Access To Justice News Letter - December 29,2015

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Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Access to Justice Newsletter (INSAF Network Pakistan) KP assembly elects first ever woman deputy speaker PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on Tuesday elected Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) Dr Mehar Taj Roghani as the new deputy speaker — the first ever woman to take up the post.     Published in Dawn on December 22, 2015   Lahore teenage gang rape: Police granted three-day physical remand of eight accused LAHORE: A district and sessions court on Monday sent eight men, accused of gang raping a teenage girl in Lahore, on a three-day physical remand in police custody.     Published in Dawn on December 28, 2015   Mobile app for litigants, lawyers LAHORE: The Lahore High Court is going to introduce an enterprise software system, which is the first-ever for a court in Pakistan, in order to facilitate litigant public and lawyers.     Published in Dawn on December 24, 2015   When the mob rules HUNDREDS of angry protesters took to the streets of Luari Sharif on the outskirts Badin last week. They ransacked shops, and then set them ablaze. They attacked homes, and torched them too. The mob was motivated by the killing of a local teacher in the broader context of a long-standing dispute between groups over ownership of local shrines.     Published in Dawn on December 21, 2015   Alarm over rise in underage girls’ sale into marriage UMERKOT: Leaders of civil society have expressed grave concern over an alarming rise in the sale of minor girls into marriage in Umerkot, Tharparkar and Sanghar districts and demanded that the government implement relevant laws in letter and spirit to save children’s lives.     Published in Dawn on December 29, 2015   Four sentenced by military courts hanged in Kohat PESHAWAR: Four 'terrorists' were executed at the Kohat Central Jail, sources said Tuesday morning.     Published in Dawn on December 29, 2015   ‘Rape victim’ accuses police of destroying evidence PESHAWAR: An alleged rape victim hailing from Nowshera, the native district of chief minister, here on Tuesday narrated her ordeal to register an FIR at a station of the ‘model’ police of the province and demanded arrest of the culprits.     Published in Dawn on December 23, 2015   You are receiving this newsletter because you are part of our mailing list Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe INSAF Network Pakistan www.inp.org.pk