Women threatened by armed men
The Islamabad Police registered two separate cases against 11 suspects who committed offenses including breaching house boundaries, harassing the dwellers, and hurling death threats. Parveen Bibi, a resident of Sector F-11, informed the Shalimar police that Sohail and Shahid along with an unidentified armed suspect made several attempts to break into her house. According to the complainant, the suspects also hurled death threats to her. The other incident was reported in the Noon police station. Asia Bibi, who lives in the Jhangi Syedan area, told the police that Akhtar Gul, along with seven armed men, attacked her house with the intent of occupying it. The complaint asserted that the armed suspects fired gunshots to frighten her and damaged the boundary wall of her house besides hurling death threats. The police of both precincts have registered separate cases against the suspects. However, none of them has been reportedly held.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 10th, 2020.