Incidents of heinous crimes in Pakistan continued unabated in the months of August 2014. An analysis of incidents involving Brutality, Child abuse, Honor Killing, Intolerance, Male domination, Misuse of power, Psychological frustration and Violence against women reflects the extent of growing violent tendencies across Pakistan.
- Brutality
- Child abuse
- Honor Killing
- Intolerance
- Male domination
- Misuse of power
- Violence against women
Brutality
Number of cases = 13
| Date | Source | City | Province | Offence | Narrative |
| 2-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Lahore | Punjab | Parking dispute | LAHORE: A man was stabbed by three people during a tussle over parking space on Friday. Green Town police said Farman Ali, a resident of Kot Heera Singh, worked as a driver for Dr Safia. In the meantime, Toti Shah, a resident of the area, told Ali not to park on the road. They exchanged angry words and Shah called two of his friends to the scene and started beating up Ali. One of them pulled out a dagger and stabbed Ali several times and fled. |
| 4-Aug-14 | The News | Mirpurkhas | Sindh | Sons killed in front of Mom | MIRPURKHAS: Two brothers were killed in front of their mother, leaving their mother unconscious at the Bhagat Chowk Kot Ghulam Muhammad here on Sunday. The reason behind the murder was said to be an old enmity between Khaskhely and Khoso communities. |
| 4-Aug-14 | The News | Islamabad | Capital | Infanticide | ISLAMABAD: A cruel man killed his five-month-old daughter by throwing her down violently after thrashing his wife as she, once again gave birth to a baby girl, in G/13-4, Sunday night, police said |
| 4-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Faisalabad | Punjab | Infanticide | FAISALABAD: A man allegedly murdered his former wife and her infant daughter in Chak 55, Kakra Kamlia. |
| 5-Aug-14 | The News | Kalat | Balochistan | Beaten to death | QUETTA: A man was beaten to death in Iskalago area of Kalat district on Monday, police said. |
| 6-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Peshawar | KP | Murder by Maulvi | PESHAWAR: Zahid Khan, 23, was a fourth year student at Superior Science College and a resident of Bahadar Kalay. He went missing on November 13, 2013 when his vehicle was found abandoned on Inqilab Road. Zahid owned a car and motorcycle business and on that fateful day, he had gone to see Maulvi Muhammad Ali in Shalozan Colony, Badhaber who owed him money from a previous car sale. |
| 4-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Gujrat | Punjab | Burnt alive | GUJRAT: A father of two minor girls was booked on Sunday for setting his wife on fire, allegedly for not bearing a son, at Jedpur village in Jalalpur Jattan Sadar police limits |
| 8-Aug-14 | The News | Swabi | KP | Patricide | SWABI: A teenage boy shot dead his father in Panjpir village here when he tried to stop him from having a friendship with another boy of the same village the other day. |
| 10-Aug-14 | The News | Lahore | Punjab | Beaten to death | LAHORE: A 45-year-old woman was clubbed to death by her son-in-law in Factory Area on Saturday. |
| 11-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Wazirabad | Punjab | Abduction/Torture | WAZIRABAD: Three boys were injured when they were attacked by a man in a hotel late on Saturday night.Muhammad Sohail, a butcher, abducted 17-year-old Muhammad Hammad and took him to a hotel.Hammad managed to free himself and called his friends Usman and Rehman for help. When the boys confronted him, Sohail attacked Hammad with a knife and slashed his throat. He also attacked Usman and injured him. |
| 11-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Faisalabad | Punjab | Husband’s killer | FAISALABAD: Police have arrested a woman for murdering her husband with the help of two men. |
| 12-Aug-14 | The News | Okara | Punjab | Burnt alive | OKARA: A woman was burnt alive by her husband at Basti Noor Muhammad. Rukhsana Bibi, 40, mother of two daughters, |
| 23-Aug-14 | The News | Kasur | Punjab | Infanticide | KASUR: Police have arrested a man for killing his wife and an 11-month-old son here. On August 14, Saleem, his wife Kiran and son Adil were on their way when he shot his wife dead and threw his son in the canal. |
Child abuse
Number of cases = 5
| Date | Source | City | Province | Offence | Narrative |
| 1-Aug-14 | The News | Sahiwal | Punjab | Rape of a child | Police have arrested a madrasah teacher for raping a 12-year-old girl in Sahiwal on Thursday. |
| 1-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Multan | Punjab | Rape of 12 yr old | Madrasah teacher rapes 12-year-old MULTAN:Police have arrested a madrasah teacher for raping a 12-year-old girl in Sahiwal on Thursday. The girl, a resident of 39/12-L Chichawatni, was admitted to Chichawatni tehsil headquarters hospital (THQ) in critical condition. |
