Violence against women
KP police chief announces cash prizes and commendation certificates to investigation and operations teams.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 11:03pm
Compared to 58pc of men, only 30pc of women in Pakistan own smartphone, the largest gap in the world, report says.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 10:20am
Police officials say suspect will be arrested within the next 48 hours; girl's family is being provided with full protection.
Updated 15 Jun, 2025 02:47pm
‘No’ is more than a complete sentence, for women, it is a complex syntax that has been perfected by navigating a complicated web — body language, tone, eye contact, walk, clothes, and even a smile.
Published 12 Jun, 2025 11:08am
Police register case; woman injured in self-immolation attempt.
Updated 12 Jun, 2025 11:42am
“The culprit will be punished as per the law. Anyone who kills anyone unjustly does not deserve any concession,” says DPO.
Published 11 Jun, 2025 10:53pm
Rules that authentic footage is admissible as primary evidence.
Updated 11 Jun, 2025 11:02am
Calls it a stark reminder of the violence women and girls face for asserting their rights.
Published 10 Jun, 2025 01:16pm
Police performance falters as 2,388 suspects acquitted, 924 penalised in 60,217 cases related to crimes against women and children.
Updated 10 Jun, 2025 02:53pm
Stalking is the ultimate act of entitlement, expressing the idea that a person is entitled to attention and body of another person.
Published 07 Jun, 2025 09:55am
Noor Mukadam’s case ended in justice — but in a system designed to silence women, hers remains the rare exception, not the rule.
Published 06 Jun, 2025 11:34am
Police arrested the accused, who was identified as Azan Sultan, 10 and a half years old, and lived in the same house.
Published 06 Jun, 2025 07:47am
Chief police officer seeks report from the Saddar Division ASP.
Updated 05 Jun, 2025 10:54am
Identification parade to be conducted once victim’s mother, aunt return from Chitral.
Updated 05 Jun, 2025 10:46am
Police surgeon says husband is alive but in critical condition with cut injuries while the wife had sustained fatal cuts.
Updated 05 Jun, 2025 01:33pm
FIR names 4 of the total 8 suspects who abducted couple.
Updated 04 Jun, 2025 12:31am
Police chief says suspect had tried to contact TikToker Sana Yousaf repeatedly and was being “rejected by her again and again”.
Updated 03 Jun, 2025 08:24pm
SSP emphasises role of Anti-Rape Crisis Cells and Gender Desks in assisting women workers.
Updated 02 Jun, 2025 10:15am
Suspect arrested within 8 hours after FIA immigration authorities alerted to thwart escape plan; father also held.
Updated 01 Jun, 2025 11:26am
The woman tied the knot against her family’s will through court marriage in 2021.
Published 27 May, 2025 01:20pm
Police say suspect was reportedly mentally ill, launch investigation.
Published 26 May, 2025 10:56pm
FIR says suspect forcibly entered her hostel and falsely claimed that the doctor was his wife.
Updated 26 May, 2025 11:47am
Separately, husband allegedly guns down wife in Orangi Town, flees.
Updated 24 May, 2025 11:38am
Police find about 3,000 videos and images of him sexually assaulting around 50 women in his taxi or his home, media reports say.
Updated 22 May, 2025 02:47pm
Noor's death was the result of not just one person’s malevolence, but a preventable tragedy caused by several individuals failing to do the right thing.
Updated 22 May, 2025 03:40pm
Three-member bench dismisses Zahir's appeal; maintains rape, abduction charges; sentences of his two household staff shortened.
Updated 20 May, 2025 06:43pm
Hearing adjourned till tomorrow as court indicates appeal against Zahir Jaffer's death sentence will be decided soon.
Updated 19 May, 2025 11:12pm
Urges authorities to conduct a thorough, impartial investigation, says state must become a party in all such cases.
Published 18 May, 2025 09:30pm
During a discussion about sexual assault organised by France’s film board, a woman stood up and publicly denounced an executive from the ACID Cannes film section.
Published 15 May, 2025 10:26pm
Perpetrators must be dealt with iron hand, bench tells authorities.
Updated 14 May, 2025 10:18am
