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Young girl kidnapped from Gilgit raped

RAWALPINDI: An accused, Abdulah, kidnapped a young girl from Gilgit, brought her to Rawalpindi, raped her for six days in a room of a hotel and ran away, police said.One Samya Bibi, resident of Muslim Colony, village Kino Daas, Gizir, Gilgit, lodged a complaint with the Waris Khan police saying that her beloved, Abdulah brought […]


Four fall prey to honour killing

LARKANA/SUKKUR: Four persons, two men and two women, were killed in two different districts apparently for honour on Monday. A man and a married woman were shot dead on the pretext of ‘Karo-kari’ in Faqeer Muhammed Khoso village within the remit of the Qubo Saeed Khan police station, some 70 kilometres from here, on Monday. […]


9-year-old in critical condition after gang-rape

By Kashif Zafar BAHAWALPUR: A nine-year-old girl was taken to hospital after she was raped by three men on Wednesday. Doctors treating her said that she was in a critical condition. The medico-legal report confirmed rape. Airport police have registered a case against seven people for kidnap and rape, five of them have been named […]


Confronting gender crimes

By: REHAN YOUSAF Pakistan and the subcontinent in general, are very unfortunate places to be a woman in. The recent case of a gang rape of a young girl on a bus in New Delhi has made the world stand up and take note of the deteriorating situation of female affairs in this part of […]