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  • Men in Quetta arrested for raping, filming, sharing inappropriate videos of girls

    Men in Quetta arrested for raping, filming, sharing inappropriate videos of girls

    The Quetta Police have arrested two suspects for allegedly raping, filming and sharing inappropriate videos of girls on social media. As per details, the suspects also used to blackmail and force girls to make inappropriate videos. The initial investigation suggests that the suspects lured women with the promise of jobs.

    Police have the prime suspect Hidayat Khilji, and his brother on judicial remand of 14 days. As per the police, both the suspects are brothers.
    An FIR under sections 34 (common intention), 354-A (stripping woman of her clothes), 365-B (seducing or forcing of adults into illicit intercourse), 376 (punishment for rape), 376-A (disclosure of the identity of the victim of rape, etc), 496-A (enticing or taking away a woman), 503 (criminal intimidation), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 506-B and 509 (violating modesty or causing sexual harassment) has been registered by the womens’ mother at the Quaidabad police station.

    Police have confiscated mobile phones, videos, USBs, and other devices from the suspects that contains videos and have sent them for forensic analysis.

    Quetta DIG Fida Hassan Shah, while addering a press conference, has said that the location of the missing girls has been traced in Kabul adding, “We have reached out to the Afghan government to recover them as soon as possible.”

    Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo, while reacting to the incident, has said that the incident has shaken the country. He further added that the culprits will be handed exemplary punishments.

  • Sitara-i-Imtiaz holder Zia Chishti steps down from multi-million dollar company after sexual abuse allegations

    Sitara-i-Imtiaz holder Zia Chishti steps down from multi-million dollar company after sexual abuse allegations

    Sitara-i-Imtiaz (third-highest honour and civilian award in Pakistan) holder and founder of a software company “Afiniti” Zia Chishti has been dismissed by his own software company following the allegations of sexual assault by a 23-year-old against him.

    The statement on the company’s website reads, “The Board of Directors of Afiniti announces that Mr. Zia Chishti has stepped down from his role as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Afiniti, effective immediately. The Board will make additional organisational announcements in the coming days.”

    Tatiana Spottiswoode, a former Afiniti employee and Zia’s friend’s daughter testified before a US (United States) congressional committee and accused Chishti of sexually abusing her.

    In her testimony, she said that she joined Afiniti on Chishti’s insistence in 2016 and told the committee her contract included an arbitration agreement with a “strong confidentiality clause” that had prevented her from speaking out about the alleged assaults.

    Spottiswoode said her body was “covered with scratches, cuts, and contusions”.

    “I had bruises around my neck that looked like I had been strangled, a large bump on my head, and a black eye. A nurse at the hospital said I had the symptoms of a concussion,” she added.

    However, the software company said it had “investigated Spottiswoode’s claims with independent counsel and concluded that the arbitral decision she references was erroneous”.

    The news also affected the Pakistan Stock Market on Thursday as Chishti is also the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of TRG (The Resource Group) Pakistan Limited, reports Dawn.

  • Mentally challenged girl allegedly raped in Jhelum

    Mentally challenged girl allegedly raped in Jhelum

    A mentally challenged girl has allegedly been raped in Jhelum, reports Geo Urdu.

    Inspector-General (IG) Punjab Police Rao Sardar Ali Khan has taken notice of the incident and demanded a report.

    Rao Sardar has also reportedly directed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Jhelum to arrest the accused and to assure the girl’s family of all possible cooperation.

    This is not the first time that a horrible incident like this has taken place in Jhelum. Earlier, a gang-rape of a girl came to light and the police arrested the four accused men in the incident.

    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Sitara-i-Imtiaz holder allegedly sexually abused a 23-year-old girl
    
			
    Zia Chishti, Sitara-i-Imtiaz (third-highest honour and civilian award in Pakistan) holder and founder of a multi-dollar company “Afiniti”, has been accused by a 23-year-old Tatiana Spottiswoode of sexually abusing her, reports The Guardian. 
    

    Spottiswoode, who is a Columbia University law student and daughter of Chishti’s friend, told the United States (US) House of Representatives judiciary committee that Chishti had told her “he should have had sex with me when I was 13 years old”.
    

    

    


    

    

    

    The committee released images on Wednesday allegedly showing neck injuries sustained by Spottiswoode.
    

    Spottiswoode, who joined Afiniti on Chishti’s insistence in 2016, told the committee her contract included an arbitration agreement with a “strong confidentiality clause” that had prevented her from speaking out about the alleged assaults.
    

