Violence against women
Court notes evidence suggested a pattern of control, exploitation and intimidation of the convict’s estranged wife.
Updated 04 Sep, 2024 10:09am
West Bengal law largely symbolic as India’s criminal code applies uniformly across country; presidential approval can make exception.
Updated 04 Sep, 2024 08:18am
Two vendors of hospital supplies and a close aide of Sandip Ghosh also arrested in connection with the case.
Published 03 Sep, 2024 11:49am
Conviction rate in such cases has been only 3pc, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar tells NA.
Updated 03 Sep, 2024 12:01pm
Police register case; 6-year-old among the victims.
Published 03 Sep, 2024 07:15am
The accused had allegedly killed his sister.
Updated 31 Aug, 2024 11:11am
Demonstrators demand resignation of West Bengal CM; BJP has called for a 12-hour state-wide strike today.
Published 28 Aug, 2024 11:14am
Police say arrested suspect confessed to killing the six-year-old girl he allegedly kidnapped two weeks ago.
Updated 24 Aug, 2024 11:44am
“This could have been any of us, and this still can be any of us,” one doctor says.
Published 21 Aug, 2024 03:34pm
The case has become a culmination of centuries of societal inequality and control exerted against women in the subcontinent.
Published 21 Aug, 2024 11:07am
Woman allegedly gunned down by her husband in separate incident.
Updated 21 Aug, 2024 10:53am
Calls for the formation of a “national task force” of top doctors to prepare a plan to prevent violence in healthcare facilities.
Published 20 Aug, 2024 03:32pm
Rape in India is pervasive, and not unexpectedly, the victims are mostly from the lower strata of society.
Updated 20 Aug, 2024 09:26am
Will provide emergency medical services “in the interest of patients” but will not take part in out-patient department or routine war work.
Published 18 Aug, 2024 01:04pm
Patients queue up at hospitals across country; over 1m doctors expected to join the strike.
Published 17 Aug, 2024 01:44pm
Found guilty of committing offences against the complainant’s dignity and modesty as well as cyberstalking under Peca law.
Updated 17 Aug, 2024 11:46am
Those in government hospitals across several states on Monday halted elective services “indefinitely” in protest.
Published 16 Aug, 2024 01:50pm
Woman, identified as permanent resident of Rawalpindi, not ready to record a statement before police.
Updated 16 Aug, 2024 10:10am
Belgian embassy, FIA reportedly have no record of such an individual travelling to Pakistan; medical exam to be conducted.
Updated 15 Aug, 2024 08:51am
MUZAFFARGARH: A man who had allegedly unleashed his dog on a woman was arrested on Monday. The district police...
Published 13 Aug, 2024 07:59am
Govt hospitals across several states halt elective services; police detain a man who worked at the victim’s hospital.
Published 12 Aug, 2024 01:07pm
Police surgeon, who herself conducted the exhumation, says the grave was in "total disarray" and the case was "most challenging" emotionally.
Updated 12 Aug, 2024 11:34am
Suspect fired six shots at his sister and fled, FIR says.
Updated 12 Aug, 2024 01:28pm
Police say suspect disclosed he had sexually abused corpses of four women.
Updated 10 Aug, 2024 11:53am
Senior police officer says suspect has been arrested.
Published 09 Aug, 2024 07:27am
Police register FIR as villagers demand fair probe and justice.
Published 06 Aug, 2024 07:23am
BAHAWALNAGAR: A landlord and his accomplice who were booked on the charge of kidnapping a minor girl for assault on...
Published 05 Aug, 2024 05:28am
LARKANA: A man, with the aid of his close relatives, shot dead his two teenage nieces and critically wounded their...
Published 03 Aug, 2024 06:44am
Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan voices concern over rise in cases.
Updated 03 Aug, 2024 10:12am
Commission will establish a working group to finalise and implement a strategy focusing on legal reviews.
Updated 02 Aug, 2024 08:23am