| 18-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Peshawar | KP | Training for terrorism | Teenagers trained by TTP return home PESHAWAR: Over a dozen teenagers who were being trained by militants in North Waziristan Agency have returned to their native village of Sheikhan on the outskirts of the city, on instruction from their ‘trainers’. While their families are delighted to see them, a fear lingers that the mindset of these boys may have been changed forever. Suleman, whose 16-year-old son has returned from NWA, is glad to have him back but is terrified of what the future might hold for his boy. |
| 20-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Bahawalpur | Punjab | Child Rape | BAHAWALPUR: Two children and four women were reported raped in Bahawalpur on Tuesday.Ejaz Ahmad’s five-year-old daughter Sehr* was abducted by a man, Waseem* from Islampura locality in Ahmadpur East. Another five-year-old girl was raped in Tahliwali village.A 13-year-old girl was raped in Chak 12-BC by her cousin.In Hasilpur, a woman was abducted and gang-raped. |
| 21-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Faisalabad | Punjab | Child abduction | FAISALABAD: Police said on Wednesday that a midwife had allegedly sold a newborn in collusion with a doctor from a government hospital and another woman. |
Honor Killing
Number of cases = 3
| Date | Source | City | Province | Perpetrators | Offence | Narrative |
| 1-Aug-14 | The News | Hafizabad | Punjab | Father | Freewill marriage | HAFIZABAD: A man murdered his divorced daughter for honour at Rahgo Syedan village on Thursday. |
| 5-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Quetta | Balochistan | Father | Teenage male friend | QUETTA: In a case of honor killing, a man named Yousaf shot dead his teenage sister and her male friend on Airport Road in Quetta, accusing them of having an illicit relationship. |
| 24-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Bahawalpur | Punjab | Father | Freewill marriage | BAHAWALPUR: A man murdered his daughter. Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti, a resident of Laal Bhatti village in Khairpur Tamewali, shot and killed his daughter for talking to her husband over the phone. Faiza* had married a relative, Shafqat, three years ago without her father’s approval. |
Intolerance
Number of cases = 4
| Date | Source | City | Province | Offence | Narrative |
| 6-Aug-14 | The News | Arifwala | Punjab | Honor Killing | ARIFWALA: A couple was murdered for contracting the marriage of their choice at Ammar village on Tuesday. Muhammad Yar Bhatti, 22, was in love with Abida, 20, and both married a month ago. However, the girl’s family shot both of them dead. |
| 14-Aug-14 | The News | Kohat | KP | Infanticide | KOHAT: A policeman allegedly shot dead his parents and son in Miangan Colony here on Wednesday, police sources said.Constable Sadiq Zaman exchanged harsh words with his parents over a petty issue and opened fire on them. His father Umar Sadiq, mother Nighat Bibi and his five-year-old son Samiul Rehman were killed on the spot |
| 14-Aug-14 | The News | Kohat | KP | Patricide | KOHAT: A policeman allegedly shot dead his parents and son in Miangan Colony here on Wednesday, police sources said.T |
| 16-Aug-14 | Dawn | Rajanpur | Punjab | Clash | RAJANPUR: At least seven persons lost their lives when two groups clashed over issue of sharing irrigation water in Raja pur. Four persons also injured in the incident. |
Male domination
Number of cases = 2
| Date | Source | City | Province | Offence | Narrative |
| 2-Aug-14 | Daily Times | Bannu | KP | Women’s rights | BANNU: Thousands of women displaced by fighting in Pakistan are struggling to get food and other aid because they lack identity cards and conservative elders have forbidden them from going to distribution centers. |
| 20-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Mansehra | KP | Freedom of job | MANSEHRA: A newly-recruited constable was injured when her cousin allegedly attacked her with iron rods in public over her decision to join the police force. |
Misuse of power
Number of cases = 2
| Date | Source | City | Province | Offence | Narrative |
| 7-Aug-14 | The News | Peshawar | KP | Violence | PESHAWAR: The spouse of a ruling party member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and his accomplices on Wednesday attacked the Secretary, Local Council Board, Ataur Rahman in his office here and caused him severe injuries. |
| 12-Aug-14 | Dawn | Sukkur | Sindh | Destruction of houses | SUKKUR: The Khoso community living in several villages near Thull town of Jacobabad district have accused the area police and the rival Banglani community of destroying around 200 houses of its members and looting their assets worth millions of rupees during a week-long ‘rampage’ |
Psychological frustration
Number of cases = 1
| Date | Source | City | Province | Offence | Narrative |
| 8-Aug-14 | The News | Boghra | Balochistan | Infanticide | A man, identified as Haji Abdul Wali, shot dead his wife alongside his three daughters before committing suicide with the same gun in Boghra, |
| 8-Aug-14 | The News | Boghra | Balochistan | Wife killer | A man, identified as Haji Abdul Wali, shot dead his wife alongside his three daughters before committing suicide with the same gun in Boghra, |