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    She said, “Over the next 18 months he [Chishti] oscillated between pressuring me for sex and punishing me. When I rebuffed him he humiliated me in front of co-workers and then ignored me completely, causing me to fear for my job.”
    

    She said that on a work trip to Brazil she “began to worry that, in addition to wanting sex, Chishti wanted to hurt me and punish me for rejecting him”.
    

    “I felt completely trapped and hopeless. I was 23 and very far from home,” she told the committee. “I didn’t want to lose my job, I didn’t want him to get any angrier, I did not feel that anyone would protect me and I was too tired to argue with him anymore. I went to his room where he beat me while having sex with me.”
    

    Spottiswoode said her body was “covered with scratches, cuts, and contusions”.
    

    “I had bruises around my neck that looked like I had been strangled, a large bump on my head, and a black eye. A nurse at the hospital said I had the symptoms of a concussion,” she said.
    

    Afiniti, which also employs Princess Beatrice, said Chishti “strongly disputes all accusations against him” and termed Spottiswoode’s claims “wrong”.
    

    After a detailed string of allegations made against the Sitara-i-Imtiaz holder, former British Prime Minister (PM) David Cameron announced that he has quit his role at the software company. 
    

    The former PM stood down as chair of its advisory board. 
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    School teacher arrested for allegedly raping seven-year-old student in  Rawalpindi
    
			
    School teacher arrested for allegedly raping seven-year-old student in  Rawalpindi
    
			
    The Rawalpindi police have  arrested a school teacher for allegedly raping a seven-year-old student, reports Tahir Naseer for Dawn.
    

    Police spokesperson Sajjadul Hassan told Dawn that the suspect was taken into custody on Wednesday night.
    

    The case was registered at Saddar Wah Cantt police station on the complaint of the victim’s mother.
    

    According to the first information report (FIR) registered on November 16, the mother said her daughter, A*, aged six or seven, was subjected to rape when she was at school.
    

    “Upon returning home, the girl told me while crying that a male teacher — whose name she did not know — at her school had sexually assaulted her,” the FIR quoted the mother.
    

    The complainant said she took her daughter to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital for a medical examination but was told by the hospital staff to come back with the police. 
    

    “I request that justice be provided to my daughter by initiating legal proceedings against the school teacher,” the mother requested in the FIR.
    

    Potohar Division Superintendent of Police Tasawar Iqbal said a “zero-tolerance policy” on violence, abuse and harassment against women and children was being ensured.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Woman raped in metro bus underpass in Rawalpindi
    
			
    Woman raped in metro bus underpass in Rawalpindi
    
			
    A woman has reportedly been tortured and raped by a university student in the underpass of the Metro Bus Station in Rehmanabad, reports Dawn.
    

    According to the Police Investigating Officer (IO), the suspect, identified as Talal Munir, is studying Information Technology (IT). He was arrested by the local police right after the First Information Report (FIR).
    

    The survivor is a resident of Lahore. She complained to New Town police that she informed her brother about a job in a boys’ hostel, which was advertised on the Facebook account of the suspect.
    

    According to her statement, her brother contacted the suspect. She then travelled to Rawalpindi with her aunt.
    

    The victim said that upon reaching the location, the suspect forcibly took her to a boy’s dormitory, where he began slapping her and closed the door from inside. Later, she said she was taken to the underpass and raped.
    

    Police said the victim was taken to a hospital for medical examination. However, a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test of both the victim and the suspect is yet to be conducted.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    School sweeper arrested for raping fifth-grader in Sheikhupura
    
			
    School sweeper arrested for raping fifth-grader in Sheikhupura
    
			
    Police arrested a sweeper at a government school in Sheikhupura for raping a fifth-grader inside the school, Shahbaz Khan reported for Samaa News.
    

    Younas Masih was arrested on Monday after the child’s mother reported the case at Housing Colony Police Station, Sheikhupura.
    

    The mother alleged that after her child told her that she was assaulted by the sweeper at the school, she went to the police but they did not listen to her.
    

    She then had to go to the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau who helped her register the case.
    

    The child’s medical examination  at the District Headquarters Hospital had confirmed the sexual assault
    

    Police said the suspect has confessed to the crime.
    

    The suspect said that he used to buy the child shawarmas. “One day I forcefully took her to the washroom.”
    

