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Uch Sharif resident Ayesha (4) was playing in front of her house when she was abducted.

Police earlier refused to register a case against the rapists and allegedly demanded money from her father.

R was allegedly kept in a police centre for 50 says in revenge for a property dispute.

Two-and-a-half-year-old Samawia, was abducted and later killed in the Gurjakh Police precincts.

Bail granted to Abdul Jabbar Memon, a former MLO, who has been accused of raping a Jinnah hospital trainee nurse.

Participants focus to raise awareness about various facets of violence.

Hussain is also accused of keeping wife locked inside a house in Ahmedpur East for about three hours.

Over 80 women rallie­d outsid­e Lahore Press Club to mark the Intern­ationa­l Women Human Rights Defend­ers’ Day.

Out of all the justifications that try to validate domestic violence, the most enraging is the one that uses religion.

The Swati woman awaits divine chastisement for her tormentors.

Victim abducted, raped, robbed of jewelery and Rs 65,000 in cash.

Victim Aasiya tortured for having illicit relations with a neighbour.

ActionAid Pakistan initiates campaign to mark ‘16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence the World Over.’

It is fallacious to draw validation of domestic abuse from the Holy Quran. We must stop turning a blind eye.

Nomad Art Gallery launched their 16-day campaign in support of activism against gender-based violence.

It exists everywhere, say women, adding that the law against it needs to be made more effective.

Women’s welfare requires greater commitment to education, health.

UNHCR hosts ‘16 Days Of Activi­sm’, an awaren­ess progra­mme to elimin­ate violen­ce agains­t women.

In Pakist­an, rape, other types of violen­ce agains­t women has become a silent war as no one dares to talk about...

It’s not just alcoho­lics and jobles­s men who abuse, educat­ed and ambiti­ous spouse­s can be violen­t too.

Her brother told an NGO that she went missing when no one was home.

A medical check up confirmed the victim was assaulted by her caretaker.

The nurse was treated for injuries after jumping from first floor flat allegedly to escape MLO trying to assault her.

Local landlord allegedly raped a 19-year-old girl, put nude photos online.

Woman agrees to withdraw gang-rape accusation after ‘reconciliation’ with alleged rapists.

Dozens of police officials have been booked on charges of rape and other human rights violations of a serious nature.

Because of maltre­atment, econom­ic pressu­re and urbani­sation, the master-servan­t relati­onship has become...

Colleagues say allegations against doctor fabricated to blackmail him, police awaiting medical report.

Late attendance of MPAs sparks heated debate during assembly session, resolution against unregistered NGOs passed.

Nine-year-old girl is allegedly raped by her sister’s husband in Rahuja village.

Until Pakistan allows half its population basic human rights, it should forget about any other kind of progress.

Victim says footage of her two-day ordeal was sent to her family.

A gang rape victim has moved the Supreme Court and is hopeful that her case will be heard.

Life changes irrevocably for 10-year-old Asiya when she tells her mother that her maternal uncle had molested her.

Woman charges husband with rape after he married her with a fake document.

Conference calls for protection of social and economic rights of rural women and recognition of their contribution.

Husband mercilessly beats wife to death with a brick for opposing the arranged marriage of their daughter.

14-year-old being kept at Darul Aman in Islamabad after being recovered from a kidnapping incident.

Women are slappe­d, kicked, abused in Indian shows but hardly show how women need to be empowe­red.

Quaidabad police registers case under Wani Act Article 130 against panchayat and groom for declaring girl wani.

The movement of the Acid Control and Burn Crime Prevention bill is a concrete step towards protecting women.

A report on the “Situation of Violence against Women" revealed that Punjab dominated with 2690 registered cases.

Every hour two women are beaten in Pakistan, according to an estimate by Human Development Foundation.

Aurat Foundation released a report which states at least 56 cases of violence against women in Balochistan.

A court has sent the doctor accused of being involved in the Jinnah hospital rape case on judicial remand till July...

DIG Gujranwala announced the capture of the rapist, who assaulted 5 children, to a cheering crowd.

Nearly half of the 342 women-specific cases of violence reported in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa this year were murders.

It is not easy being a woman anywhere in the world but it is a tad more difficult being a woman in Pakistan.

Speakers at the event on women’s rights underscored the importance of criminology in Pakistan.

The strangulated body of a woman was found in a sack at Khayaban-e-Badar, Defence Housing Authority, on Saturday.