Tag: Lahore CCPO Umar Sheikh
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Usman Mirza case: Stop blaming the victim
A harrowing video recently went viral on social media in which a man, Usman Mirza, was seen harassing and assaulting a young couple. He had a few male accomplices with him, and he was also armed. Mirza beat up the couple, stripped them, and subjected them to sexual assault. Pakistani women on social media came…
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‘Intoxicated’ couple who assaulted cops in Lahore identified
Police have identified a couple, who misbehaved with the Lahore police officials on Sunday, and efforts are underway to arrest the suspects. The man has been identified as Sher Khan, a resident of Kharian, Gujrat, while the woman has been identified as Kinza, according to ARY News. However, no arrests have been made so far,…
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‘Lahore CCPO sent home on forced leave’
Journalist Adeel Raja on Wednesday claimed that the new chief of Lahore police, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umar Sheikh, who has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons since his appointment last month, has been sent home on forced leave. While The Current’s sources corroborate the journalist’s claim as they say that the…
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Senators wipe the floor with Lahore CCPO after he contradicts motorway rape timeline, gives personal opinion
Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umar Sheikh once again found himself in trouble when talking to the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights to talk about the motorway gang-rape case on Monday. There seemed to be discordant information about the authorities’ response time to the victim’s distress call when her car broke down on the…
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‘Shame on you’: Halime Sultan is furious with CCPO Lahore
In a rather embarrassing moment for Pakistan, Turkish actor Esra Bilgiç, who plays Halime Sultan in the super hit series Diriliş: Ertuğrul has hit out at Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umer Sheikh for victim-blaming the woman gang-raped in the horrific motorway incident. Read more – Esra Bilgiç shuts up a Pakistani troll on…
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Bright cop resigns after CCPO Lahore abuses him for speaking English
Trainee Sub-Inspector Fahad Iftikhar Virk has submitted his resignation after he was abused by Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umer Sheikh for speaking in English, The Current learnt on Thursday. “I can no longer serve this department,” read his resignation, a copy of which is available with The Current. Sources in police department said…
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‘I am sorry’: Lahore CCPO apologises after blaming mother of three for gang-rape
Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umar Sheikh on Monday apologised over his controversial statement regarding the motorway rape incident. “I apologise to the victim and all others who were hurt by my remarks. I had no intention of giving any wrong impression,” he said. The Lahore CCPO had earlier remarked that the rape victim…
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Misogyny is the norm
“The country’s leadership has set the tone.” As if the incident when a woman in a stopped car by the motorway was attacked in front of her children wasn’t horrific enough, the behaviour of the Lahore Police chief, CCPO Umar Sheikh, and his remarks about the incident were even more horrific — so shockingly medieval…
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‘I was stabbed 23 times in broad daylight’: Khadija Siddiqi shuts up Lahore CCPO
Barrister Khadija Siddiqi, who was stabbed 23 times in broad daylight in Lahore, has reminded Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umar Sheikh of what happened in her case, shutting him up for his statement blaming the motorway gang-rape survivor for travelling alone with her three kids past midnight. “I was stabbed 23 times in…
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VIDEO: Police blame mother-of-three survivor for gang-rape, say ‘she should have taken GT Road’
Lahore’s new Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umar Sheikh, who was earlier this week blamed for the removal of Punjab’s fifth inspector general of police (IGP) in two years, has now made headlines for blaming a gang-rape victim for the incident. “I am shocked… you are a mother of three and the only driver late…