Violence against women in Pakistan is both a crime and a socially accepted norm
The state has absolved itself of the responsibility to enforce laws that protect women from violence.
Violence against women
Violence against women
‘Aurat March seeks to join people for cause of gender justice’
The Hum Aurtein group demands an end to violence, sexual harassment.
Facebook to work with FIA to curb cybercrime against children, women
Social media firm’s team offers to train local law enforcement officials.
Nighat Dad, Pakistan’s digital warrior battling the patriarchy
Dad formed the Digital Rights Foundation, a think tank tackling digital rights through a gender lens, in 2012.
Two officials of Sindh health department found guilty of sexual harassment
The ombudsman pronounced the verdict in the presence of an accused, lawyer for the second accused, female complainant.
Man arrested for killing sister, her newborn son in Muzaffargarh
FIR registered on complaint of victim's mother-in-law, who said the victims were kidnapped from their home on gunpoint.
510 women, 259 men fell prey to ‘honour’ killing during five years in Sindh
Of the total 649 criminal cases, courts hand sentences in only 19 cases between 2014 and 2019.
Woman raped after being robbed of cash
Woman says she was held at gunpoint, raped by one of the kidnappers while his accomplice guarded her friend and driver.
Karachi man arrested after video goes viral of him 'beating' daughter
Video shared on social media showed the father beating his daughter "brutally": police.
108 women in Sindh 'killed for honour' in 2019 alone: police report
Three cases of acid attacks and 95 cases of rape of women were registered with the police during the same period.
Pakistan extradites sex offender who fled UK during trial
Accused one of 10 men sentenced in 2016 for committing sexual offences against a teenage girl in Rochdale, Manchester.
Six members of a family gunned down in their sleep in suspected honour killing in Hyderabad
Police have arrested a dozen suspects so far.
It has taken Pakistanis a terribly long time to confront the problem of paedophilia
There are thousands of children like Zainab who are abducted, abused, sold, sexually exploited and tortured every day.
Bride beaten to death in Lahore by ‘husband, in-laws’ a day after marriage
Police have started an investigation into the allegations after lodging a case against the suspects.
Indian court jails former BJP lawmaker for life in rape of minor
New Delhi Judge Dharmesh Sharma also orders Kuldeep Sengar to pay a fine of 2.5 million rupees to the victim.
7 years after Delhi gang rape, brutal India attacks continue
In India, gruesome reports of rape and retaliatory killing are hauntingly familiar
Women activists hold rally against violence, harassment in Quetta
The march culminated in a demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club.
Indian police investigated over killings of rape suspects
The National Human Rights Commission says it is concerned that the killings will "send a wrong message to society".
Indian rape victim dies in hospital after being set ablaze
The attack, the second major case of violence against women in the past two weeks, has sparked public outrage in India.
A decade apart, eerie similarities emerge between two encounter killings in India's Telangana
The two investigations were headed by the same policeman and there was also a delay in acting on the complaints.
Indian police kill 4 men suspected of raping vet
The men had been in police custody and were shot near the scene of last week's crime, says Shamshabad police official.
Three held in rape case in Mansehra
One suspect flees from court premises.
Ward boy held for trying to molest handicapped woman in ICU in Karachi
Official says suspect has been arrested and booked under Section 354 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Alyani affirms commitment to women’s safety
Dr Fouzia Saeed meets CM to particularly discuss the torture and harassment of women and child abuse in the province.
Rape an 'intolerable cost to society', must be universally criminalised: UN executive director
On International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, UN calls for end to continued impunity for perpetrators.
Man kills sister in Lahore after argument
Police register case against suspect, who is on the run.
Main accused in girl stripping case surrenders to police
Sajawal was charged in the case of stripping a girl and parading her naked in the street in October 2017.
Final post-mortem report says Larkana student Nimrita was sexually assaulted, murdered: police
"Report didn’t establish initial theory of suicide," says Police Surgeon Dr Abbasi.
Man arrested for throwing acid on woman, her in-laws
DPO says a special team has arrested the suspect.
Police officials summoned in DI Khan girl stripping case
PHC displeased with long delay in arrest of prime accused.