MIRPUR (AJK): The Additional Sessions Court Dadayal, Mirpur District, Tuesday gave three-time death sentence to culprit Moeen Bashir allias Sahiboo of Jaranawala Tehsil of Faisalabad District in the abduction, rape, and murder of 12-year Kanwal Matloob of Dadayal town. The court comprising Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Idrees Bhati and Additional District Qazi Dadyal Muhammad Sarfraz […]
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Man named Hidayat Khilji arrested for ‘abducting, filming obscene videos of girls’ in Quetta
QUETTA: Balochistan Police Thursday arrested two suspects including Hidayat Khilji for abducting and filming obscene videos of two girls in Quetta. Addressing a presser in Quetta, DIG Police said that a woman filed a complaint with the police regarding the abduction of her two daughters.“The woman blamed that Hidayat Khilji and his brother Khalil abducted […]
Indictment postponed in minor rape and murder case
KARACHI: The court has postponed the indictment of the main suspect Zakir alias Andola in a rape and murder case of a six-year-old girl in Karachi’s Korangi on Tuesday. A local court heard the rape and murder case of a minor girl in Karachi today. During the hearing, Zakir’s father told the court that he […]
Hundreds of I.Coast women march against rape
Hundreds of women in Ivory Coast took to the streets of Abidjan on Saturday to protest a surge of violence against women, in a country where 800 women reported rapes in 2020. The movement, dubbed “Offensive Orange”, saw more than 2,000 women march against rape in the Ivorian economic capital, calling it “a weapon of […]
South Africa sees ‘deeply disturbing’ crime increase
South Africa has experienced a “deeply disturbing” increase in rape and murder, partially explained by deadly riots in July, the police minister said on Friday. Twenty percent more murders were committed between July and September, compared to the same period last year, police minister Bheki Cele said. “Among the many other factors that contributed to […]
Two arrested after girl’s body found dumped in Metro station washroom
ISLAMABAD: The body of a minor girl was found dumped in a washroom of a non-functional metro bus station in G-11 on Monday. The girl is yet to be identified and was aged between 11 and 12 years. Police suspected that the girl was subjected to sexual assault and then strangled, as there were some […]
Court hands down 22-year term to rapist
A special court on Monday convicted a man on the charges of kidnap cum rape of a 25-year old girl. The court handed down 22-year imprisonment to Samson Masih, besides imposing Rs 300,000 fine. The court further imposed daman (compensation) of Rs 200,000 on the convict, to be paid to the victim. Additional District and […]
Girl alleges was gang-raped by brother-in-law, accomplices
SANGHAR: A girl was allegedly gang raped in Sanghar on Saturday. The victim has accused her brother-in-law along with his friend of the sexual assault. She reported that she lives with her sister, because her parents are no longer alive. According to the police, the girl has pointed out five men, upon which the case […]
Eleven year old child murdered in Gujranwala
GUJRANWALA: An eleven year old child has been murdered in the Gujranwala vicinity of Qila Dedar Singh, on Friday. The locals of the area gathered around the Police station of Qila Dedar Singh and protested against the inhumane act of cruelty. The police found the body of the child left in the fields. The child […]
Former top magazine editor acquitted of rape in India
An Indian court Friday acquitted the former editor of a leading news magazine accused of raping a female colleague seven years ago in a high-profile case that made headlines across the country. Tarun Tejpal was acquitted of charges of rape, sexual harassment and wrongful restraint, public prosecutor Francisco Tavora said in the coastal state of […]