THE alleged gang-rape of a married Hindu woman in Umarkot by upper caste Hindu landlords is not the last time one will hear of such a dastardly act. If there is any silver lining to the event, it is that the woman’s father-in-law has filed an FIR, naming the three men who allegedly barged into […]
KARACHI, May 9: Between ten and twelve thousand children live on KarachiÂ’s streets and over 63 per cent of these children are sexually abused. This was claimed at a workshop on “Child Protection Issue with Special Reference to Street Children,” held at the auditorium of the Women Sports Complex, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, on Wednesday. The workshop was […]
FAISALABAD, May 9: The Qadirpur police in Jhang investigating a gang-rape case have allegedly given a twist to the issue by declaring a minor the sole rapist to oblige the influential landlords — the actual perpetrators. The police investigators have changed the nature of the case through a fictitious application despite the fact that the […]
LAHORE, May 9: In the first of its kind case, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for a couple after a medical examination found that the ‘husband’ was a woman. The court issued the warrant after a five-man medical board, headed by Services Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Ejaz Bhatti, told […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday prohibited discussions, comments and write-ups likely to interfere with the legal process in connection with the presidential reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and the constitutional petitions on the subject. The SC issued a “code of conduct” for the general public, the lawyer community and the print and […]
ISLAMABAD, May 9: Having experienced noisy scenes in each hearing of the case of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry over the past weeks, the Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed a series of restrictions on entry to the court house and cautioned the media against scandalising or maligning judges of the apex court. The warnings came […]
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