KARACHI: Pakistani celebrities were set to gather at Karachi press club on Monday evening to mark what would be their second protest against the motorway incident. I was a bit early to the venue and hence saw another protest underway, this one organized by the trans community to condemn the recent killings, harassment, and assault. […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday called for chemical castration of those involved in rape cases so that they could not indulge in such heinous crimes in the future. During an interview with a private news channel, the prime minister said he believed there should be chemical castration of rapists, which was in practice […]
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 […]
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 […]
