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LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Thursday approved removal from service of an official of the Punjab Judicial Academy (PJA) on charges of causing sexual harassment and life threats to a female colleague. A statement issued ...

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Anti-Harassment Ombudsperson Secretariat with the help of the Trans-Peshawar company has established special counters at three major stations of the Bus Rapid Transit service to create awareness of the 2010 anti-harassment law among commuters. The ‘knowledge ...

The University of Karachi on Wednesday replaced Dr Ghulam Muhammad Burfat as the Department of Criminology chairperson on the recommendation of the anti-sexual harassment committee that was investigating a complaint filed by a female faculty member. The office order issued ...

Harassment, extortion, hacking, and other crimes committed over the internet against users of social media often go unacted upon in our country and have been frequently ignored even after the setting up of the FIA’s Cybercrime Wing. According to figures ...

A rider from Bykea, a local on-demand transport and logistics platform, allegedly threatened to rape and kill a female journalist, it emerged on Monday. In a tweet mentioning the company’s official social media handle, journalist Zebunnisa Burki said: “Hello @bykeapk ...