Tag: Domestic Abuse
Rights Watch | 13th February 2021
Steel Town police on Friday, February 12, announced the arrest of three men accused of abducting a college student from Gulshan-e-Hadeed and sexually assaulting her on February 9. DNA test results awaited before police can proceed with further legal action. For more stories on human rights abuses, keep reading.
Rights Watch | 12th February 2021
Mansehra traffic police ban female students from sitting in the front seats of school vans and buses after a slew of complaints from parents that their girls were being harassed by drivers. Moreover, police stated that drivers accused of harassment will be fined and may face legal action. For more, keep reading.
Rights Watch | 4th February 2021
Acting on a tip from Interpol, FIA’s Cybercrime Wing arrested one Zaheer from Sialkot for distributing child pornography online. Harbouring suspicious of her character, Falak Sher of Chak 459 GB hacked his wife Ishrat to death for 'honour'. UET Peshawar, the UNHCR and the Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees sign MoU on creating academic opportunities and developing technical skills of Afghan refugees.
Rights Watch | 3rd February 2021
Case lodged against four in Lahore, including husband and mother-in-law, for beating and strangling to death a woman for not siring a son. Saddar police arrest a man for repeatedly raping his 16-year-old daughter for the past three months in their home in Chak 439 GB, Faisalabad. Supreme Court moved to prompt government to formally request India to launch inquiry into mass-death of 11 Pakistani Hindus in Jodhpur.
Rights Watch | 25th January 2021
A Khudian Khas assistant sub-inspector (ASI) has been booked and detained for allegedly raping a woman at gunpoint; police however claim both the rape survivor and her husband are habitual offenders. Mardan police have arrested two of five suspects for gang-raping a married woman on January 20. A Dera Ghazi Khan man murdered his two minor daughters by setting them alight in bid to frame his third wife and her family.
Rights Watch | 18th January 2021
Relative's DNA confirmed match in the murder and rape of a seven-year-old girl in Khairpur district, police move to apprehend the suspect whose whereabouts are currently unknown; police arrest van driver for raping two minor boys in front of two other classmates in a seminary in Gujjar Garhi area of Mardan; Okara man guns down sister, disposes of her body in a canal following a domestic dispute.
Rights Watch | 15th January 2021
20-year-old gang rape survivor appeals to Prime Minister and Punjab Chief Minister for justice against her tormentors, claims police colluding with accused; Sindh's Tangwani town resident shoots dead wife for allegedly having an affair a day after their wedding; Lahore man arrested for gunning down polio worker for turning down his proposal.
Rights Watch | 12th January 2021
Two arrested on suspicion in connection with rape and murder of seven-year-old Momina Larik in Khairpur, Sindh. For more stories, keep reading.
Rights Watch | 7th January 2021
Shia organizations in Sindh stage protests in various towns and cities across the province against the Hazara Shia coal miners massacre in Macch. Keep reading for more news on the rights situation in Pakistan.
Rights Watch | 5th January 2021
Khula decrees received by family courts in Sindh increased sixfold in 2020; Karachi cleric remanded for two weeks in case pertaining to sexual assault and blackmail of a thirteen-year-old girl; Bill presented in US House of Representatives seeking to end Pakistan's status as a non-NATO ally.