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Couple arrested in Rawalpindi on charges of kidnapping, raping and filming female student
Rawalpindi CPO says couple admitted to have subjected about 45 other women to the same treatment.
Violence against women
Violence against women
Woman falls victim to ‘honour killing’ in Gulberg in Karachi
The police have registered a case against the suspect on a complaint of the victim’s father.
Levis, Wrangler vow to protect women workers from sexual abuse
Nien Hsing Textile employs one-quarter of the tiny African nation’s total garment workforce.
Girl ‘denies rape by MPA’ in her statement before magistrate
The police had lodged an FIR against the MPA under section 376, 377 and 365 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Police deny receiving rape complaint against MPA who has ‘gone abroad’
Affidavit by the ‘victim’ states that her allegations against the MPA were result of a misunderstanding.
Lahore man arrested for indecent exposure, harassment
A complainant had uploaded a video of the suspect on Twitter showing him engaging in an obscene act.
Outrage mounts in India over rape case teen's suspicious car crash
The girl has accused BJP legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar of rape, harassment; two of her aunts killed in crash.
Teenage girl assaulted in Taxila
The victim’s father tells police that his neighbour took his teenage daughter to a house and sexually assaulted her.
Man arrested for exposing himself, sexually harassing girls in Lahore
Police take action after girl describes ordeal on Twitter, posts photos of alleged harasser.
'Bigger crime than murder': SC throws out acquittal plea of acid attacker despite victim's forgiveness
Chief Justice Khosa says there cannot be any compromise in a case concerning an acid attack.
China police raids rescue 1,100 trafficked Southeast Asian women
China has established 8 liaison offices to coordinate with police in 3 countries to combat trafficking, return women.
SC rejects Mukhtar Mai's 2011 review petition on technical grounds
Court observes that points raised in application could not be considered for hearing in a review petition.
Inquiry ordered into woman manhandling case
The woman is the wife of a suspect and was accompanying her husband on the day.
Four shot dead in honour-related clash in Bannu
According to police, the relatives of a woman, Zainab Bibi, were angered by her marriage to one named Shah Zeb.
HIV positive woman killed by husband near Ratodero
Nearly 700 people, many of them children, have tested positive in recent weeks.
HR body seeks report on rape involving policemen
Three police constables are among four people suspected of gang-raping a woman working for a call centre.
Three men sentenced to death for raping girl in Sanghar
A sessions judge acquitted three women nominated in the case.
Sexual harassment of student: Varsity teacher’s plea against his sacking dismissed
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has dismissed a petition of a private university’s teacher challenging his removal...
Badin police arrest man accused of blackmailing girl who died by suicide
18-year-old wrote in suicide note that she wanted to live, but her tormentors had made her life miserable.
Woman subjected to gang rape, acid attack in Layyah
The woman was admitted to Fatehpur THQ Hospital where she was said to be stable.
Police suspect 'inside help' in girl's kidnapping from Karachi's DHA neighbourhood
Girl kidnapped last week returns home safely; SSP South says kidnappers used social media to get in touch with family.
3 policemen among four arrested in Rawalpindi rape case
Victim alleges that she was forced into a car and subjected to rape on May 15; police awaits medical report.
US men avoid spending time with female colleagues in the wake of #MeToo
Nearly two thirds of male managers say they'd be uncomfortable taking part in one-on-one work activity with a woman.
Man sentenced to death for raping, killing Karachi girl over marriage refusal
Model court also orders the convict to pay Rs1.2 million compensation to the legal heirs of the victims.
Man allegedly kills wife, daughter and relative over suspicion of being in a relationship
SHO says a case has been registered under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Two sisters ‘married’ to Chinese men eventually saved
Parents realised they were tricked, refused to let daughters leave for China.
Trafficking ring: 11 Chinese suspects remanded into FIA custody
Raids underway to recover four more Pakistani women married off to Chinese men allegedly involved in trafficking ring.
Police arrest man in Muzaffargarh suspected of setting girl on fire for rejecting marriage proposal
According to an FIR registered by the victim's mother, her daughter was set on fire in an attempt to kill her.
Suspected prostitution ring: FIA arrests 14 more Chinese nationals, recovers girls and weapons
According to FIA sources, the suspects wanted to smuggle the girls abroad under the pretense of marriages.
3 Chinese men arrested as FIA tightens screws on suspected transnational prostitution ring
Fake marriages set up between Chinese men, mostly Christian Pakistani women who were later trafficked into prostitution.