Day: April 30, 2024

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Girl allegedly gang-raped in Kahuta

RAWALPINDI: A girl was gang-raped allegedly by two suspects in the limit of Rawat police while another girl was abducted by unidentified person in Kahuta area, police said.

The first incident was reported to the Rawat police on Sunday by the mother of the rape victim saying that she was leaving her house for an important piece of work on Saturday when she saw her daughter being taken away by the suspect on his motorcycle.

She said in the FIR that her daughter was taken to a house in Gohra Lohan and he also called his friend Aftab there and both of them raped her daughter.

She further said that earlier, after promising her he would marry her, the suspect had been sexually abusing her daughter.

In another incident, a girl was abducted by an unidentified person in the Kahuta area.

The brother of the abducted girl lodged an FIR with the Kahuta police saying that her unmarried sister aged between 20 and 21 had been missing for the last one week . After failing to trace her, he sought the police help and lodged an FIR with the police on Sunday. He suspected that his sister had been abducted.

Meanwhile, a gang of four robbers raided a house in Atomic Society Rawat and looted away gold jewellery worth Rs5 million and Rs200,000 after taking the family at gunpoint.

Mohammad Tanveer, a resident of Atomic Society lodged an FIR with the police saying that he left his house leaving his family behind to buy some households from a nearby market on Sunday.

He said in his absence, three robbers entered his house while their fourth accomplice remained at the entrance of the house. He said that the robbers held the female inmates and children at gunpoint and started searching room-after-room.

He further said that the robbers grabbed gold jewellery weighing 20 tolas from drawers and Rs200,000 and escaped.

Umair Hussain, a pharmacist, was robbed of Rs500,000 and his customers of their two mobile phones by two robbers in Rawat area.

Umair complained to the police that he was busy with customers when two robbers walked inside and snatched Rs500,000 from him.

Source: Dawn 

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Boy shoots two college girls

A boy shot himself after injuring two college girls with pistol shots in the Naseerabad area of Faisalabad on Monday morning. The accused boy was identified as Shiraz, a resident of Sargodha Road, who ambushed two female students on their way to college.

Accused Shiraz targeted girls named Amina and Alishba when they came out of the home to go to college. Both the girls sustained severe gunshots wounds who were rushed by the locals to Civil Hospital for medical treatment.
When the locals attempted to apprehend the accused Shiraz turned the weapon on himself and shot himself in the abdomen.

Source: Pakistan Observer

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VC resolves to provide harassment-free environment to girls on SU campus

HYDERABAD: Sindh University’s vice-chancellor Prof Dr Mohammad Siddique Kalhoro has said the university stands firm in its resolve to provide a secure environment to all students, especially girls, and said dedication and hard work of female professors and students are instrumental in helping the university achieve academic excellence.

He was speaking at a seminar on “Protection against harassment of women at workplace” organised by the university’s Anti-Harassment Cell in collaboration with the Institute of Gender Studies and Institute of Biochemistry on Monday.

The VC pointed out that traditional values of respect for women were deeply ingrained in Sindhi culture and stressed significance of the use of appropriate language and behaviour to establish a professional and respectful atmosphere where terms like ‘friend’ had been replaced with ‘colleague’ to maintain decorum.

Regional head of Federal Ombudsman’s Secretariat for Protection of Women against Harassment, Sabiqa Shah, said that awareness and institutional mechanisms were needed to tackle harassment effectively.

She called for empowering women with knowledge about their rights and avenues for redressal and said awareness was indispensable in combating issues like harassment at workplace.

Source: Dawn

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Man held for killing sister-in-law over ‘honour’

The District West police arrested a suspect on Monday in the murder case of a woman, who was killed in the name of honour in Orangi Town’s MPR Colony. Asma was killed with a machete and a hammer at her house. A day after the incident, police took evidence from the spot and arrested one of the suspects, identified as Inayatullah, a brother-in-law of the deceased.

The victim’s husband and his two brothers together allegedly killed the woman in the name of honour. Another brother-in-law of the victim had been arrested soon after the horrific incident. Meanwhile, a windowed woman was shot and injured in Sohrab Goth after she refused a friendship offer from a man.

Ayesha Abdullah, 30, was shot and injured on Sunday night in a slum area, Noor Khan Goth. Police said they responding to information rushed to the house where they found the woman lying injured. She was rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where she was said to be in a stable condition.

The initial investigation showed that Ayesha is a widow and mother of three children. The woman told police a man named Imtiaz Jatoi had been harassing her for a long time and pressuring her to befriend him but she refused. On the night of Sunday, Jatoi allegedly came with two of his accomplices and started arguing with her, and upon her refusal he shot and injured her and fled.

Source: The News 

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Woman murdered for using mobile phone in Khuzdar

A man in Balochistan district of Khuzdar has confessed on Monday to murdering his wife for using mobile phone. Sources in district administration informed that the murder had happened about two weeks ago in Greesha area of Tehsil Zahri in Khuzdar District.

The sources said the investigation led to the discovery that the killer is the husband of the slain woman. Accused Rahmatullah allegedly confessed to killing his wife for using mobile phone.

Source: Pakistan Observer 

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