard with nothing to do, except serve as extras in this administration’s scurrilous playhouse of power.

Humaira, whose body was discovered in decomposed state earlier this week in an apartment in Karachi, had died eight to 10 months ago.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including four children, hospital officials said Saturday. The children and two women were ...