Without affirmative state action to establish gender equality, all efforts to protect women will prove in vain
The experience of all nations shows that severe penalties do not cause a decline in crime.
Violence against women
Violence against women
Woman kidnapped, raped in Karachi's Clifton
The victim was returning home after work when she was abducted by two men.
Girl killed for honour in Darra, three relatives held
The victim's father, uncle and cousin strangled her after finding her talking to a friend on her mobile phone.
ASI booked on charge of rape in Gujranwala
Inquiry launched after ‘conflicting statements’ of woman.
Public hangings, castration are no solutions and bringing them up detracts the debate for real reforms
There are sufficient laws to tackle the offences of rape, gang rape and child sexual abuse but they are not being implemented.
Woman ‘gang-raped’ by robbers in family’s presence in Punjab
Husband alleges he reported matter to police but they insisted on omitting the gang-rape allegation from the report.
Motorway rape: Key suspect's wife says she is unaware of his whereabouts
Abid Malhi's wife was taken into custody by law enforcement agencies last night.
Police to pursue honour-killing cases
Okara DPO says female officers will be posted to check violence against women in the district.
Suspect Shafqat Ali sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand in motorway gang-rape case
Judge directs police to hold identity parade of the suspect as soon as possible.
It seems from media coverage that women to discuss women rights are still in short supply
Women lawyers, women activists and women police officers were conspicuous by their absence on the channels.
Rapists should be publicly hanged or chemically castrated: PM Imran
PM says govt was informed public hangings of rapists would not be "internationally acceptable".
CJP urged to initiate suo motu proceedings over motorway rape
Judicial inquiry sought into the incident.
Suspects in motorway gang-rape case identified, evade arrest: Punjab govt
IGP names primary suspect as Abid Ali, a resident of Fort Abbas in Bahawalnagar, and his accomplice as Waqarul Hassan.
Blaming the victim
It is not enough for individual members of the government to condemn the act.
Land of Disturbia
The unfortunate events of this past week have reinforced the vulnerabilities of the PTI government.
Punjab IGP orders deployment of manpower on motorway after gang-rape exposes lack of security
Newly constructed Lahore-Sialkot Motorway has "remained unmanned in terms of security and traffic management".
Motorway gang-rape: CM's prerogative to remove Lahore CCPO, says Raja Basharat
Punjab law minister says govt is aware of growing demand for Umar Sheikh's removal following his remarks on a woman's gang-rape.
12 suspects arrested in Lahore motorway gang rape: Punjab govt
Senate panel summons motorways police chief, communications secretary to brief members; Shireen Mazari demands report from police.
Robbers gang-rape woman seeking help on motorway in Punjab
The woman was travelling from Lahore to Gujranwala along with her children.
Rape of 86-year-old grandmother shocks India
Police have arrested a man in his 30s who allegedly duped the octogenarian into accompanying him before raping her.
Supreme Court sees no honour in honour killings
“It will help deter such killings if the term ‘Ghairat’ is not used to describe them," says Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
AJK man arrested for sexually assaulting, strangling 20-year-old fiancée
The arrest was made on the basis of the provisional report of the victim's post-mortem, which suggested sexual assault.
Report identifies legislative gaps in ending violence against women in KP
Suggests contextualising relevant laws within the framework of convention on elimination of all forms of discrimination.
Woman allegedly set on fire by husband
Victim received critical burns; police say raids are underway to arrest the accused.
Man kills sister for 'honour' in Karachi's Clifton area
Police say man confesses to killing sister because "she used to talk to a man in the neighbourhood".
Rawalpindi court grants interim bail to 3 men accused of stripping, assaulting and filming girl
The case was registered last month when Capital Police Officer Muhammad Ahsan Younis took notice of the incident.
Protesters want killers of Karak woman, sons arrested
Protesters hold jirga, condemn murder of woman and two sons in Bogara area.
Anger in Singapore over punishment for woman’s attacker
The “short detention order”, which will see him spend 12 days in prison but means he will not have a criminal record.
Girl saved from forced marriage in Gujrat village awaits her return to Italy
Isra, 16, was being forced by her father to marry her 10-year-old cousin at Nagrianwala village.
Domestic violence: To speak or not to speak
No one is willing to open up their homes, no one is willing to mediate.