Tag: Harassment

Cab driver accused of harassment released on bail in Karachi

KARACHI: A city court in Karachi accepted the bail of the private cab driver who allegedly harassed a female passenger. The court ordered him to...

#MeToo firestorm consumes Bollywood and media in India

India’s #MeToo movement arrived in a cascade of allegations as women took to Twitter to call out comedians, journalists, authors, actors and filmmakers -...

On #MeToo allegations, author Chetan Bhagat apologises in FB post

Author Chetan Bhagat has apologised in a Facebook post after a woman journalist shared a WhatsApp chat on social media amid a #metoo movement that has...

Subject on harassment to be taught in schools of Sindh

The Sindh Education and Literacy Department (SELD) on Saturday announced to introduce a subject on harassment to be included in the curriculum, which in...

Pakistani squash player Noreena Shams discusses harassment in sports at UN

Pakistani professional squash player Noreena Shams on October 2 addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRCPR) and talked about issues of harassment in...

Cocoo’s Den’s Iqbal Hussain claims his daughters ‘harassed’

Cocoo’s Den owner, Iqbal Hussain in another Facebook post claimed that his nephews and their wives harrassed and abused his daughters and grandchildren who were...

FOSPAH conducts awareness seminar at PIMS

ISLAMABAD: Federal Ombudsman Secretariat for Protection Against Harassment (FOSPAH) conducted an awareness program and training session at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Thursday. PIMS...

Govt to probe ‘attempted rape’ of doctor in Shaikh Zayed Hospital

An inquiry committee has been formed by the Punjab government to probe the incident of 'attempted rape' of a lady doctor at the Rahim...

SBBU student accuses dept head of harassment

A final year student of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University (SBBU) in Nawabshah accused the head of her department of harassing her for months. While...

378 harassment cases registered during last four years

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Dr Muhammad Farogh Naseem on Tuesday told the Senate that the Federal Ombudsman for Protection against Harassment of...

Hania Aamir shares her experience of being harassed

As unfortunate as it is, harassment is nothing new in the entertainment industry and female members, in particular, have to put up with a...

Humaima Malick allegedly harassed at local hotel

Actress Humaima Malick has accused a popular hotel in Lahore of harassment and breaching her privacy during her stay. In a recent post on social...

FIA plans to set cyber-crime circles in three cities

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has planned to set up three cyber-crime circles in different cities of Punjab. According to the reliable sources, the...

Amna Babar shares harrowing harassment experience

Pakistani supermodel, Amna Babar, in a recent Instagram post shared her experience of being harassed in a public sphere. The 25-year-old model recounted that she...

PMU forms committee to investigate harassment case in Faisalabad

LAHORE: A former student of Punjab Medical College earlier made a social media complaint that went viral about a professor in the forensic medicine department...

FIA arrests man for harassing woman on social media

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Lahore on Wednesday arrested an accused for harassing a woman on social media. According to FIA spokesman, Awais Zulfiqar...

Saad Rafique ‘detains’ voters for demanding clean water

--Students claim they were harassed by PML-N leader’s ‘goons’ for asking about party’s plan to address water crisis --Video making rounds on internet shows ex-minister...