Violence against women
Number of cases = 21
| Date | Source | City | Province | Offence | Narrative |
| 1-Aug-14 | Dawn | Rahim Yar Khan | Punjab | Acid attack | The two women, Momina and her daughter Amina, were inside their residence in the Satellite Town area of Sadiqabad when five men hurled acid-filled plastic bags into the house. Consequently, the faces and hands of the women were injured |
| 1-Aug-14 | Dawn | Pishin | Balochistan | Acid attack | Six women were injured in an acid attack in Balochistan’s Pishin district, a senior administration officer said. |
| 1-Aug-14 | Dawn | Rahim Yar Khan | Punjab | Acid attack | Two women injured in Rahim Yar Khan acid attack By Mian Faisal RAHIM YAR KHAN: A woman and her daughter were injured in an acid attack on Friday in Sadiqabad tehsil of Rahim Yar Khan. |
| 1-Aug-14 | Dawn | Pishin | Balochistan | Acid attack | QUETTA: Six women were injured in an acid attack in Balochistan’s Pishin district, a senior administration officer said. |
| 1-Aug-14 | Dawn | Mastung | Balochistan | Acid attack | Last Tuesday, two men on a motorcycle sprayed acid using syringes on two teenage girls who were returning from a market in Mastung town, 40 kilometers from the provincial capital Quetta. |
| 2-Aug-14 | The News | Sadiqabad | Punjab | Acid attack | SADIQABAD: Unidentified persons threw acid on a woman named Momina and her daughter Amna at Satellite Town area of the city on Friday |
| 2-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Multan | Punjab | Burnt alive | MULTAN: A woman burnt three weeks ago died on Friday at Nishtar Hospital in Multan |
| 3-Aug-14 | Dawn | Sheikhupura | Punjab | Acid attack | SHEIKHUPURA: A man threw acid on his estranged wife in the Kot Abdul Malik locality on Saturday. |
| 4-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Faisalabad | Punjab | Wife killer | FAISALABAD: A man allegedly murdered his former wife and her infant daughter in Chak 55, Kakra Kamlia. |
| 4-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Faisalabad | Punjab | Gang rape | FAISALABAD: Three girls were allegedly gang raped in separate incidents on Sunday. |
| 15-Aug-14 | Frontier Post | Faisalabad | Punjab | Gang rape | A 14-year-old girl was raped on Thursday by three men in People’s Colony No 2. Ashraf Raheel, an uncle of the victim, told reporters that his niece was alone at her house when a neighbor, Zahid, and his two unidentified accomplices |
| 21-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Mansehra | KP | Lawlessness by lawful men | MANSEHRA: A rape victim went to the police seeking justice. Instead, she was reportedly raped again by the policeman who had promised to bring her rapist to task. |
| 22-Aug-14 | Dawn | Quetta | Balochistan | Matricide | QUETTA: A man gunned down his step-mother and two young sisters and injured father and brother in Gulda Baghacha village on the outskirts of Chaman on Thursday.Bibi Fatima, 40, and Malika, 5, and Bibi Gul, 7, suffered multiple bullet wounds and died on the spot.The injured, Abdul Raziq and six-year-old Qudratullah, were first taken to the district hospital in Chaman and later to the civil hospital in Quetta. |
| 23-Aug-14 | The News | Kasur | Punjab | Wife killer | KASUR: Police have arrested a man for killing his wife and an 11-month-old son here. |
| 23-Aug-14 | The News | Bahawalpur | Punjab | Rape & Murder | BAHAWALPUR: A man killed his sister-in-law after raping her at Basti Kachorian on Friday. |
| 23-Aug-14 | The News | Vehari | Punjab | Infanticide | VEHARI: A man killed his wife and daughter here. According to the FIR, Mudassar took his wife Kiran and one-year-old daughter Ayesha to Sutlej River and allegedly drowned them. |
| 23-Aug-14 | The News | Vehari | Punjab | Wife killer | VEHARI: A man killed his wife and daughter here. According to the FIR, Mudassar took his wife Kiran and one-year-old daughter Ayesha to Sutlej River and allegedly drowned them. |
| 24-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Bahawalpur | Punjab | Murder of sister-in-law | BAHAWALPUR: Amjad strangled his sister-in-law Mahnoor* allegedly for resisting his advances in Chak 5-BC Kacholiyan. Amjad had then divorced Mahnoor’s sister. Police said he had wanted to form illicit relations with Mahnoor. On Friday night, he strangled her while she was asleep. |
| 26-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Faisalabad | Punjab | Gang rape | FAISALABAD: Two women, including a student of the Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), were allegedly gang-raped in Faisalabad on Monday. |
| 26-Aug-14 | Express Tribune | Vehari | Punjab | Gang rape | VEHARI: A gang-rape victim who attempted to commit suicide by taking poison on Thursday died at THQ Hospital in Burewala on Friday. |
| 30-Aug-14 | The News | Burewala | Punjab | Acid attack | BUREWALA: A woman and her neighbor were injured in an acid attack by two youths over litigation near Chak 447/EB on Friday. Faiz nurtured grudge against Shamim and wanted to take revenge from her. |