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.
Violence against women
Violence against women
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.
Doctors, teachers booked for kidnap, rape of girl in Bahawalpur
Victim was drugged, raped by suspects, father tells police.
Students continue protest in Quetta against harassment in varsity
Students of different organisations gather in front of Balochistan University’s main gate carrying placards and banners.
Three charged with gang-raping French tourist in Cambodia
Suspects offered tourist a ride to her accommodation before forcing her into the vehicle, police say.
Editorial: Balochistan University harassment scandal has jeopardised education for many girls
That safety of students is being taken so lightly by administration raises concerns about other varsities as well.
Husband, brother-in-law severely injure woman in Khanewal for 'refusing to make tea'
Woman says in FIR that her brother-in-law hit her in the face with an axe, husband also beat her up.
Two sisters kidnapped, gang-raped by five men in Kabirwala
One suspect arrested by police; raids being carried out to apprehend the other four men.
FIA arrests suspect for harassing, torturing woman in Karachi
FIA officials say the suspect confessed to his crime, surrendered passwords of fake IDs he created of the woman.
Suspect allegedly involved in murder of Hamdard University student arrested
He along with his accomplices had been committing street crimes since the last five months, says SSP Azfar Mahesar.
Couple held for ‘rape, blackmail’ of woman
A case was registered against the couple at Sundar police station on Friday.
‘Women are silenced through laws, traditions’
"Wartime atrocities and peacetime violence against women are mutually constituted — they are part of the same problems.”
Husband and wife booked over alleged rape, extortion of Lahore woman
The victim has claimed that her neighbours have been harassing her for the past six months; no arrest made so far.
LHC reserves verdict on Meesha Shafi's appeal in harassment case against Ali Zafar
Shafi had challenged the Punjab governor's decision to dismiss her sexual harassment complaint against Zafar.