Rape charges filed against ex-minister

Published March 25, 2015
The First Information Report (FIR) was filed against the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader at Islamabad's Bara Koh police station.  -AFP/File
The First Information Report (FIR) was filed against the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader at Islamabad's Bara Koh police station. -AFP/File

ISLAMABAD: A former federal minister has been named in an FIR for rape and sexual harassment in the federal capital city on Wednesday.

The First Information Report (FIR) was filed against the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader at Islamabad's Bara Koh police station on the complaint of a woman who had earlier approached additional sessions judge (East) for the registration of a case.

According to the FIR obtained by DawnNews, the woman, a human rights worker, said that she has been getting threatening phone calls from men linked with the ex-minister and fears for the lives of her children.

Previously, the former minister was also implicated in an Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) by two pharmaceutical companies.

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