Tag: Harassment
‘No one beat Faryal’: Amir Khan’s father
In a story on social media, Faryal Makhdoom claimed that her in-laws harassed her and also tried to engineer a divorce when she was nine...
Afghan consul general blames Pakistan for harassment of refugees
More than 7,000 Afghan refugees have been arrested by Pakistani police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over the past week, Afghan Consul General Abdullah Waheed...
Afghanistan closes Peshawar consulate over ‘harassment’ of diplomats
Afghanistan closed its consulate in the provincial capital on Tuesday as protest after the Afghan consul general’s vehicle was checked at a security checkpost.
The...
Heat, harassment concerns keep women away from PTI rally
Volunteers of Imran Tiger Force and 300 women police officers keep things under control
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) showed its public strength on Sunday in...
“Legal rape” advocates cancel plans; couldn’t guarantee safety of attendees
“People who advocate violence against women aren’t welcome in Australia” - Australian Immigration Ministry
Senior officer ‘censured’ for harassment of female officer
Punjab Ombudsperson Farkhanda Wasim Afzal on Thursday awarded penalty to a senior officer of the Punjab government’s Livestock Department for his “demeaning, objectionable and...
Lady Gaga’s new music video depicts campus sexual assault
Gaga revealed during an interview that she was raped by a music producer when she was 19.
Lady Gaga has released a new music video...
Most Afghan refugees return home due to fear of arrest, harassment
Forty-one percent of the Afghan refugees who returned to their homeland over the years cite fear of arrest or harassment as the leading reason...
WAPDA workers rally against FIA’s harassment
Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) workers on Tuesday staged a rally outside the Lahore Press Club against the incessant price hike and the...
Torture, harassment common in Adiala Jail
Torture and harassment of prisoners in Adiala Jail has become a norm, a prisoner released a couple of days ago said on Saturday.
“The prisoners...
‘Sindh Women Policy to curb injustice, sexual harassment’
Sindh Women Development Minister Tauqir Fatima Bhutto announced the Sindh Women Policy on Friday, and said that the policy substantiated the government’s commitment to...
Workshop on harassment of women
The Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Institute for Social Change (ISC) has organised a one day workshop with the support of Actionaid Pakistan on December 22...
Advisor condemns undue harassment, victimization of Reko Pharma
Chief Minister’s Advisor on Health Khawaja Salman Rafiq on Saturday said that the undue harassment and victimization of the Reko Pharma management would not...
Govt should stop harassing pharma companies: LCCI
Addiction and the over-dose are the cause of the deaths and not the cough syrup that is being blamed for the causalities therefore...
Awareness campaign on Anti-Harassment Legislation expands to FATA
Five participants from FATA attended a training seminar organized by Mehergarh: A Centre for Learning, in its efforts to implement anti-sexual harassment legislation. ...
Algeria TV boss convicted for sexual harassment
An Algiers court on Sunday handed down a six-month suspended jail sentence and fined a 76-year-old head of a state television station accused of...
Lawyers and govt officials vow to stem out sexual harassment
Government officials from the Ministry of Capital Administration Development, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), advocates of superior...