Tag: Torture

Landlord in Sargodha chops off farmer’s ear, breaks legs: report

In a shocking incident, a tenant farmer had his ear chopped off by a landlord in Chak No9 Shumali, Bhalwal tehsil of Sargodha. According to...

Tortured child taken to Karachi, says aunt

The paternal aunt of Tayyaba has claimed that the ten-year-old maid who was tortured while being employed at the residence of a judge in...

Sindh govt to send tortured student to US for treatment

  Days after a medical report revealed that a cadet college student underwent trauma as a probable outcome of torture, Sindh government has announced to...

PPP denounces torture on Dr Asim, broadcast of ‘so-called confession’

  The Pakistan People's Party has strongly condemned the airing of a video purported to be the confessional statement of Dr Asim Hussain, former petroleum...

Teacher held for torturing minor student

Police took a schoolteacher into custody on Saturday after he severally tortured a third-grade student in the Harbanspura area. The victim’s father, Abdul Ghafoor, filed...

Trump backtracks on torture, targeted killings

Donald Trump abruptly backtracked Friday on vows to torture terror suspects and kill their families, saying he would not order the US military to...

Dr Asim alleges Rangers of torture, pleads innocence

Zardari’s close aide tells anti-terror judge that he fears for his life in Rangers’ custody, alleges torture Court extends Dr Asim’s remand for five days An...

Robbers torture man during robbery in Islamabad

Armed robbers on Tuesday tortured a man after he offered resistance during a robbery within the jurisdiction of Ramna Police Station. Saadi Akhtar, a resident...

Dr Asim’s heart attack: Zardari suspects torture

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday that Dr Asim Hussain’s ‘heart attack’ raised a number of questions. In a statement from Dubai,...

6 booked for torturing woman

Six people were booked on Thursday on the charge of torturing a woman in the jurisdiction of Kuna Police Station Gulam Nabi, a resident of...

Punjab Police stirs hornet’s nest

Lawyers in several cities resorted to violence on Monday after Daska City Police Station SHO Inspector Shehzad Warraich gunned down two lawyers, including the Daska Bar Association president, also leaving two others with serious bullet wounds outside the City Police Station on Monday.

Landlord buries minor boy alive

A 17-year-old boy, Arsalan, was beaten and buried alive by local landlords over a dispute on Thursday.

CIA torture report little comfort to Pakistani detainee

Kamil Shah says Bagram prison officials used to ‘beat me for hours with sticks and guns, they would go on beating me until they...

Man dies after alleged torture in police custody

A 35-year-old man in Lahore died Saturday after what his family claim to be alleged torture during interrogation at the Green Town Police Station. The...

Railways passenger gets ticket to heaven

A passenger was killed on Wednesday on a Rawalpindi-bound train as a result of alleged police torture over a ticket scuffle. According to reports, a...

‘Those behind torture of media crew will be brought to book’

Info minister says those targeting media are not friends of democracy Says govt wants to defuse situation peacefully; holds Khan and Qadri responsible for protestors’...

Man viciously tortures ex-wife

HAROONABAD INP   A man was arrested for brutally torturing his ex-wife in Haroonabad precincts Monday. Per details, Nazir’s divorcee Shama, resident of Lambranwali area of Haroonabad, had...