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APP Swabi: A primary school teacher was brutally tortured and murdered with an excavation tool in the Moza Khaldo area of Swabi on Saturday. The victim, 30-year-old Hassan Faraz, had gone out from his home in Shabgai Muhalla and…

APP Lahore: A couple has been booked for allegedly torturing a 13-year-old domestic worker in Lahore’s Defense Housing Authority (DHA) Phase VI. According to police sources, Defense C police swiftly responded to the incident after being…

APP Lahore: In a disturbing incident in the Nawab Town area, two brothers violently assaulted their sisters after they demanded their rightful share in the family property. Thanks to the swift response of the Virtual Women police station,…

News Desk Sindh: As many as 100 gender-based violence (GBV) incidents were reported last year across Sindh, revealed Women Development Minister Shahina Sher Ali. Addressing a session of the Sindh Assembly, Sher Ali also mentioned that…

News Desk Islamabad: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) helpline, "1413," dedicated to safeguarding women's marriage rights, has fielded 348 requests for legal assistance since November 2023. Launched in January 2023 in…

Muhammad Shakeel Peshawar: Despite various reform initiatives and advocacy platforms, the socio-economic status of women in the province remains largely stagnant. Social limitations and deeply rooted taboos continue to impede the…

News Desk Rawalpindi: In a tragic incident, a son is detained for brutally torturing his elderly father and throwing him out of the house. According to Police Spokesperson, the senior citizen filed a complaint within the jurisdiction…

News Desk  Punjab: A man allegedly shot his wife, and employers are accused of brutally torturing their worker, in separate incidents across Punjab province over the past 24 hours, according to media reports on Sunday. In Lahore, a…

News Desk  Rawalpindi: The district police arrested a man for allegedly torturing his mother within the jurisdiction of the Rawat police station on Tuesday. According to a police spokesman, the victim filed a complaint detailing the…

AFP/APP Iraq: In a sun-baked cemetery in northern Iraq, silence lingers over a forsaken corner devoid of mourners, where women killed in gender-based violence rest in unmarked graves. Domestic violence and femicide have long plagued…