11-year-old girl's body recovered by police in Karachi

E-Paper | April 30, 2026

An 11-year-old girl was kidnapped, raped and murdered before her body was thrown in a deserted area in Sohrab Goth locality of Karachi, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir Rao Anwar said on Monday.

Anwar said that though the body was found from Ayub Goth, in the vicinity of Sohrab Goth police station, the victim was assaulted and murdered somewhere else.

Dr Rohina Hassan, the additional police surgeon of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital — where the corpse was shifted for post-mortem examination — told Dawn that the girl had been subjected to sexual assault and was strangled to death.

She added that there were signs of decomposition of the body which indicate that the girl was killed several hours before her body was found by the police.

The police have not been able to identify the girl so far and are trying to locate her family.

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Imtiaz Ali is a Karachi-based reporter for Dawn with over 25 years of experience in the field. His reporting portfolio encompasses crime, politics, and the provincial legislature, alongside coverage of the courts, government affairs, and the health sector.

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ANWAR S SYED . St.Louis, MO. USA

Oct 24, 2017 01:14am

Very sad. I know it could happen any where, but our society must think how to reduce these types of crimes. It is becoming common in big cities like Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar etc.

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Tunda thakur

Oct 24, 2017 02:06am

What kind of society do we live in where innocent children are not safe. Being a parent I can't even imagine the suffering that poor girl went through and the agony her parent must suffer. The culprits are animals and should be arrested and punished.

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Ahsan Gul

Oct 24, 2017 02:17am

Ok, in non Muslim country we read this type of news frequently but we should not have in ours. What a shame to read and think about her parents . Sad, sad.

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Oct 24, 2017 03:35am

Poor soul RIP

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Zak

Oct 24, 2017 03:44am

Sad and community should help and police should be more competent.

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Muslim Medina

Oct 24, 2017 03:56am

Please give these beasts exemplary punishment as to deter any future assaults on young girls.

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Ostrich Head In Hole.

Oct 24, 2017 04:12am

An Innocent and Poor Little Child Kidnapped, Rapped and Murdered! Did it happen in a jungle infested with beasts and brutes? Shamelessness knows no bonds!

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Pakistani tale

Oct 24, 2017 08:31am

Very depressing, pro-active plan needed to hunt these criminals down.

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asad

Oct 24, 2017 09:14am

Sindh police is mainly comprised of men from Interior sindh and other provinces, like PPP they too have no interest to perform due duties.

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