Tag: Harassment
Tourists being harassed while visiting historical places in Lahore
LAHORE: On one side, Punjab government makes tall claims of promoting tourism and facilitating the tourists in the province but on the other hand, staff...
Police register over 50,000 cases of violence against women since 2011
ISLAMABAD: As many as 51,241 cases were registered pertaining to violence against women (VAW) from January 2011 to June 2017, with the highest number...
Expatriate approaches Punjab CM against harassment
LAHORE: Faisal Ali Khan, a London-based Pakistani expatriate, has approached Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif for relief against the alleged harassment to his...
Arjun Kapoor assaulted on the sets of Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar
Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor, who is currently in Uttarakhand to shoot for Dibakar Banerjee’s Sandeep Aur Pinky Farrar, was allegedly assaulted by a drunk...
Higher-ups intervene to free harasser from law’s grip
LAHORE: It has been learnt that a private school director Nasir Mahmood Khan, arrested on harassment charges after a first information report (FIR) was lodged...
Aurat Foundation Launch of 16 Day Activism Campaign
LAHORE: USAID Consul General Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau said that there’s no doubt that we all live under the threat of violence, including the men and...
Swedish Academy awarding Nobel Literature Prize entangled in #Metoo sex scandal
The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize, has been rattled by a sex scandal as several members, their wives and daughters accused...
More women will speak out on sexual harassment: UN Women chief
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES: The avalanche of sexual misconduct allegations that have rattled Hollywood, US media and beyond is just beginning, says the head...
PTV director fired over harassment, nepotism charges
LAHORE: Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) Director Current Affairs Agha Masood Shorish has been removed from his post at the state-run television channel over multiple accusations which...
PSA raise voice for female colleague
LAHORE: Paramedical Staff Association (PSA) of Services Hospital Lahore on Friday held an urgent meeting condemning a journalist who was blackmailing Chief Nursing Superintendent Samina...
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and the fault in our digital spaces
On redefining harassment for the online realm
A few days ago, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy took to Twitter to raise the issue of harassment –...
Did Chinoy go too far?
A legal perspective
Internet and social media in the last few decades have advanced drastically, and so has the law, which regulates and governs...
Weinstein scandal triggers flood of harassment claims
PARIS: Bombshell sexual harassment claims against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein have unleashed a flood of similar allegations across the world.
After the British defence minister...
Former hockey goalkeeper to pursue harassment case alone
LAHORE: Former goalkeeper for Pakistan’s women’s hockey team, Syeda Sadia, who had earlier accused head coach Saeed Khan of assault and harassment, has decided to...
Kelly Smith wants female coach for England’s women football team
LONDON: The England women's new coach should be female, says the national team's record goalscorer Kelly Smith.
Mark Sampson, 34, was sacked on Wednesday after...
Harassment allegations against Rescue PRO to be inquired
LAHORE: Punjab chief secretary has appointed three officials for an inquiry into the matter of Rescue 1122 DG’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Jam Sajjad who...
NADRA‘s female officer seeks SC help against workplace harassment
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court (SC) against harassment of a female deputy assistant director (DAD) of National Data Base Regulatory...
