Tag: police torture
Corn-seller dies of alleged police torture in Layyah
LAYYAH: A labor succumbed to wounds in hospital after being brutally tortured in police custody in Layyah on Wednesday.
The deceased, later identified as 25-year-old...
Investigation pending as police allegedly torture minor in Lahore
LAHORE: Headway in the investigation into the incident in which police officers allegedly tortured and beat up a ten-year-old boy is yet to be made...
Two policemen booked over death of suspect in custody
PESHAWAR: The police on Monday booked two officials, including a station house officer (SHO), over the death of a suspected cellphone snatcher in their...
Family protests death of youth in police custody
The police are investigating into the death of a youth, who according to the family, was tortured to death by the Raja Jang police...
Case registered against Sargodha Police after man dies in custody
LAHORE: Sargodha Police on Wednesday registered a case against five individuals, including a police inspector, after a man—who was arrested a day earlier on charges...
Youth accuses police of torturing him to force ‘confession’
A young male resident of Mian Channu, Khanewal, has accused local police of torturing him on the suspicion that he owned weapons illegally, local media reported...
NCHR warrants 13 policemen in torture cases: report
FAISALABAD: 13 policemen including three SHOs have been summoned for torturing citizens by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) which has observed more...
SC disposes of plea about police torture on reporters
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Friday disposed of plea in connection with the torture on reporters and workers by the Islamabad Police at D Chowk.
A three-member...
NCHR investigates 1,500 police torture cases in Faisalabad
LAHORE: The National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) conducted its preliminary investigation into nearly 1,500 cases of torture reported by Justice Project Pakistan in...
IGP seeks report on death caused by police ‘torture’
LAHORE: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Arif Nawaz Khan on Tuesday took notice of the death of a
youth due to alleged police torture in...
Governor orders investigation into alleged torture, murder of jail inmate
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra on Tuesday ordered investigations into the death of a Bannu Jail inmate allegedly due to police torture.
Member of...
CCPO dismisses two police officials for torturing woman
LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) has dismissed two police officials from service for subjecting a woman to torture and later uploading her video on...