HRCP calls for ending violence against women
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday voiced alarm over increasing violence against women in Pakistan. In a statement, the commission said:...
Equality illusion: For women’s rights, still a long way to go
By: Maryam Usman and Maha Mussadaq ISLAMABAD: On Monday, as members of the Women’s Action Forum (WAF) assembled at the Nomad Art Gallery to honour...
National shame: Number of rape cases has doubled according to report
By: Zahid Gishkori ISLAMABAD: While the nation is still reeling from the aftershocks of last week’s multiple rape cases, figures quoted by the law, justice...
Another little girl ‘assaulted’
LAHORE: A seven-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a 25-year-old man in the Sundar Police precincts on Monday, three days after another flower was brutalised...
LHC seeks report on rape, murder of girl
LAHORE: THE Lahore High Court on Monday took notice of a news item published in a section of Press about kidnapping, raping and murder of...