Islamabad: A Pakistani female Station House Officer SHO has investigated cases of rape and sexual abuse following her appointment two months ago, a media report said. Kulsoom Fatima was appointed the first female SHO of Pakpattan district in Punjab province and she gave an exceptional performance in this small period, The News International reported on Saturday. In a recent interview to the BBC, Fatima said that the incidents of sexual abuse of minor girls made her angry, but she was not able to do anything at that time. I got the opportunity when I was appointed a sub-inspector in Punjab Police after passing the competitive exams," she said.
This Pakistani Girl Gave a Befitting Reply to Boys Who Were Making Fun of Breast Cancer
IT'S the largest cause of death for Pakistani women, yet many don't even say the word 'breast' when talking about cancer in the Muslim nation. Breast cancer survivor and prominent Pakistani politician Fehmida Mirza, second right, speaks with guests at her residence in Islamabad, Pakistan to break the silence surrounding the common disease. They had to use the euphemism "cancer of women" to discuss a disease often shrouded in social stigma in this majority Muslim nation. One in nine women in Pakistan will face breast cancer during their life, with the country itself having the highest rate of the disease across Asia, according to the breast cancer awareness group PinkRibbon, oncologists and other aid groups. Yet discussing it remains taboo in a conservative, Islamic culture where the word breast is associated with sexuality instead of health and many view it as immoral for women to go to the hospital for screenings or discuss it even within their family.
Pakistani woman police officer probes 200 rape, sexual abuse cases in 60 days
Part of being an adult means accepting the reality around you. For boys, it is quite common to misunderstand troubles a woman may go through while menstruating, or even something much worse. Even girls are not serious enough to know about their body systems, and would take it lightly. Making fun of the opposite gender and sexualizing every body structure is now common among young adults, even young teens.
A Pakistani woman's Facebook post on breast cancer in which she lambasted the attitude of the society went viral. Fama Hasan, a Facebook user from Pakistan passed by a group of boys who were laughing after discussing breast cancer, wrote a befitting reply to such people around the world. Read: What you still don't know about breast cancer. Yesterday I got out of class and was walking to my car towards the gate when I passed a bunch of guys who seemed like they must be in the 7 th or 8 th semester.