October 10, 2026
By Hashir Ahsan
ISLAMABAD
An eight-year-old girl in Rawalpindi became a victim of sexual assault. The girl had come from Lahore and the incident occurred in the jurisdiction of Sadiqabad Police Station. The girl had gone along with her grandmother to attend a close relative’s wedding where she was made a target. Upon the girl’s complaint, the suspect’s relatives attempted to hush up the matter; however, following their return to Lahore, the parents registered a case against the relatives who harassed the girl.
According to the police, the complainant stated that they belong to Lahore and had sent their two daughters, aged 8 and 6, to Rawalpindi on September 23, 2026, along with their mother, for the wedding of one Haider Ali’s sister.
A few days after the wedding, when the 8-year-old daughter returned to Lahore, she told her mother in a state of fear and severe panic that she was experiencing severe pain in her private parts. She told her that on the night of September 25, while she had been sleeping in the house of Haider Ali’s maternal grandmother Parveen, Haider Ali picked her up from her sleep, took her to another room, and sexually assaulted her.
He said that the girl then woke up from her sleep and started screaming because of the pain, upon which he placed his hand over her mouth and threatened that if she told her grandmother or anyone else, he would kill her, and then made her leave the room.
The complainant said that they took their daughter to a gynecologist, who after examination confirmed that the girl had been subjected to assault, and advised to get her properly examined at a government hospital and register a case against the suspects. When the mother asked the daughter why she did not tell her grandmother about this, she replied that she had told her grandmother, upon which her grandmother told her sister, who is the suspect’s maternal grandmother. The grandmother then called her daughter—who is Haider Ali’s mother and her maternal aunt—and narrated the whole incident.
The complainant said that they had together suppressed the matter, saying, “He already has many complaints, but right now it is our daughter’s wedding, so stay quiet or the wedding atmosphere will be ruined. The entire community is here, and if they find out then the girl’s (victim) honor will also be ruined.”
The complainant said that during all this time, Haider Ali also continuously harassed the little girl and her grandmother, telling them not to tell their parents, otherwise they would do something very bad to them and would never let them come to Rawalpindi with their grandmother again. He said that this had caused severe mental agony to his daughter.
The parents further informed the police that during this time, the suspects had also informed their cousin Ayan Ali about the whole matter, who had also repeatedly mentally tortured the girl as long as she was there. The girl is a student of the fourth grade and is a Hifz student.
They requested the police to register a case against the culprits, saying that the suspect Haider Ali committed the assault, while the other family members were complicit in hiding the matter, and protecting the suspect, and concealing the facts.
The complainant said that due to the suspects’ collusion because of the blocking of routes from Lahore to Rawalpindi, there was a delay in submitting an immediate application. “Our daughter has faced serious injustice,” said the parents.
Talking to Voicepk, the police confirmed that a case has been registered on the citizen’s application and investigation has been initiated. While the arrest of the suspect had not yet been made, the police are taking action and the suspect would be arrested soon.
Student commits suicide due to fraud
A major breakthrough has occurred in the alleged suicide and recovery of the body of 22-year-old Laiba Ijaz, a student of International Islamic University, in the jurisdiction of Police Station, Ramna.
The deceased girl, Laiba Ijaz, daughter of Muhammad Ijaz, was unmarried and a resident of Flat No. 8, Gulistan Plaza, G-10 Markaz, Islamabad. The hanging body of the student was found on the green belt adjacent to the old traffic police picket near Sunday Bazaar, which the police took into custody and officially included the incident in the police record.
Despite the grave nature of the incident, Ramna Police has not yet registered a case. The police said that this incident is of an extreme nature and its case will be registered upon a formal application from the heirs, as no written application for the registration of the case has been received from the parents so far.
On the other hand, taking notice of this heart-wrenching incident, FIA Director Shehzad Bukhari took strict action, and the FIA contacted the girl’s relatives and demanded all details from her maternal uncle Rana Amjad, which has also been confirmed by the girl’s maternal uncle.
According to the family, Laiba had graduated with a BS degree with a gold medal from the Islamic University and wanted to go abroad (the USA) for further studies. The girl’s father was educating his children by selling milk on a motorcycle and lived in a rented flat. A consultant demanded 7 million rupees to secure admission to a US university, for which the poor father sold his plot and paid 2.1 million rupees in cash to the fraudster, while also mortgaging the mother’s jewelry in a bank to arrange the remaining amount.
According to initial information, the student had allegedly paid a total of 5 million rupees to an agent in connection with going to America. However, when the girl checked the documents for admission to the university, all of them turned out to be fake. Following the revelation of this grave fraud, the deceased girl wrote a last message to her maternal uncle before dying, stating, “Do not tell my father about the fraud done to me, he will die.” Police and relevant institutions are busy with further investigations in view of the serious nature of this entire matter.
Talking to Voicepk, police officials said that the post-mortem of student Laiba Ijaz was completed at 3 AM. During the post-mortem, various samples of Laiba Ijaz were collected. Police sources stated that all these collected samples will be sent to the Punjab Forensic Laboratory for further analysis. Sources said that it usually takes 15 to 20 days for the forensic report to arrive.
According to police sources, the actual causes of the student’s death will come to light clearly only upon receiving the forensic report. However, initially, no apparent signs of torture were found on Laiba Ijaz’s body.
Woman assaulted at gunpoint
A horrific incident of alleged assault on a 26-year-old girl named Erum* (fictitious name) occurred near Gangal Stop within the jurisdiction of Police Station Khanna, where the suspects took her to the forest at gunpoint and subjected her to this abominable act.
According to sources, the girl had left her home for her office at 10:30 AM, and when she was returning at 7:30 PM, this alleged assault incident took place near Gangal Stop, where she was allegedly taken towards the nearby forest under the threat of weapons.
Following the receipt of information about the incident, Islamabad Police immediately initiated investigations, and the police stated that the actual facts of this heinous crime will only come to light after the investigation is completed. On the other hand, according to sources, the IG Islamabad and DIG Operations have also taken strict notice of this serious incident, while a comprehensive investigation of the matter by the police is ongoing.
An FIR of the tragic incident has been registered by the police and sealed, due to which details regarding the suspects have not come to light yet.
Meanwhile an attempt to molest a an eight-year-old girl occurred in the jurisdiction of Police Station Naseerabad, Rawalpindi, upon which the police took immediate action and registered a case.
According to details, Nahid Bibi, a resident of Azmat Colony, submitted a written application to Police Station Naseerabad saying that her 8-year-old daughter Zainab, who was selling nimko on Range Road, was subjected to an attempted forced assault by an unknown person. As soon as an employee of an electric store present at the scene, witnessed this affair, the suspect fled from there.
Upon receiving information, the girl’s mother arrived at the spot, where the girl narrated the entire incident to her mother. Later, upon investigation and information, it was revealed that the name of the aforementioned suspect is Muhammad Saleem, son of Muhammad Hakeem. The police registered a case against the suspect under Section 377B of the Pakistan Penal Code upon the application of the complainant Nahid Bibi.