    A report sent by the principal to the District Education Authority said that Younas was detained from the school gate on Monday around 10:30am.
    

    Read More: One year of rape cases in Pakistan
    

    After Younas was caught, the principal formed a four-member internal committee to probe the incident.
    

    Sheikhupura police presented the suspect before a local court on Tuesday. The court sent Younas on three-day physical remand.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Rape suspect flees from police custody during medical check-up
    
			
    Rape suspect flees from police custody during medical check-up
    
			
    A suspect detained in a sexual assault case escaped from Karachi’s Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) where he was undergoing treatment a few days ago, Dawn reported.
    

    As per details, the man was arrested by the Saeedabad police a couple of weeks ago. He was sent to jail by a local court on judicial remand. He was not feeling well so the doctors recommended his treatment at the JPMC.
    

    Read More: Mother of two raped in Rawalpindi at job interview
    

    “The Undertrial prisoner was brought here at the JPMC a few days ago and being treated at a respective ward,” said an official at the Saddar police station. “On Friday, he managed to unlock his handcuffs and fled. The two constables posted to keep an eye on him have been booked [for negligence] and arrested,” he added.
    

    Some reports claim that the suspect has been arrested again from the Saeedabad area.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Mother of two raped in Rawalpindi at job interview
    
			
    Mother of two raped in Rawalpindi at job interview
    
			
    A woman who went to Rawalpindi from Lahore was raped by an unidentified man who promised to give her a job after an interview, Dawn reported.
    

    As per details, the victim, a mother of two, reported to Race Course police that she along with her family were in a department store when a man came to them and distributed property advertisement pamphlets.
    

    She said she took a pamphlet and informed her husband about the advertisement, who later contacted a man for further details. The man told her husband to come to Rawalpindi where he could arrange a job for her in his project.
    

    Read More: Police rescue woman raped by brother, held hostage for two years
    

    Later, the woman with her husband and children went to Rawalpindi and reached Saddar where the man was waiting for them in a black car. Upon reaching Saddar, the husband was asked to stay there with his children as the man would take his wife for an interview and come back soon.
    

    She said she was taken to a hotel situated and asked to wait at the reception until her turn for an interview. She said although she resisted going into a hotel room, she was taken to a room where she was asked to wait, adding the suspect locked the door from inside, raped her and escaped.
    

    She said that as he was fleeing, she shouted and tried to catch him but he was able to run away.
    

    Police said medical examination of the victim was carried out and the suspect was arrested by Race Course police. He will be presented before a court of law for remand custody.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Police rescue woman raped by brother, held hostage for two years
    
			
    Police rescue woman raped by brother, held hostage for two years
    
			
    The police have rescued a woman from an apartment in Karachi’s Marwari Line of the Ranchore Line neighbourhood after a neighbor hinted that she was imprisoned, Aamir Majeed reported for Samaa News.
    

    Eidgah Assistant Sub-Inspector Zahid Mehmood told Samaa Digital that they received a complaint on police helpline 15 Madadgar by a man who identified himself as Junaid to make them aware of the suspected hostage in Jannat Bibi Building.
    

     A police team instantly went to the venue where a large number of people were gathered outside the building. According to ASI Mehmood, when they entered the single-room apartment, there was a very weak woman covered in a bedsheet. The woman was so weak that she could not even walk. She was taken to Civil Hospital, Karachi, for rehabilitation in an ambulance.
    

     According to ASI Mehmood, neighbours caught her brother — identified as Iqbal — and handed him over to the police.
    

    Read More: Woman gang-raped at Lahore hotel for seven days
    

     An FIR was registered against her brother on the complaint of the victim’s maternal uncle Muhammad Hassan. He told the police that the woman’s parents had passed away and her brother took her with him three years ago and did not contact the extended family. 
    

     Junaid contacted the police and said that Iqbal was living in an apartment that he had rented two-and-a-half years ago. Everyone knew Iqbal lived with his sister there but no one ever saw her. He claimed that sometimes they heard her crying, but no one interfered, thinking it was a personal matter.
    

     Junaid told the police that people in the area suspected that something was wrong after someone threw used condoms out of the apartment. Though the apartment was locked, the women of the area tried to look inside through a window. They saw a woman lying naked.
    

     District City SSP Sarfaraz Nawaz said that a woman medico-legal officer examined the victim.
    

     “According to the WMLO, the victim was raped,” he confirmed. The police have acquired semen samples from the suspect and sent them for tests. Further investigation is underway.