Tag: domestic violence
Rights Watch | 15 Nov 2023
Caretaker Federal Cabinet Forms 3-Member Committee to Address Missing Persons Issue
The caretaker federal cabinet in Islamabad has formed a 3-member committee to address the...
Rights Watch | 18 Sep 2023
Young Woman Set Ablaze by In-Laws in Lahore Over Family Dispute
In Lahore's Ichhra area, a young woman is in critical condition after allegedly being...
Rights Watch | 23 May 2023
Girls' Schools Targeted and Destroyed in Militant Attack in North Waziristan
Two girls' schools were destroyed in North Waziristan, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. The...
Rights Watch | 26 April 2023
Woman subjected to acid attack in Arifwala
A woman was subjected to an acid attack in Qaboola Town, Arifwala tehsil by two men, one of...
Don’t be silent! If you are a victim of domestic violence, seek help to...
Domestic Violence is a punishable crime.
AGHS Legal Aid Cell Helpline No: 0300-8427079
Art Work: Sabir Nazar
Written by: Xari Jalil
Project supported by the Embassy of the...
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.
