Tag: rape

  • Six-year-old child raped, murdered in Chiniot

    A six-year-old girl child was raped and then murdered in Punjab’s Chiniot, Samaa News reported

    According to the victim’s family, the child was abducted on her way to her grandmother’s house. “After looking for her for almost 12 hours, we found her body from the nearby fields,” her father told the police.

    The post-mortem report of the child has confirmed the rape.

    An FIR has been filed against unidentified men under sections of rape and murder.

    The police have arrested a number of suspects and have sent their DNA samples to the laboratory. “We have begun questioning people in the neighbourhood as well,” the investigation officer said.

    Earlier, a girl in Gujrat died after three men allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped her.

    Three men abducted a girl from Chak Ghazi in Gujrat district on September 1. The accused gave a tranquilliser to the girl and then raped her, leaving the victim in a critical condition.

  • 12-year-old girl killed after rape in Bahawalnagar

    12-year-old girl killed after rape in Bahawalnagar

    A 12-year-old girl was murdered after the alleged rape in Manchinabad area of Punjab’s Bahawalnagar district, ARY News reported on Thursday.

    According to details, a 12-year-old girl was killed after being raped in Manchinabad. The police detained the two suspects in the case after it was reported.

    Taking notice of the incident, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has also asked for a report from IG Punjab and ordered strict action against the persons involved in the crime.

    CM Punjab Usman Buzdar also assured the victim’s family that justice will be served.

    Earlier, a girl in Gujrat died after three men allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped her. Three men abducted a girl from Chak Ghazi in Gujrat district on September 1. The accused gave a tranquilliser to the girl and then raped her.

  • Girl dies after gang-rape in Gujrat

    Girl dies after gang-rape in Gujrat

    A girl in Gujrat died after three men allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped her, ARY News reported.

    Three men abducted a girl from Chak Ghazi in Gujrat district on September 1. The accused gave a tranquilliser to the girl and then raped her.

    Later, the accused fled the scene leaving the victim in a critical condition.

    The victim died soon after the incident as the culprits dumped her after her condition worsened and fled the scene, said the police.

    Saddar Police Station Gujrat filed an FIR against the prime suspect Suleman, and his two accomplices, on the complaint of the victim’s mother.

    According to the police, the prime suspect has been arrested and an investigation is underway. Police have also sent samples for forensic tests.

  • Senate Committee approves Anti-Rape bill, abolish virginity test

    Senate Committee approves Anti-Rape bill, abolish virginity test

    The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice, chaired by Senator Syed Ali Zafar, on Wednesday approved the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trail) Bill, 2021 stipulating the formation of special courts to hear rape cases.

    The National Assembly passed the bill on June 10 after that it was moved by Law Minister Dr Farogh Naseem on June 15. It will now be tabled in the Senate for approval, as per DAWN.

    The bill has the following clauses:

    The provision of the virginity test has been removed.

    If one is proven guilty, they could face a death sentence, life imprisonment, or undergo chemical castration.

    Investigation officials could also face a penalty if they tried to mislead case proceedings in any capacity.

    The suspects will be provided facilities to prove their innocence.

    Instead of retired ones, serving judges will be appointed to the special courts.

    Opposition reaction

    PPP’s Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar suggested that the parliament must monitor the performance of special courts means that the legislature could make changes to the law if issues continue to transpire.

    His party mate Raza Rabbani said he didn’t believe that constitution of special courts was required for hearing rape cases.

    Furthermore, Azam Nazeer Tarar of the PML-N said similar courts were also established in the past, but they didn’t very helpful.

    Prior to this last year after the motorway incident, President Arif Alvi approved the anti-rape ordinance and had said that special courts would be established throughout the country for speedy trials of sexual assault suspects. The courts would have to wrap up the cases within four months.

  • Karachi police arrest watchman’s son for raping four-year-old boy

    Karachi police arrest watchman’s son for raping four-year-old boy

    Karachi police have arrested a suspect for assaulting a four-year-old student of a private school in Karachi’s North Nazimabad, Geo News reported.

    A case has been registered at the Taimuria police station on the complaint of the child’s father.

    Sameer, the son of the school’s watchman, was arrested after the victim child identified him.

    The complainant stated that his son went to get a ball from inside the school when the watchman’s son assaulted him.

    The police said that the child’s medical examination confirmed that he was assaulted.

  • Five rape cases reported in Lahore within 24 hours: Police

    Five rape cases reported in Lahore within 24 hours: Police

    Five rape cases have been reported in Lahore during the last 24 hours, Geo News reported.

    According to the police, all rape cases have been registered at different police stations across the city.

    A man named Maqbool allegedly raped his 16-year-old stepdaughter in Johar Town. The complainant, the suspect’s wife, reported the rape and a case has been registered against the suspect.

    A mother of four children was allegedly sexually assaulted in the Bhagatpura area within the limits of ​​Shadbagh police station, while a 10-year-old boy was raped by an unidentified person in Manawan, as per the police.

    In another incident, an unidentified suspect raped a 17-year-old girl in Lari Ada area after offering her a job. While the Nawankot police arrested a 15-year-old suspect for attempting to rape a seven-year-old girl on Church Road.

    Meanwhile, the government has decided to form a committee to protect women from harassment and abuse.

