Tag: prostitution

China-Pakistan traffickers force brides into prostitution

FAISALABAD: At first, in her desperate calls home to her mother in Pakistan, Natasha Masih couldn’t bring herself to say what they were doing...

Woman set ablaze by husband over refusal to commit prostitution

GUJRANWALA: A woman here on Tuesday suffered severe burn wounds as her husband set her on fire for refusing to work as a prostitute. According...

Nigerian women falsely accused of prostitution arrested, raped

ABUJA: In Nigeria, being a young woman "is a crime", said a 25-year-old beautician, arrested two weeks ago while walking home in the capital...

Man ‘kidnaps’ minor daughter to force wife into prostitution

A man in Peshawar allegedly kidnapped his own daughter on Tuesday after his wife’s refusal to turn to a life of prostitution. According to the...

Eight Pakistanis jailed in Dubai over trafficking, forcing teenagers into prostitution

Eight Pakistanis were sentenced to five years in jail for trafficking three Pakistani teenagers into Dubai and forcing them into prostitution, a local media...

Buying sex online? Don’t worry, govt’s sleeping!

--Escort agencies targeting youngsters by promoting businesses on social media platforms --Some businesses exclusively for elite; offer models, television hosts, actors, foreigners --Clients get secretly recorded...

Sex workers’ union ignites debate over prostitution in Spain

  MADRID: A divisive debate over the legal status of prostitution has reignited in Spain after the country's staunchly feminist government was embarrassed to find...

Indian actresses caught in a US ‘prostitution’ racket

The arrest of an Indian couple in the US who allegedly ran a prostitution ring by luring female actresses from India has shone a...

Islamabad: Prostitution in the guise of beggary

by SALMAN ASHRAF In the guise of beggary, some young and adolescent female beggars make themselves available as prostitutes in twin cities, along Murree Road...