Tag: domestic violence
Rights Watch | 19 December 2022
Man kills ex-wife in her second husband`s house
TOBA TEK SINGH: A man allegedly killed his former wife after forcibly entering the house of her...
Rights Watch | 16 December 2022
Man gets 21-year jail term for torturing wife
A sessions court handed down a 21-year imprisonment sentence to a man for torturing his wife and...
Rights Watch | 12 December 2022
Newborn's body found inside petrol station's toilet in Pindi
Rawalpindi police found a newborn baby’s body inside a petrol station’s toilet after two unidentified women...
The Punjab Domestic Violence Act 2016: Six years on and no sign of implementation
Female lawyers, parliamentarians, activists, civil society members, and other stakeholders discuss obstacles to implementing domestic violence laws in Pakistan.
Mother says daughter strangled to death by in-laws
The mother of a 25-year-old Christian woman, who died in mysterious circumstances in Lahore on July 11, has alleged that her daughter was strangled to death by her husband and his parents.
Rights Watch | 20th July 2022
An American woman was allegedly gang-raped by her tour guide and his two accomplices at Fort Munro in Dera Ghazi Khan on July 17. Two including the prime suspect have been arrested so far.
Rights Watch | 15th July 2022
Mobina Town police on Thursday registered a case under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act against a man accused of murdering his wife and boiling her body in a pot in Karachi's Gulshan-e-Iqbal on Wednesday.
Rights Watch | 14th July 2022
A married woman and three unmarried teenagers were kidnapped in three separate incidents in Taxila's Wah area on Wednesday. Police have yet to trace the missing women and no suspects have been arrested so far.
Rights Watch | 11th June 2022
The parents of a 25-year-old woman have accused her husband and in-laws in Jati Pind village of burning her alive on Friday. The father of the victim claims she was being abused for the past few years.
Rights Watch | December 31st 2021
According to figures released by the Gujrat police some 35 women were killed in incidents of domestic violence in the District during the year 2021.
The police claims to have made 40 arrests but none have been convicted.
