Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) government decided on Monday that it will bring to parliament a bill to penalize sex offenders; rapists with castration. Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved of the legislation, to castrate rapists once proven guilty, and the government bodies will now introduce it to the parliament soon, the sources have confirmed. […]
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Monday confirmed that police have arrested a suspect named Shafqat in the Lahore motorway gang-rape case, who has also under interrogation confessed to have committed the crime. Taking to Twitter, the chief minister said that the DNA of suspect Shafqat had matched with the samples collected from the crime […]
KARACHI: Remittances from overseas Pakistanis rose by 24.4 per-cent to $2.095 billion during August as compared to last year’s corresponding period, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday. According to figures released by the central bank, remittances reached an unprecedented level of $7.3 billion over the last three months, which are 37.2 per-cent […]
LAHORE: Lahore Capital City Police Office (CCPO) Umer Sheikh on Monday apologized for his statement on the Lahore motorway gang-rape incident in which he had said the victim woman shared the blame for it. In a statement after meeting Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar in Lahore, he said: “I apologize to the victim woman and all […]
The police on Monday arrested a man named Shafqat, an alleged accused in a motorway gang rape case in Lahore. Shafqat is a friend of Abid, the main accused in the case. Sources claimed that Shafqat has confessed his involvement in the motorway gang-rape case. The accused is currently going through the process of DNA […]
KARACHI: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said the economy was now moving forward on the right path after gaining stability due to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s prudent and timely policies. He expressed these views while addressing a meeting of the business community organized by the Overseas […]
The Pakistan Army has paid homage to Major Raja Aziz Bhatti who embraced martyrdom while defending the country during the 1965 war with India. “Nation honors the supreme sacrifice by Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider, in 1965 war,” the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a tweet on Friday. September 12 marks the 55th […]
An IED exploded at a security check post on Boya to Miranshah Road in North Waziristan, killing one soldier. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR), an IED exploded at a security check post on Boya to Miranshah Road in North Waziristan, killing 33-year-old soldier Sajid. The military media wing stated […]
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Saturday evening announced that the government has been able to reach the “real culprits” in the motorway gang-rape case that caused countrywide outrage and exposed the lack of security on a key route. He was addressing a press conference alongside Punjab Inspector General of Police Inam Ghani, Law Minister […]
A similar incident has taken place in the city government after the alleged rape of a woman on the Lahore Motorway yesterday. According to details, a female cyclist from Islamabad was allegedly sexually harassed on the road. Samar Khan said that I always promoted cycling, promoted women’s sports, I tried to chase this man on […]
