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LAST year, the horrific gang rape of a woman in front of her children on the Sialkot-Lahore Motorway sparked protests across the country, with people gathering to demand accountability for the survivor and safety for women. This led to two anti-rape ordinances the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Ordinance 2020 and the Pakistan Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 which expanded the definition of rape, included harsher punishments for perpetrators, and banned the degrading ‘two-finger’ test for victims of rape, which is also a form of assault. Additionally, it called for the establishment of special courts and rape crisis centres. Despite the approval of these ordinances, reported rape cases have risen to 200 in the federal capital, according to a recent report in this paper, with only one additional district and sessions judge authorised to look into such cases. Worryingly, around 80pc of offenders were acquitted due to “faulty investigation, poor prosecution and out-o
Former Lahore capital city police officer (CCPO) Umar Sheikh has served a legal notice on Establishment Secretary Ijaz Munir. EOS/File
LAHORE: With cases of senior bureaucrats in BS-20 to BS-22 being considered for forced retirement by a high forum in Islamabad, former Lahore capital city police officer (CCPO) Umar Sheikh has served a legal notice on Establishment Secretary Ijaz Munir for considering him for the purpose in violation of rules and regulations.
Touted as one of the country’s most influential government officers, the establishment secretary is the only officer who has a direct say in the promotion of all civil servants from Grade 17 all the way up to the elite rank of Grade 22.