Gender Based Violence – Pakistan Gender News

July 26, 2024

Lahore woman ‘gang-raped’ in front of husband, child

A woman was allegedly gang-raped by robbers at gunpoint in front of her husband and a three-year-old daughter in Hafizabad district here on Thursday.

The gangsters took the woman to nearby fields and ‘gang-raped’ her in front of her husband and daughter, a horrific crime that caused outrage in the country and abroad.

The reports suggested that the family was going to Chiniot by motorcycle when it was stopped by three robbers near Sukheke.

Instead of helping the victim family, the police officials of the Hafizabad and Nankana Sahib districts reportedly clashed over the ‘dispute of jurisdiction’, blatantly violating the Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) which were issued in the wake of the Lahore-Sialkot motorway gang-rape incident [2020] to respond to the sexual assault attacks on women.

Hafizabad, Nankana police differ over crime scene jurisdiction

The rape survivor has been shifted to a hospital.

An official said the family was resident of Chiniot district. He said the woman was going back to her home along with her husband and three-year-old daughter after meeting her maternal uncle late on Wednesday.

He said they were intercepted by three robbers at around 11:30pm. The gangsters later fled the scene after committing the heinous crime.

He said as the incident was reported to 15, the Nankana police diverted the call to the Hafizabad district police claiming that it was not their jurisdiction.

The Hafizabad police sent a team to the crime scene and after a brief investigation declared the crime spot the jurisdiction of Nankana police.

During the dispute over jurisdiction, the family remained unattended for an hour or so, the official said, adding that when the matter was brought to the notice of the DPO Hafizabad he directed the police to reach the spot and lodge a case.

The Sukheke police later registered a rape case against the unknown suspects and took into custody a suspected robber, recovering from his custody two pistols.

On Thursday morning, the official said, the police of both districts again entered into the dispute over jurisdiction.

When the Nankana Sahib police rejected the claim that it took place in their area, the Hafizabad police took tehsildar and other relevant staff of the Board of Revenue to the crime scene to establish the jurisdiction. The matter remained under discussion between the police all the day on Thursday.

Hafizabad DPO Faisal Gulzar told Dawn that though the incident took place in Nankana Sahib district, he had ordered to register the FIR in his district’s police station.

“We arrested one of the three criminals who looted the family and raped the woman”, he said adding that during interrogation the arrested suspect told the police that his accomplices fled towards Rawalpindi.

He said a police team dispatched immediately to Rawalpindi was working on the given instructions to trace and arrest other suspects.

The DPO claimed that the woman was raped by one criminal.

Source: Dawn

July 25, 2024

Mother axed to death by son in Shangla

SHANGLA: A woman was axed to death by her son after a verbal altercation in the Belkanai area of Kana Tehsil, here on Wednesday.

DPO Imran Khan told journalists that Jehan Bar, the brother of the slain woman, informed the police that his sister Mumtaza Bibi was married to Riaz Muhammad about 22 years ago and they were having some domestic disputes.

On the day of the incident, the deceased woman was at her home when her son Akhtar Nawaz, at the instigation of his uncle Muhammad Ayaz, axed her to death, the complainant reported.

According to a preliminary investigation by police, the slain woman had asked accused Akhtar Nawaz not to go out with his uncle, which infuriated him and he attacked his mother with an axe, killing her on the spot.

Police officials said that a case under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code had been registered at Olandar police station and both the accused were arrested.

Further investigation into the crime is underway, the police added.

Despite the presence of laws in the country, cases of violence against women continue across the country.

Last year, research by Pakistan’s Demographic and Health Survey and the UNFPA showed that 39 per cent of women in Pakistan, between 15 and 49 years, faced abuse, and 80 per cent of married females endured domestic violence. Statistics show that shouting is most prevalent at 76 per cent, with slapping at 52 per cent, pushing 47 per cent, and kicking 40 per cent in physical abuse.

Source: Dawn

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024

Man kills daughter in Faisalabad over love marriage

FAISALABAD – A man shot dead two persons, including his daughter, for contracting marriage of her own choice in the limits of Roshan Wala police station on Tuesday.

According to police, Zubaria had contracted marriage with Mohsin Maseih against the will of her father, Khalid, a resident of Yasir Town located near Chak No 233-RB Hurisinghwala, Samundri Road. A gathering (Panchayat) was called over the issue, when he opened fire. As a result, Zubaria and her uncle, Ashraf Maseih, died on the spot.

The police have shifted the bodies to mortuary for autopsy by collecting forensic evidence from the site. On the notice of CPO Kamran Adil, the police arrested the accused and recovered the weapon used in the crime.

Source: The Nation

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024

Man kills daughter, injures wife over domestic dispute in Pasrur

SIALKOT – In a tragic incident in the village of Moosa Pur in Pasrur, Sialkot, a heartless father named Nasir brutally murdered his two-year-old daughter Aqsa and injured his wife. The incident happened on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday.

The incident occurred after a domestic dispute, during which Nasir attacked his wife and forced her out of the house. The accused father then subjected his toddler daughter to violence, resulting in her death.

The police arrived at the scene, but the suspect fled. The police have started investigations and raids to arrest the accused. According to the police, the accused Nasir had a history of drug use, which often led to conflicts within the household. The police said the deceased child’s body had been taken into police custody and transferred to the THQ Hospital Pasrur for a post-mortem examination.

Source: The Nation

July 24, 2024July 24, 2024

Woman tortured to death by husband, mother-in-law

FORT ABBAS: A man and his mothe tortured a woman to death in a village near Fort Abbas.

The incident took place in village 271HR in Bahawalnagar district.

Fort Abbas police registered a case and arrested the suspects.

According to the police, Muhammad Bilal of Muhar Wali reported that his 24-year-old sister Irshad Bibi was married to Aamir Shahzad whose sister Humira was married to the complainant’s brother.

A few months after the marriage, Aamir Shahzad and his mother Quraishan Bibi started harassing the victim. They also used to beat up her.

A few days ago, Irshad Bibi informed her family that her mother-in-law was asking her to leave the house.

Her relatives went to her home and saw that Aamir Shahzad was holding his wife and Qureshan Bibi was hitting her with a wooden paddle used to wash clothes.

Source: Express Tribune