Tag: Torture

Woman gets tortured for not buying motorcycle for husband

--Police say FIR has been registered but they have no information about the accused’s whereabouts --PCSW report says nearly 20pc married women were physically abused...

Mob in India thrashes elderly Muslim for selling beef, forces him...

In another instance of hate crime, a man, identified as Shaukat Ali, became a victim to mob violence in Assam, reported India Today.  The mob...

Court rejects bail of man who tortured wife, shaved her head 

LAHORE: A magisterial court on Monday dismissed bail applications of two men who were arrested for allegedly torturing one of the suspects’ wife over...

Govt intervenes after footage of assault on woman goes viral

--Fauzia Haroon claims her daughter, son-in-law and a land grabber have been terrorising her over a disputed property   LAHORE: Minister of State for Interior Shehryar...

Man loses wife while gambling, tortures her for refusing to go...

A man in Chiniot allegedly lost his wife while gambling and later beat her up when she refused to go with his friends, according...

Man jailed for allegedly torturing wife, shaving her head

LAHORE: A judicial magistrate has jailed a man who allegedly tortured his wife and shaved her hair off until the court is provided a medical report...

Hafizabad woman hospitalised after husband’s torture

HAFIZABAD: A woman was injured and hospitalized after brutally tortured by husband over domestic disputes here on Friday. Police arrested the accused. Police said that the...

Innocent Kashmiris continue to bear brunt of Pulwama attack aftermath

Three Kashmiri youth in New Delhi and a journalist in Pune have been attacked in the last 36 hours in continued violence against Kashmiris...

Four arrested for ‘shaving off’ Kasur man’s hair

KASUR: Police on Tuesday arrested four people after they allegedly shaved the head as well as facial hair of a man for flirting with a...

Army authorities speak to abused child maid

11-year-old Kinza Bashir, a domestic employee who was allegedly physically abused by a serving army official and her doctor husband has been interviewed by...

15-year-old domestic servant tortured, murdered in Karachi

A fifteen-year-old domestic servant was killed after being tortured in Karachi's Clifton area, according to police, a local media outlet reported on Thursday. The death...

Palestinians crush dissent with torture, reveals Human Rights Watch

GAZA: Security forces of the rival Palestinian governments routinely use torture and arbitrary arrests, among other tactics, to quash dissent by peaceful activists and...

BZU expels 10 students for torturing fellow

MULTAN: Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) on Tuesday expelled ten students for torturing a fellow and imposed a total fine of Rs100,000 besides banning the entry...

Man dies from alleged torture at rehabilitation centre

RAWALPINDI: A 24-year-old person, who was admitted by his parents to a drug rehabilitation clinic in Panj Sarki area here a week ago, died of...

France admits it used torture during Algeria war

  PARIS: France acknowledged Thursday that it instigated a "system" that led to torture during Algeria's independence war, a landmark admission in a conflict that...

Transgender person burnt alive in Sahiwal

SAHIWAL: A transgender person was burnt alive by unidentified people at a cab stand at Mall Mandi Chowk here on Thursday. According to police, four...

Gujranwala hospital admin tortures patient’s husband

Husband of a patient admitted in Civil Hospital Gujranwala was brutally tortured by the police administration over a minor dispute. Footage of the incident made...