Tag: Torture
9 killed in fresh spate of violence
At least nine persons were killed in different firing incidents in the metropolis of Karachi on Monday.
In the first incident, three persons including a...
Old couple tortured to death in Nowshera
Unidentified people tortured to death an old couple in Pabi area on Saturday.
The assailants entered the house of a 90-year-old man Shashti and tortured...
Case registered against Ahmed Riaz Sheikh’s sons for torturing reporter
The Shalimar police registered a case against two sons of former FIA additional director general Ahmed Riaz Sheikh, a close aide of President Asif...
Not a kids’ fight anymore
Sandha police raid house, torture family over gangster’s fourteen-year-old son’s personal dispute
Alleged gangster Majeed Kala illegally tortured a family over a personal dispute with...
Woman’s nose chopped off during attempted rape
A man chopped off his daughter-in-law’s nose and cut her head hair in anger after trying to rape her in the area of Mansoorabad...
The dark side of the law
Police use ‘private jails’ to interrogate suspected criminals and to bargain with their families
While Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif...
Stripped naked for protecting her son
Mother of five humiliated, stripped naked, tortured and dragged through streets for protecting her son from influential locals
Locals say they can vouch for the...
Judicial inquiry into torture, bribe case against Adiala Jail officials ordered
Rawalpindi District and Sessions Judge Syed Mahroof Ahmad Ali on Wednesday ordered a judicial inquiry against the officials of Adiala Jail in the case...
Torture, harassment common in Adiala Jail
Torture and harassment of prisoners in Adiala Jail has become a norm, a prisoner released a couple of days ago said on Saturday.
“The prisoners...
Torkham border sealed over Afghan officials’ torture on Pakistani labourers
Pakistani security officials on Saturday sealed the Torkham border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, in response to the torture on Pakistani labourers by Afghan security...
Pak lodges strong protest with Afghan govt on torture of Pakistanis
Pakistan has taken a serious note of the incident involving 29 Pakistanis who were returning from Afghanistan and were badly beaten en-route reportedly by...
Bakery torture case hearing adjourned till Dec 10
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Shairf’s son-in-law Imran Ali along with seven others accused was produced before the judicial magistrate of a local court in...
Man allegedly tortured by police in Rawalpindi
Police allegedly tortured and brutally injured an accused arrested over financial dispute on Thursday.
Family members blamed that Qasim was arrested by Sadiqabad Police over...
Sindh minister booked in torture case
Provincial Minister Tauqeer Fatima and her guards were booked for torturing employees of toll plaza.
The case against Provincial Minister Tauqeer Fatima and her guards...
Ali imran gets bail in bakery torture case
Son-in-law of Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif was granted bail after a local court on Friday accepted his bail plea in bakery torture case.
Judicial...
Bakery torture: Ali Imran sent to jail on remand
A local magistrate on Thursday handed over Ali Imran, the son-in-law of Chief Minister Punjab, to police on 14-day remand in bakery torture case.
The...
Two torture cells found in Lyari, 8 detainees freed
Rangers on Sunday unearthed two torture cells in Karachi’s Lyari town and got freed eight allegedly detained people after a search operation in the...