Man booked for ‘Rape’ of Daughter

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NAROWAL: Kotli Loharan police have registered a case against a man for allegedly subjecting his daughter to rape at Chak Sadio, Sialkot.

‘Z’ filed a complaint with the police, saying that she was at home with her family on the night of Feb 18. She said at 2:30am, she heard her 17-year-old daughter ‘A’ screaming and found her husband ‘E’ raping her. She said her husband had also been forcibly preventing her from coming to the police station. On the woman’s request, the police have registered a case against the suspect under section 376 of Pakistan Penal Code.

Police spokesman Muhammad Adeel Butt said a team has been formed to arrest the suspect on the instructions of DPO Sialkot Dost Muhammad.

Published in Dawn, March 10th, 2026.

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