Violence against women
‘Soft reporting’ is easy but many journalists have lost their lives after covering terrorism and operations by security forces.
Updated 27 Jun, 2023 11:02am
While cause of his death will be ascertained after receiving the postmortem report, sources reveal he had consumed poison prior to his arrest.
Updated 17 Jun, 2023 11:59am
25pc people think a man beating his wife is justifiable.
Updated 14 Jun, 2023 08:47am
79 cases of rape reported during five months of this year compared to 29 over the same period of last year.
Updated 12 Jun, 2023 10:53am
34pc of respondents admit they had been violent towards women in the past.
Updated 12 Jun, 2023 09:59am
Existing legal provisions have proven insufficient in successfully criminalising, and ultimately combatting this deep-rooted practice-turned-tradition.
Published 07 Jun, 2023 02:47pm
Noor Mukadam’s landmark case has exposed the entrenched male privilege in Pakistan.
Updated 20 May, 2025 03:20pm
Niloufar Hamedi could face death penalty; she was detained on Sept 20 after reporting from the hospital where Amini spent 3 days in coma before her death.
Published 29 May, 2023 09:04pm
Suspect arrested from crime scene along with murder weapon; Additional IG Javed Odho seeks inquiry report on urgent basis.
Updated 29 May, 2023 11:34pm
The co-founder of Miramax Films will serve the sentence after completing his 23-year sentence for a sexual misconduct conviction in New York.
Updated 24 Feb, 2023 09:42am
This is not just any criminal case where the victim happened to be a woman. The choice of the crime rested upon the victim's gender.
Updated 08 Feb, 2023 12:42pm
Studies show that 40pc women experienced physical, emotional abuse.
Updated 06 Feb, 2023 09:40am
CPO takes notice after media reports about incident go viral on social media.
Updated 21 Dec, 2022 09:43am
Victim says she went to visit her in-laws who tried to snatch her infant daughter and also stole $7,000.
Updated 20 Dec, 2022 10:26am
All victims of sexual abuse must be equally trusted.
Updated 13 Dec, 2022 08:26am
The suspect told police he had given his wife Rs1,500 and when he asked for it back, she returned Rs1,200.
Updated 12 Dec, 2022 09:46am
Counsel says prosecution did not prove "ill intention" of security guard.
Updated 09 Dec, 2022 09:14am
Zahir Jaffer's counsel terms acquittal of nine out of the 12 accused a failure of the investigators.
Updated 01 Dec, 2022 10:18am
DSP says preliminary autopsy report confirms that the girl was sexually assaulted before being brutally murdered.
Updated 01 Dec, 2022 10:21am
Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act, 2016 provides comprehensive protection to women against a range of crimes.
Updated 30 Nov, 2022 08:19am
The victim went missing from the Italian city of Reggio Emilia on April 30, 2021.
Updated 29 Nov, 2022 10:11am
Shraddha's live-in partner to undergo ‘narco-analysis test’ after police say suspect trying to deceive investigators.
Updated 17 Nov, 2022 09:24am
Rawalpindi court also sentences him to 10 years in prison; two others sent to jail for seven years each, three acquitted.
Published 12 Nov, 2022 12:52pm
11,160 rape/gang-rape incidents reported during the period.
Published 20 Oct, 2022 06:51am
"Sameena has been nominated as a suspect due to her statements," contends complainant's lawyer; she was on bail since Sept 26.
Published 19 Oct, 2022 11:49am
Police sources say the man along with his mother strangled his wife to death over a domestic dispute.
Updated 17 Oct, 2022 10:44am
Police arrest three people, including man claiming to be occult practitioner.
Updated 13 Oct, 2022 01:20pm
Fine imposed on the guilty to be paid to complainant.
Updated 12 Oct, 2022 09:10am
He was arrested last month for allegedly killing his Canadian national wife at a farmhouse in Islamabad's Shahzad Town.
Updated 06 Oct, 2022 03:49pm
I’m advocating here for something very ordinary — to take the worst possible fallen woman this society hates to the core, and refuse to believe she deserves harm.
Published 04 Oct, 2022 04:42pm
