Tag: Torture
Stepmother claims PTI MPA Imran Ali Shah tortured her too
A day after he apologised for beating up a citizen in Karachi, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA from Sindh, Imran Ali Shah, made it to...
Transgender person ‘subjected to torture’ in Arifwala
A transgender person has allegedly been subjected to severe torture by unidentified accused in the Arifwala Tehsil of Pakpattan district.
The incident reportedly took place within...
Eight PML-N activists booked for torturing PTI supporters
TOBA TEK SINGH: Eight PML-N activists were booked by the Chuttiana police on Sunday under sections 452, 354, 337, 148 and 149 for allegedly torturing a...
Killing, arrests, torture by Indian forces in IOK matter of concern:...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has expressed serious concern over the relentless killing, maiming, unlawful arrests and torture innocent civilians by Indian forces in occupied Kashmir, pointing...
Two arrested for ‘torturing’ child who tore PTI poster
Bhakkar police on Monday arrested two men who allegedly tortured a four-year-old kid over tearing a poster of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Pervez Khan and Ameer...
Pakistan lacks monitoring, legislation, data against torture, says NCHR member
ISLAMABAD: On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, a National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) member said that Pakistan lacked data, redressal mechanisms,...
Tayyaba torture case: IHC increases convicts’ sentence to three years
Court also dismisses appeal challenging conviction of former judge, his wife
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday increased the sentence of a suspended...
Mother of four found dead in Badin
BADIN: A 22-year-old woman was found dead inside her house in Firdos Colony.
Parveen Shah, the deceased, was a mother of four.
Shah's in-laws claimed that she...
Two Rawalpindi policemen suspended for ‘torturing man to death’
RAWALPINDI: Two policemen on Thursday were suspended over their involvement in a torture case, reported media.
Saddar SHO Inspector Raja Akhtar and sub-inspector Bilal were suspended...
Police allegedly torture man to death
RAWALPINDI: A father of three was reportedly tortured to death in the police custody in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.
The family of the deceased man claimed that...
‘Boycott Murree’ initiated amid increasing harassment of tourists
A ‘Boycott Murree’ campaign has been initiated on social media after several incidents of torture and harassment with the tourists have been reported.
According to some tourists,...
SHO among 30 booked for kidnap, torture: report
KASUR: Phoolnagar police on Wednesday booked 30 people for allegedly kidnapping a man who was in litigation with the unit’s management, reported by a...
Following child murder, Faisalabad observes city-wide strike
FAISALABAD: Following the murder of seven-year-old Mubashra and police's inability to arrest the suspects, protests broke out in Faisalabad on Tuesday as it was not...
Influential person tortures students, strips them naked in Gujrat
Three college students were abducted and stripped naked and tortured by an influential person of the area in Gujrat’s Rehmania neighbourhood, reported a private news channel.
According...
Tortured dead body of woman found in Liaqabad
KARACHI: The tortured body of a woman was found in Liaqatabad in the wee hours of Sunday.
According to rescue sources, 42-year-old Badr-ul-Nisa, wife of...
PML-N govt’s life, death dedicated to people: Shehbaz
Shehbaz falls ill, cancels all commitments for three days
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that the PML-N-led government’s “life and death...
Minority MPA protests FIA’s torture on Sajid Masih, demands JIT to...
PTI MPA Shunila Ruth submits adjournment motion in Punjab Assembly over Pakistan Today’s story
Treasury fails to address agenda items on second consecutive day...