Tag: Harassment

The governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa orders an inquiry into harassment allegations leveled by female students of Islamia college university Peshawar against their teachers.

Where the state moves forward with anti-harassment apps, existing issues in access to justice and implementation of women protection laws go unaddressed. What are the chances these apps can yield any results?

10 y/o boy found murdered after being subjected to sodomy, torture in Rahim Yar Khan; minor boy raped by male domestic worker in Bahawalpur; 8 y/o girl raped while suspects filmed the incident in Chiniot; 10 y/o Dadu girl raped and tossed on roadside by an influential.

September 29th, 2020; By Rehan Piracha; LAHORE; A lawyer of Meesha Shafi has accused Ali Zafar of harassing defense witnesses after the FIA charged Shafi and eight others with defamation under the cybercrime law.

September 7th, 2020; By Rehan Piracha; LAHORE: The Enforcement of Women’s Property Rights Act 2020 will be ineffective as it will prolong litigation for women deprived of their inheritance. The Act empowers the Federal Ombudsperson of Prevention of Harassment of Women at Workplace to hear complaints of women who have been deprived of their inheritance but the other party can move the civil court, thereby aggrieved women will have to pursue simultaneous litigation.

Man Arrested for Raping Daughter: A young woman hailing from Gulabiwala village in Multan accused her father of raping her at gunpoint while their family was away. The victim claims that her cries for help alerted her family and ...

CHILD DOMESTIC WORKER TORTURED: The Punjab Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) recovered 8 year old Sana from her abusive employers in Lahore after receiving a tipoff on their 1121 helpline. The girl had been employed as a ...

Domestic Violence Bill to be Tabled Today: The Domestic Violence (Protection and Prevention) Bill 2020, prepared by the Ministry of Human Rights, will be tabled in the National Assembly today. The bill already has approval from the Cabinet ...

Refuge at a Police Station: Having escaped her violent husband, a Nawabshah woman has now taken refuge in the Liaqatabad women’s police station after being refused by her uncles. According to the woman, her husband of 6 months ...

Woman Set on Fire for Honour: Syed Bilal Hussain Shah of Sarai Saleh village of district Haripur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has accused his in-laws of setting his wife on fire and killing her for honour. Shah and his wife had contracted ...