Woman raped on pretext of ration

GUJRAT: A woman was raped by a man in the name of distributing ration bag (food items) to the needy at village Katwar in the Kakarali police area.

The police said a woman had lodged a complaint on March 30, alleging that a man of her village had asked her to get the ration food items from his place. She went to his home where he raped her.

On her complaint, the police registered a case and took action.

A spokesman for the Gujrat police said the suspect was arrested within 24 hours of the registration of the case.

Source: Dawn

Woman employee harassed, beaten at mall

KARACHI: Additional District and Sessions Judge Central has issued notices to SSP Complainant Cell Central and SHO Federal B Area Police Station on a request to register a case related to alleged sexual harassment of a woman working in a private shopping mall.

A plea is heard to register a case related to the reported sexual harassment of a woman working in a private shopping mall in Karachi. Liaquat Ali Khan Gabol Advocate, advocate of the petitioner, stated that his client has been working in this shopping mall for four years due to financial instability. Khurshid Bibi was verbally abused by Imran and Ali. She was threatened and dragged by arms and hair. Security guard was also involved with them. He snatched petitioner’s service card and locked her in the room. Her husband reached the spot, recorded the video and called the police on 15. The next day Khurshid Bibi was kicked out of the mall by the staff. They made request to the police for taking action but no case was filed. The victim woman was threatened to be fired from her job by the accused men.

The court issued a notice to the SSP Complainant Cell Central and SHO Federal B Industrial Area Police Station and sought a report.

Source: Express Tribune

CM takes notice of gang-rape of midwife

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif took notice of an incident of alleged rape of a midwife by two persons in Mianwali Mother and Child Hospital, and sought a report from the IG Police. She said,”A comprehensive investigation of the incident should be conducted and the perpetrators should be dealt with an iron hand.

Source: The Nation