News & Blogs from Pakistan
Posts tagged Rape
Justice for rape victims
Feb 20th
WAR revealed the shocking statistic that only 3% of rape cases in Karachi result in convictions against the accused.
Forgetting Aasia Bibi
Feb 20th
Somewhere, a woman is still being held in custody under a controversial blasphemy law.
Pakistani men
Feb 20th
Most men in Pakistan, try and restrict women from venturing out of their homes.
Dhaka hosts ‘Dhamaka’ World Cup ceremony
Feb 17th
Opening ceremony features fireworks, captains of competing teams paraded through historic Bangabandhu Stadium.
A moral argument for abortion
Feb 17th
I should know, since I have successfully brought conversations to a screeching halt (or the opposite) on both occasions. I often wonder
Woman forcibly wed, gang raped and exiled for rejecting proposal
Feb 16th
Police have refused to file a case involving a woman who had been exiled from her village.
Australian honorary consulates shut down in Lahore, Karachi
Feb 14th
Australia issues special instructions to citizens, diplomats in backdrop of Davis controversy.
17-year-old confesses to rape, murder of child
Feb 13th
A 17-year-old youth raped a four-year-old boy and killed him on Thursday.
Ascertaining child and maternal mortality rates
Feb 13th
A country-wide survey will be started on March 1 to ascertain child and maternal mortality rates in the country.
Abortion — a taboo: ‘Every sixth pregnancy in the country is aborted’
Feb 11th
At least 890,000 abortions take place in Pakistan which means that every sixth pregnancy is terminated in abortion.
