Disgusted. Numb. Enraged. Nauseous. Speechless. Angry. Sad. Shocked. Exhausted. And some more adjectives to the effect, is all one gets to read and receive in reaction to the recent tsunami of violent crimes against women in Pakistan magnified by Noor Muqaddam’s brutal murder. I am none of those things. I am just scared. Make it […]
Social media reports of the alleged rape and torture of a minor Christian girl in Faisalabad have turned out to be false. Posts claiming that the girl was forced to recite kalima while being sexually abused have been doing the rounds on social media for the past few days. However, authorities in Faisalabad and Sukkur […]
Civil society activists held a protest at the National Press Club, Islamabad on Thursday, seeking an apology from Prime Minister Imran Khan over his recent statement wherein he blamed ‘vulgarity’ for rape and sexual violence against women and children. He had further said that observing purdah would protect women from sexual assault as men resort […]