Violence against women
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
After robbing farmhouse, suspects gang-raped worker’s wife and forced him to witness the crime.
Updated 02 Aug, 2024 08:13am
The couple had contracted court marriage but soon after, husband started torturing her, FIR says.
Updated 31 Jul, 2024 11:20am
SAHIWAL: A young man attacked a married woman with acid after she refused to enter into an intimate relationship ...
Published 31 Jul, 2024 05:32am
GUJRAT: A woman was allegedly gang raped and then pushed down from the third floor of a private guest house in...
Updated 31 Jul, 2024 11:23am
KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to 10-years rigorous imprisonment in a case pertaining to the rape of ...
Published 29 Jul, 2024 06:20am
No effort has been made to even sensitise police to the gravity of crime involving sexual assaults, let alone train them to properly probe such cases.
Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:07am
Police "arrested" the suspects during raids carried out in some parts of the district and a few other cities, sources say.
Updated 27 Jul, 2024 01:01pm
