Violence against women
The unfortunate events of this past week have reinforced the vulnerabilities of the PTI government.
Updated 12 Sep, 2020 04:23pm
Newly constructed Lahore-Sialkot Motorway has "remained unmanned in terms of security and traffic management".
Updated 11 Sep, 2020 08:21pm
Punjab law minister says govt is aware of growing demand for Umar Sheikh's removal following his remarks on a woman's gang-rape.
Updated 12 Sep, 2020 02:17pm
Senate panel summons motorways police chief, communications secretary to brief members; Shireen Mazari demands report from police.
Updated 11 Sep, 2020 08:47am
The woman was travelling from Lahore to Gujranwala along with her children.
Updated 10 Sep, 2020 01:17pm
Police have arrested a man in his 30s who allegedly duped the octogenarian into accompanying him before raping her.
Published 09 Sep, 2020 08:43pm
“It will help deter such killings if the term ‘Ghairat’ is not used to describe them," says Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
Updated 05 Sep, 2020 08:48am
The arrest was made on the basis of the provisional report of the victim's post-mortem, which suggested sexual assault.
Updated 20 Aug, 2020 12:41am
Suggests contextualising relevant laws within the framework of convention on elimination of all forms of discrimination.
Updated 18 Aug, 2020 11:37am
Victim received critical burns; police say raids are underway to arrest the accused.
Updated 13 Aug, 2020 11:23am
Police say man confesses to killing sister because "she used to talk to a man in the neighbourhood".
Published 08 Aug, 2020 05:14pm
The case was registered last month when Capital Police Officer Muhammad Ahsan Younis took notice of the incident.
Updated 08 Aug, 2020 04:04pm
Protesters hold jirga, condemn murder of woman and two sons in Bogara area.
Updated 25 Jul, 2020 11:54am
The “short detention order”, which will see him spend 12 days in prison but means he will not have a criminal record.
Updated 22 Jul, 2020 09:29am
Isra, 16, was being forced by her father to marry her 10-year-old cousin at Nagrianwala village.
Updated 17 Jul, 2020 11:17am
No one is willing to open up their homes, no one is willing to mediate.
Published 15 Jul, 2020 09:03am
Police say the victim's autopsy results are awaited after which it will be ascertained if she was subjected to domestic violence.
Published 08 Jul, 2020 05:05pm
Teenaged girl accuse doctor of administering a medicine that left her semiconscious and then tried to rape her.
Updated 07 Jul, 2020 11:05am
NGO says women engaged in economic activities have been affected by Covid-19.
Updated 06 Jul, 2020 09:46am
Victim says she was kept in illegal confinement and was not allowed to meet her family during the course of her employment.
Updated 15 Jun, 2020 09:49am
“Killing men and women on suspicion only is a great sin and the culprits are liable to be punished strictly,” says cleric.
Updated 09 Jun, 2020 11:02am
Ritchie had made remarks about Benazir while commenting on recent attack on Uzma Khan by a woman and her guards.
Updated 30 May, 2020 07:12pm
Pakistan reported investigating 2,367 alleged cases of sex trafficking, initiating prosecutions in 2,212 cases in 2018.
Published 22 May, 2020 10:59am
Video recorder among four held, suspected killer at large.
Updated 20 May, 2020 09:50am
The complaint also targets two investment banks, APG Asset Management of the Netherlands and Norges Bank of Norway.
Published 19 May, 2020 12:18pm
Suspect, arrested for recording "objectionable video" had gone into hiding after it went viral on social media.
Updated 19 May, 2020 10:39am
Both the suspects are related to the victims; one is the father of one the girls while the other is a brother.
Updated 18 May, 2020 06:41am
FIR registered on behalf of state; police making efforts to save lives of a third girl and a man seen in mobile clip.
Updated 17 May, 2020 02:02am
His sister and a man were killed in Mardan area two years ago.
Updated 15 May, 2020 10:31am
Attacker wore a National Bank of Pakistan's card, says complainant.
Updated 08 May, 2020 09:35am
