Man rapes daughter, poisoned her to death in Pak's Punjab
Press Trust Of India | Sunday June 9, 2013
A man allegedly raped his daughter and later poisoned her to death in Pakistan's Punjab province, police said today.
Pakistani man given two death sentences for rape and murder of minor
Press Trust of India | Friday March 15, 2013
A Pakistani court has awarded two death sentences to a man who raped and killed an eight-year-old girl in the central Punjab province.
Pakistan groups hold candle light vigil for Indian rape victim
Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 1, 2013
Members of Pakistani civil society groups held a candle light vigil in the capital to express outrage at the gang rape of a young woman in India and to show solidarity with Indian civil society's demand for stronger laws to punish rapists.
Pakistani Hindu girl admitted to hospital ten days after being raped
Press Trust of India | Friday December 14, 2012
A six-year-old Hindu girl who was allegedly raped in Pakistan's southern Sindh province has been admitted to a hospital in Karachi about 10 days after she was molested, according to media reports on Friday.
Pakistani man held for forcing Hindu girl to marry him
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 7, 2012
A Muslim man in Pakistan has been arrested after a Hindu girl rejected his claim that she had converted to Islam and married him, Dawn reported. She accused Sarwar Solangi of abducting her and subjecting her to rape for months. The Hyderabad circuit ...
Pakistan's Mukhtar Mai blessed with baby boy
Agence France-Presse | Monday December 5, 2011
A Pakistani gang rape victim who made headlines for her outspoken stance on the oppression of women has given birth to a baby boy, her husband and hospital officials said Monday. Mukhtar Mai delivered the baby by Caesarian section two weeks premature...
Mother paraded naked in Pakistani village
Agence France-Presse | Tuesday June 14, 2011
A woman was forcibly paraded naked through a village after her sons were accused of sleeping with a married neighbour who became pregnant, police said Tuesday.The incident happened after neighbour Mohammad Salman grew suspicious that the woman's sons slept with his wife in Neelor Bala village, 100 k...
Mukhtar Mai gangrape case: Pakistan Supreme Court acquits five
Salman Masood, The New York Times | Thursday April 21, 2011
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday upheld the acquittal of five of the six men accused in the gang rape of Mukhtar Mai, the resilient woman who had gained international recognition and emerged as a symbol of the voiceless and oppressed women in the country. A three-member bench of the Supreme...
I was sold every few months, recounts Pakistani woman
Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday February 2, 2011
Recounting a harrowing tale of rape, torture and exploitation, a Pakistani woman who escaped after a year in captivity says she was sold to someone new every few months since being abducted by her husband's friend."Every few months I was sold off to someone new and eventually I even began to forget ...
Three eunuchs raped in Pakistan
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday January 31, 2011
Three eunuchs, who had gone to perform at a wedding in Pakistan's Punjab province, were abducted and raped by armed men, police said.The incident took place in Dera Ghazi Khan District where the three eunuchs had gone to take part in a wedding ceremony."We had been invited for a dance performance an...
Karachi gang rape shocks Pakistan
Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 21, 2010
A young woman was pulled out of her car and raped by four to five men in an upmarket area of Karachi, in an incident that has shaken the city and prompted the governor of Sindh province to order a top-level inquiry.The Governor Ishrat-ul-Ibad ordered the Citizens Liason Police Cell to carry out an i...