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CIA ASI held; four others booked for torture, extortion
FAISALABAD: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) was arrested on Tuesday while four others were booked on charges of torturing a man and extortion. The arrested ASI is identified as Abbas while those booked are constables Mustafa Dogar, Shahbaz, Tariq and Rana Imran. They raided the house of the complainant Muhammad […]
جبری گمشدگیوں سے متعلق اقوام متحدہ کے معاہدے کی توثیق کی جائے
لاہور 30اگست،2015ء پریس ریلیز پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے حکومت سے جبری وغیرارادی گمشدگیوں سے متعلق اقوام متحدہ کے معاہدے کی فوری طور پر توثیق کرنے کا مطالبہ کیا ہے۔ کمیشن نے یہ بھی مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ جبری گمشدگیوں میں ملوث عناصر کے خلاف قانونی چارہ جوئی کی جائے […]
International Day of the Victims of the Enforced Disappearances
Islamabad, August 30: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the government to immediately ratify the UN Convention against Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. The Commission also called for prosecution of those involved in enforced disappearances as not even a single person has been prosecuted. In a statement issued at the International Day […]
Two policemen held over illegal detention of student
KARACHI: Two policemen were arrested on Sunday for keeping a young student in illegal confinement and later releasing him after taking a bribe. SSP-City Fida Hussain Janwari said that five policemen of the Kharadar police station had detained Sohail Hussain, who is studying in the United Kingdom, in Pan Mandi on Saturday night. He said […]
Councillor tortured: Quetta mayor wants SHO suspended
QUETTA: The Mayor of Quetta Dr Kaleemullah Khan and Deputy Mayor Mohammad Younas Baloch have demanded the police high-ups to suspend the SHO of Kharotabad police station for torturing a councillor. The mayor while addressing a press conference said he would block the entire city as protest if IG Balochistan failed to suspend the SHO. “Few […]
‘Serial rapist’ killed in CIA custody
LAHORE: A serial child rapist was killed in Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) police custody in Ferozewala on Wednesday. A police spokesman said Haroon, 22, was arrested by the CIA police for abducting and raping seven minor girls in different areas of the city. He said swabs of the suspect were taken and after forensic and […]
Kasur child abuse scandal: Protest over death in ‘police custody’
LAHORE: The alleged custodial death of a suspect in the Kasur child abuse scandal led to a protest by his family members on Sunday. They blocked Lahore’s Ferozpur Road for nearly four hours for traffic. They chanted slogans against the police, alleging that the victim, Muhammad Shafi, 58, was abducted by police a few days ago. […]
