{"id":1305,"date":"2023-09-07T07:38:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T07:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/sc-orders-police-to-ensure-proper-procedures-are-followed-in-cases-related-to-women-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T07:38:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T07:38:25","slug":"sc-orders-police-to-ensure-proper-procedures-are-followed-in-cases-related-to-women-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/sc-orders-police-to-ensure-proper-procedures-are-followed-in-cases-related-to-women-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"SC orders police to ensure proper procedures are followed in cases related to women | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<strong class=\"location-names\"><br \/>\nISLAMABAD:<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered authorities to ensure the implementation of relevant\u00a0standard operating procedures (SOPs) guaranteeing women investigation officers in cases pertaining to women.<\/p>\n<p>A two-member bench comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Sardar Tariq Masood issued the directives while wrapping up a petition of a woman abducted and raped by her ex-husband.<\/p>\n<p>The woman\u2019s counsel\u00a0informed the court that the former husband abducted and raped his client days after giving her a divorce. The woman then filed a first information report (FIR) at a local police station in Gujranwala where a male IO was assigned to debrief her and investigate the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The bench was irked at the violations of police SOPs to assign a woman IO in cases\u00a0of nature and directed action against the station house officer (SHO) of the concerned police station.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court also ordered the police to ensure a copy of the SOP in Urdu and English was available at every police station.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Isa also took exception to the superintend referring to the inspector general of police with a British-era title. He remarked that the police continued pre-independence culture despite the country acquiring freedom from British Raj in 1947.<\/p>\n<p>The police should change its mindset and move forward from slavery culture, he observed.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v5.0&#038;appId=419051588770002&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered authorities to ensure the implementation of relevant\u00a0standard operating procedures (SOPs) guaranteeing women investigation officers in cases pertaining to women. 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