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The Nation
April 24, 2018
SIALKOT - The Sialkot-based acid attack victim, who was fighting for her life at Mayo Hospital Lahore, succumbed to the burns in the wee hours of Monday. ... Victim Asima's family has urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif, Inspector General of PoliceÃâà...
Pakistan Today
April 24, 2018
According to a report in one of the newspapers, 'between 150 to 400 cases of acid attacks are reported in Pakistan every year. ... In a brainstorming session organised by the HRCP, it was reported that 'As many as 98 percent of the cases filed by acid attack victims are never decided due to existence ofÃâà...
Pakistan Christian Post
April 23, 2018
Keri-Lynn Gibbs, BPCA researcher, said: "Acid attacks are a very real threat and have become increasingly frequent across the world over the past few ... "The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) reports that, 143 women were victims of acid attack or were set on fire in 2017, an action that hasÃâà...
NDTV
April 21, 2018
LONDON: A tattooed thug was today jailed for 16 years by a British court for a horrific and life-changing acid attack on an aspiring Pakistani-origin model and her cousin. John Tomlin, 25, threw acid at Resham Khan and Jameel Muhktar on June 21, 2017. They were attacked as they were out celebratingÃâà...
The Rebel
April 18, 2018
After witnessing people being sprayed with an “unknown substance” as part of a suspected acid attack, a fast food worker has questioned why he bothered ... men have along with Muhammed Malak (Shop keeper) gang rape a Christian girl Miss Najma from Shera Kot, Lahore city Pakistan on 09/03/2018.
DunyaNews Pakistan
April 18, 2018
SIALKOT (Dunya News) – Some unidentified person sprayed acid on a housemaid in Pakpura area in the jurisdiction of Civil Lines Police Station in Sialkot on Tuesday, causing severe burn injuries to her. Rescue teams shifted the victim to hospital. Hospital sources said that 90 percent body of victim hasÃâà...
Hindustan Times
April 17, 2018
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Monday that more Pakistanis had died in incidents described as “encounters” than in terror ... HRCP raised concerns over the number of murders, rapes, acid attacks, kidnappings, incidents of domestic violence, and honour killings, adding thatÃâà...
The Nation
April 9, 2018
A 'die-in' was also staged for showing solidarity with the victims of rape, homicides and acid attacks . The problem with such ... Feminists of Pakistan should come up with a strong campaign to shun the notion attached with the term as 'man-haters' and that they don't claim superiority. They must highlightÃâà...
Clarion Project
April 4, 2018
The role of religious institutions does not only include the dissemination of beliefs, but also combating terrorism and extremism. - Mohammed Najib Tun Abdul Razzaq Prime Minister, Malaysia. For too long has Pakistan provided safe haven to the Taliban and many terrorist organisations, but those days areÃâà...
DunyaNews Pakistan
April 3, 2018
GUJRAT (Dunya News) – According to details, 23-year-old Mehwish suffered serious burn injuries when her cousin Nair with the help of his friend Mujahod sprayed acid from a bottle on her face and body, Dunya News reported on Tuesday. The young girl was shifted to Burn Unit of the Aziz Bhatti ShaheedÃâà...
The New Yorker
April 2, 2018
The position of women in Pakistani society has been disputed since the country was established, in 1947. Muhammad Ali Jinnah's vision for the republic involved a separation of religion and politics, the equality of all Pakistanis, and the nurturing of an intelligentsia. He spoke out against “the curse ofÃâà...
The Express Tribune
March 13, 2018
ISLAMABAD: As many as 129,534 cases of human rights violations were reported across the country during the last five years, according to the data of National Police Bureau (NPB). Responding to the complaints, 174,119 accused were arrested during this period, figures revealed by the bureau show.
Newsweek
March 13, 2018
More than 100,000 cases of human rights violations have been reported across Pakistan over the past five years, according to the country's National Police Bureau. The crimes include murders, honor killing, sexual assault, acid attacks and violence against women and children. The data was collected byÃâà...
OZY
March 5, 2018
Multiple victims of these acid attacks see them as a show of power that men in hypermacho societies feel they possess over women. There are approximately 100 attacks each year in Colombia, according to U.K.-based Acid Survivors Trust International, putting the country second behind Pakistan, with atÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 3, 2018
This week she joined a group of other victims of acid attacks presenting their work at the Ashianeh gallery in Tehran to raise awareness and money. “I don't want to be known as a victim, I want to be known as an artist,” she said. Attaie makes pottery, sculpted bowls and statuettes. She now lives in TehranÃâà...
Pakistan Today
February 27, 2018
ITALY: After overcoming a brutal acid attack organised by an ex-lover on April 6, 2013, Lucia Annibali is using her power as a symbol of the battle against gender-based violence to take that fight to Italy's parliament. She had been returning from work to her home in Pesaro in eastern Italy, when a hoodedÃâà...
BBC News
February 23, 2018
A Manchester surgeon is using his skills to help acid attack victims in his native Pakistan. Dr Asim Shahmalak funds his own trips to Pakistan and performs eyelash and eyebrow surgery on the women. Some of the women who have been attacked are so badly disfigured they are shunned by their familiesÃâà...
Pakistan Today
February 14, 2018
SIALKOT: Police officers on Wednesday have arrested as many as two suspects for throwing acid on a girl for refusing to marry in Sialkot's Pakka Garha area, within the vicinity of Muradpur police station. Wearing a mask, suspect Qasim stormed 20-year-old Afshan's home and threw acid on her for rejectingÃâà...
The Republic
December 31, 1999
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani police say a group of men on motorcycles hurled acid at three female university students in the city of Gujrat. Officer Umair Hayat says one of the three men was arrested after Thursday's attack, which occurred near a bus stop in the Dinga neighborhood as the girls were on theirÃâà...
The Hindu
December 31, 1999
Three girls, including a sister duo, in Pakistan's Punjab province suffered burn injuries in an acid attack on Thursday when they were allegedly attacked by the sisters' uncle for rejecting a marriage proposal, according to media reports. The sisters and their friend -- all said to be university students -- wereÃâà...
Business Standard
December 31, 1999
On a related note, 143 women were attacked with acid or were set on fire in Pakistan last year, according to a report released by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) earlier this week. (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.).
Pakistan Today
December 31, 1999
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Three women were burned when a man hurled acid at his wife and two daughters on Saturday. Police said that the suspect hailed from Rahim Yar Khan and after an argument with his family over domestic issues, threw acid at his wife and two daughters. As a result of acid attack, 25 toÃâà...
Pakistan Today
December 31, 1999
There is a fundamental flaw in the Pakistani society with regards to how a woman can function, says Diep Saeeda of the Institute for Peace and Secular ... Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Member of the Punjab Assembly Saadia Sohail Rana attributes crimes such as 'honour killing' and acid attacks to a lack ofÃâà...
Gandhara
December 31, 1999
Hundreds of Muslims and minority Christian women stood up as a sign of respect when the acid attack victim joined the rally, which was held amid tight security. Acid attacks are not uncommon in Pakistan, where men sometimes assault women for refusing to marry them. Victims of acid attacks tend to avoidÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
December 31, 1999
A 24-hour strike by millions of Spanish women. A crackdown in France on companies violating gender-equal pay policies. In Russia, a candid apology from a powerful legislator to women he sexually harassed. Many of the International Women's Day events on Thursday powerfully echoed the #MeTooÃâà...
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