    Addressing a press conference after the meeting of the federal cabinet, Fawad Chaudhry said that a committee will be formed in which government officials, religious scholars and civil society would guide the government to help prevent these incidents.

  • Rickshaw driver allegedly rapes woman, minor daughter

    Rickshaw driver allegedly rapes woman, minor daughter

    A rickshaw driver along with his companion have allegedly gang-raped a woman and her minor daughter near LDA Avenue, ARY News reported on Monday.

    According to the police statement of the victim, the rickshaw drove the mother and the daughter around before stopping it at a shady spot near LDA Avenue where the driver, along with his friend, allegedly raped them both.

    The woman said she reached Thokar Niaz Baig on a coach and sat in a rickshaw for Saddar Cantt, but then the accused drove them wayward and finally parked the vehicle at LDA Avenue in the dark of the night.

    Chung Police have arrested the suspect while the victims have been taken to the hospital for medical tests.

    Read More: 12-year-old boys ‘gang rape four-year-old girl’ in Punjab

    Police said they are still gathering more evidence into the case and confirmed the rickshaw had the registration plate LEU-4882, which the alleged rapist abandoned when victims shouted for help.

    “They both raped me and my daughter one after another inside the rickshaw,” the victim said, adding that they ran away when they shouted for help.
    FIR states that the suspects snatched a phone and Rs5,000 cash from the woman as well.

  • Pakistan has failed its women

    Pakistan has failed its women

    Just this week, we wrote about the heart-wrenching incident of sexual assault and harassment of a woman at Minar-e-Pakistan on August 14. As if this was not enough, two new videos surfaced yesterday — one in which a woman was forcefully kissed by a man when she was travelling on a Chingchi rickshaw on August 14.

    The man jumped on the Chingchi while it was stuck on the road due to traffic and tried to kiss the woman and we heard another woman’s scream, who was sitting with her. Another video shows a mob trying to harass a woman at Minar-e-Pakistan and she is only saved because she keeps waving a stick to disperse them and keep them at bay. 

    When we say that the women of Pakistan feel unsafe, we hear that these are just odd incidents and should not be used to distort the image of Pakistan. What exactly is the image of Pakistan if women of the country are being harassed, assaulted, and attacked every single day, in multiple incidents? These are not odd incidents. These incidents and their aftermath depict the reality of Pakistan: women are blamed after each incident.

    A TikToker gets sexually assaulted by hundreds of men for more than two and a half hours at Minar-e-Pakistan and no one helped her but she is blamed for going there for a meet and greet session with her fans. So, is a meet and greet session now forbidden for women in Pakistan, and does it warrant hundreds of men sexually assaulting a woman? When Noor Mukadam was beheaded, the women of Pakistan demanded justice. But there were those who started blaming a dead woman for being killed: ‘Why did she go there, why was she with a man alone, she had no family values.’ These were the disgusting comments being made to justify — JUSTIFY — a gruesome murder of an innocent woman. 

    When we hear such comments even after the most heinous crimes, it shows that Pakistan is no place for women. We do not respect our women. We do not like independent women. We dislike opinionated women. We justify crimes against women. We blame women for society’s ills. 

    Our leaders pass extremely violent and misogynistic comments against their women opponents and are still lauded instead of being reprimanded. When our top leader issues a rape apology, he is defended by women parliamentarians. When such is the attitude of the people on top, imagine what message it gives to the common people. They think they can do anything with women and get away with it. And they do get away in almost all cases. 
    This is our sad reality. Dear women of Pakistan, we are sorry. We have failed you.

  • Enough!

    Pakistani women are angry and rightly so. We feel violated, we feel triggered, we are seething, we are shouting but we feel as if no one listens. Every day, there is a hashtag asking for justice for women who have been victims of abuse, domestic violence, sexual violence. We are not mere hashtags; violence against women in Pakistan is an epidemic now. 

    On August 14, a female TikToker was sexually assaulted and harassed by hundreds of men at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore. An FIR has been registered. Prime Minister Imran Khan and Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar have vowed to catch the culprits. But is this enough? No, it is not! A woman was groped, assaulted, harassed for more than two hours by 300-400 men and nobody could stop it. Let this sink in. Hundreds of men and more than two hours! Imagine her trauma, imagine her pain, imagine her helplessness, imagine how she has been scarred for life. We cannot even imagine what she must be going through and can only show solidarity with her by our words. The state has to act against the culprits who committed this heinous crime. 

    We are angry because there is a societal and systematic rot that we must fight every second, every minute, every hour, every day! Women in Pakistan are not safe in their graves, they are not safe in public spaces, they are not safe in their homes, they are not safe in their cars, they are not safe. Period.
    This is a country where the prime minister says that if a woman is wearing very few clothes, it will have an impact on men unless they are robots. When he is called out for being a rape apologist, women parliamentarians come out to defend his statement. When he later changes his stance and says that no matter what a woman wears or “how provocative she is”, the person who commits rape is responsible, we are told that his statement is a “slap in the face of the detractors and critics”. Should we celebrate that the prime minister did not indulge in victim-blaming again and for once laid the responsibility on the perpetrator instead of women? We live in a society where women are blamed for stepping out of their house, for their dress, for just being a woman! When women question this mindset, all we hear are justifications for the crime! 

    Let it be said once and for all: ENOUGH! We have had enough of this. We ask our state and our leaders and our society to end this epidemic.