Voice of Gender News From Pakistan
LAHORE: Body of a four-year-old child who went missing few days back was recovered from a
drain in Factory Area. The victim Ahmad went missing few days back. On Tuesday, his body
was recovered from a drain. Police removed it to morgue and collected forensic evidences from
the crime scene. A woman who was living on a rented premises nearby was spotted on CCTV.
She was taken into custody.
Source: The News
KARACHI-A 16-year-old housemaid Sonia was allegedly raped and poisoned to death by her
employers in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal, the mother claimed on Tuesday. According to details,
the body of 16-year-old Sonia – a housemaid in bungalow in Gulshan-e-Iqbal 13-C – was shifted
to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medical examination.
In a statement to police, the victim’s mother claimed that Sonia went to work on Sunday
morning as usual.
“When she returned home, her condition seemed critical,” she said, adding that they immediately
shifted her to JPMC. However, the mother said, she died during the treatment.
Meanwhile, the police said investigation was underway to determine the cause of housemaid’s
death. The victim’s family has accused the employer’s sons of raping Sonia and poisoning her to
death, the police said.
Source: The Nation
RAWALPINDI: A 21-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped by her cousin and his friend and
later raped in the R.A. Bazaar area.
The victim’s father lodged an FIR with the R.A. Bazaar police, in which he stated that he resided
in Ahmadabad with his family, which included three children
He said he was at home when his nephew came to his house at 9pm on Saturday night and asked
him to send his daughter with him as his mother was calling her. He said after his daughter did
not return, he got worried and went to the suspect’s house, but was informed that he was not
home.
He said his daughter returned home after midnight on Sunday sobbing and in distress. On
inquiry, she informed him that her cousin forced her into a car in which another man was already
sitting.
She claimed that she was threatened with dire consequences and then driven to a deserted place.
She further revealed that her cousin hit her with a pistol butt when she screamed. Later both the
suspects raped her.
According to the police, one of the suspects had been taken into custody while raids were
underway to arrest his accomplice.
Source: Dawn