Violence against women
Netblocks reports “significant disruption to internet connectivity in Zahedan"; US, UK sanction Iranian officials.
Updated 16 Sep, 2023 08:42am
Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram remands defendants in custody; no pleas to any of the charges entered during the short hearing.
Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:30pm
Sarah Inam was allegedly killed by her husband in Islamabad around a year ago.
Updated 13 Sep, 2023 04:42pm
Victims tell magistrate suspect assaulted them several times after luring them with the prospect of employment, filmed ordeal to blackmail them.
Updated 13 Sep, 2023 10:21am
Directs to constitute the requisite SSOIUs immediately and to arrange necessary training for police officers.
Published 08 Sep, 2023 07:35am
Police say the man shot his wife as she made her way to court with her minor son.
Updated 06 Sep, 2023 10:44am
Complainant said a man had kidnapped her 20-year-old daughter from home while she was out.
Updated 05 Sep, 2023 10:59am
Complainant says both suspects extorted money from her daughter through blackmail to allow her clinic to reopen.
Updated 05 Sep, 2023 11:27am
Official says suspect used to rape women after luring them with prospect of job, make their videos to blackmail them; action taken after videos went viral on social media.
Published 04 Sep, 2023 09:56pm
Call on government to step up relief efforts, take action to investigate acts of violence and hold perpetrators to account.
Published 04 Sep, 2023 09:06pm
Even when Modi spoke, he spoke as a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, not as India’s prime minister.
Published 21 Jul, 2023 04:28pm
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh says "thorough investigation" under way; accused may face death penalty.
Published 21 Jul, 2023 12:45pm
Report says incident took place on May 4 after ethnic clashes erupted; a woman also allegedly gang-raped.
Published 19 Jul, 2023 11:00pm
Woman raped in Rawalpindi by four individuals for five days while another woman in Islamabad raped at gunpoint in broad daylight.
Updated 15 Jul, 2023 10:31am
Case registered at Kohsar police station; complainant says suspect lured her with prospect of job and raped her at gunpoint in broad daylight.
Updated 14 Jul, 2023 10:42pm
Police interrogate guards, servants and residents of the locality to ascertain identity of suspect and victim.
Updated 07 Jul, 2023 09:51am
Sharjeel says CM took serious notice of "shameful act".
Updated 06 Jul, 2023 09:40am
Officials say brother and stepbrother assaulted 15-year-old sister for a year; accused sent on physical remand.
Updated 26 Jun, 2023 10:29am
Tate, 36, is also charged with raping one of the victims.
Updated 21 Jun, 2023 09:45am
‘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
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
