Violence against women
Violence against women and rape cases doubled in the last six months of 2020.
Updated 10 Mar, 2021 09:43am
Karachi Aurat March focuses on patriarchal violence, Lahore Aurat March addresses women's health.
Updated 08 Mar, 2021 08:43pm
CM praises female health workers’ role in fight against Covid-19.
Updated 08 Mar, 2021 08:41am
Separated by borders, female journalists from Pakistan to Bangladesh have similar harrowing stories of abuse and threats to share.
Updated 08 Mar, 2021 11:38am
College principal says inquiry has been initiated over allegations raised in an anonymous letter.
Updated 06 Mar, 2021 10:59am
Lilla police arrested all the suspects on Wednesday.
Updated 05 Mar, 2021 09:29am
They were found guilty of poisoning her for taking selfies with her cousin in November 2018.
Updated 04 Mar, 2021 10:18am
The judge also imposed a fine of Rs1.2 million on the convict.
Updated 03 Mar, 2021 10:13am
Girl says suspect claimed to be the son of a retired deputy superintendent of police and threatened to harm her family.
Updated 27 Feb, 2021 10:10am
The suspect’s son also suffered a bullet injury after he tried to rescue his sister.
Updated 25 Feb, 2021 09:29am
“Right of reputation can’t be protected at the cost of right to dignity,” the court said in coming to its judgement.
Updated 17 Feb, 2021 08:19pm
Journalist Zebunnisa Burki later tweeted Bykea had permanently removed the rider.
Updated 15 Feb, 2021 06:56pm
Police says efforts are under way to arrest two other accomplices of the detained suspects.
Published 13 Feb, 2021 10:58pm
Injured women were shifted to the district headquarters hospital where they are stated to be in precarious condition.
Updated 06 Feb, 2021 10:03am
DPO takes notice of the incident, directs the Shahkot City police to arrest the killer as soon as possible.
Updated 31 Jan, 2021 09:56am
Locals allege the girl was pregnant and had been killed for ‘honour’.
Updated 30 Jan, 2021 10:07am
A judge had ordered a one-year jail term instead of three years for the man convicted of groping a 12-year-old girl.
Published 27 Jan, 2021 08:54pm
Police official says the man has confessed to sexually assaulting and videotaping 45 minor girls.
Updated 26 Jan, 2021 01:35pm
Officials say they are raiding different hideouts to arrest the remaining three suspects.
Updated 24 Jan, 2021 10:29am
He was previously convicted in another case of raping and blackmailing a girl on the pretext of giving a job in 2017.
Updated 24 Jan, 2021 09:55am
Bill passed by PA prescribes maximum of five years jail and fine for culprits.
Updated 16 Jan, 2021 10:05am
Official says gang would allegedly befriend women, rape them and later blackmail them by secretly making video clips of the crime.
Updated 10 Jan, 2021 02:50pm
Judgement says tests have "no forensic value" in cases of sexual violence and discriminate against the female victims.
Published 04 Jan, 2021 04:35pm
The husband of the victim had submitted an application with the police for registration of FIR against the accused.
Updated 20 Dec, 2020 10:41am
Rights activists, constitutional experts term ordinance an eyewash.
Published 16 Dec, 2020 07:23am
Officer did not get the medical examination of the minor conducted who was subjected to torture.
Updated 14 Dec, 2020 11:14am
Complainant says suspects were claiming that they were harassing and blackmailing his daughters and other family members.
Updated 09 Dec, 2020 11:52am
Govt opposes proposal to end co-education, says anti-harassment laws need improvement.
Updated 09 Dec, 2020 10:49am
Religious scholars from different schools of thought say it is the state's duty to protect vulnerable segments of society.
Published 08 Dec, 2020 06:19pm
The concept of chemical castration has been introduced mainly as a form of rehabilitation, and subject to consent of the convict.
Updated 27 Nov, 2020 08:33am
