War against rape
By: Sheeba Ajmal The poor girl who was raped in a bus in Delhi passed away. In our country too, stories about gang rapes, especially...
Prosecution given last chance to produce witnesses in court
KARACHI: A district and sessions court on Saturday expressed annoyance over the extended absence of some prosecution witnesses from the hearings of a gang-rape case....
Confronting gender crimes
By: REHAN YOUSAF Pakistan and the subcontinent in general, are very unfortunate places to be a woman in. The recent case of a gang rape...
Woman strangled by husband
Karachi: It was the screaming of Ume Kalsoom’s children that made her neighbours rush to her Madina Colony residence in the Orangi Town on Friday....
Police reluctant to name suspects in girl’s murder
By: Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD: Ramna police station registered a case of murder (under section 302), in the case of the 22-year-old girl, who died after...