Tag: Harassment
Rights Watch | 06th July 2020
Honour Killing: One Tanveer Gadhi was shot dead in the name of honour by Gulraiz Gadhi and 8 other men in Chak 271/GB of Rajana District Toba Tek Singh. Gulriaz was pardoned by his family for killing his sister for allegedly having an affair ...
Rights Watch | 03rd July 2020
Women Empowerment: In a historic first, all the four provinces now have at least one woman as district election commissioner (DEC). The move comes ahead of the delimitation schedule for local government polls in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...
Schoolgirls faced constant harassment since two years
Jun 25, 2020: Incidents of sexual abuse and the harassment of girls, even those who are underage, seems to be a serious issue. In one of Karachi's areas, Essa Nagri, one such case also arose when a some gangsters supported by a political ...
Rights Watch | 22nd June 2020
Child Labour: Rights activists have urged federal and provincial governments to make child labour a cognizable offence and set up rehabilitation centres. They also called upon the governments to ensure that in all laws the child ...
Rights Watch | 19th June 2020
Missing Persons: Activist Idris Khattak who went missing 7 months ago is in the custody of the Military Intelligence and is being charged under Official Secrets Act 1923. Journalist Anisur Rehman was recovered by the police ...
When brute force attacks
According to Section 354 of the Pakistan Penal Code whoever intends to assault or use criminal force against a woman intending to or of the knowledge to outrage her modesty in public, shall be punished with imprisonment for upto 2 years or more, and/or with fine.
