Rights Watch | November 16th 2020

-A PTI leader in Sahiwal who was accused of slapping a woman postal officer has been appointed a district coordinator of the Punjab Women Protection Authority. -Lahore man held for minor's Rape, murder

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Neighbour held for minor’s rape, murder

Police have claimed to have arrested a neighbor of a minor girl who was murdered and raped in Baghbanpura locality in Lahore. Police said the suspect had confessed his crime after forensic teams found the girl’s bloodstains on his clothes and recovered her shoes from his house.

Accused PTI leader named to women’s body

A PTI leader in Sahiwal who was accused of slapping a woman postal officer has been appointed a district coordinator of the Punjab Women Protection Authority. PTI district information secretary Naveed Aslam is on bail in a case for slapping senior postal officer Sofia Qasim in the GPO on September 24.

Workers protest price hike

Home-based workers in Hyderabad took out a rally for protesting soaring inflation and unemployment in the country. A large number of women holding red flags, placards, and banners marched in the city to call for an end to anti-people policies of the IMF as well as federal control of Sindh islands.