Tag: Torture
IGP seeks report on constable torture case
Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mushtaq Shah has taken action on a letter written by Citizens-Police Liaison Committee chief Ahmed Chinoy regarding a...
Court seeks report on torture of prisoner
A local court on Friday sought report from the jail superintendent on a petition, seeking action against the officials of Adiyala Jail for beating...
MNA’s nephews torture man
The nephews of MNA Tariq Shabbir allegedly injured a worker of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz after badly torturing him in the Nishter Colony Police...
Policeman tortures shopkeeper in Karachi
Local police registered a case against a police official for torturing a shopkeeper who demanded five rupees for a photostat copy.
According to details,...
Afaq cleared of kidnapping, torture charges
The Sindh High Court on Tuesday cleared Mohajir Quami Movement-Haqiqi Chairman Afaq Ahmed of charges of torture and abduction, rejecting the complainant’s plea for...
Boy dies after torture in police custody
A 16-year boy, who was allegedly burned after severe torture by police, passed away at Allied Hospital here on Friday.
According to details, Inspector...
Chiniot Police torture women protesting relative’s death
Police on Saturday exhibited brazen cruelty by torturing women of a family that had lost a member to the firing of a constable, Nasrullah,...
LPP protest torture of Attabad lake activist
Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) demonstrated on Monday at Chairing Cross outside Punjab Assembly against the detention of LPP federal committee member Baba Jan who...
Forum formed to end women’s torture in custody
Oxfam GB, in collaboration with Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) and South Asia Partnership (SAP), has introduced a project addressing women torture in custody. Under...
Misri Shah police torture shopkeeper
In yet another incident of police brutality, Misri Shah police officials after ordering and eating burgers from a shop, thrashed the shop owner when...
Target killer arrested in Karachi, torture cell unearthed
Special Investigation Unit of (SIU) of Karachi police has arrested an accused involved in kidnapping and murder of three
persons and recovered the dead body...
NATO suspends Afghan jail transfers over torture fears
The international force in Afghanistan has suspended the transfer of prisoners to some Afghan jails following allegations of torture in an as-yet unpublished UN...
20 arrested, 2 torture cells unearthed in Rangers operation in Lyari
Rangers’ search operation in Lyari ended successfully on Sunday with 20 arrests and closure of two torture cells.
Heavy contingents of Rangers took part in...
Police torture jeweller to death
Police brutality was again exposed when a 50-year-old jeweller died in police custody owing to serious police torture late on Wednesday night.
The Ichhra Police...
Protests held against Nairang torture
Protests against police brutality at the Nairang Art Gallery were held at the Lahore Press Club, Karachi and Islamabad simultaneously on Saturday. It has...
US court allows torture lawsuit against Rumsfeld
Two American men can go ahead with a civil lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a U.S. appeals court said on Monday, over...
British rights groups boycott torture inquiry
British rights groups and lawyers said Thursday they would boycott an inquiry into alleged secret service involvement in the torture of terror suspects, accusing...
