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Pakistan Deputy PM Ishaq Dar's grandson, seven others indicted in Lahore gang rape case

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A Pakistani court has indicted eight suspects, including the grandson of Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, for the gang rape of two foreign women from the Netherlands and Venezuela in Lahore. The suspects pleaded not guilty during Tuesday's proceedings; they will face trial starting December 9 after a judge ordered the prosecution to present its case. Despite earlier police reports exonerating Dar’s grandson Raza Dar and his four friends, medical evidence confirmed the rapes had occurred. The women alleged they were kidnapped and detained in Lahore following an investment scheme dispute involving over $500,000.
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Eight suspects, including Raza Dar, the grandson of Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, were indicted by a sessions court in Lahore on November 10, 2026, for allegedly gang raping two foreign women. The Additional District & Sessions Judge Rafaqat Ali Gondal framed charges against the suspects who pleaded not guilty and directed prosecution to present witnesses on December 9. Despite Punjab police previously clearing Raza Dar and four of his friends in this case, they were later indicted along with three other individuals. The two victims are from Netherlands and Venezuela, who were allegedly kidnapped and raped after arriving in Lahore for a business trip in June 2026.

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Ishaq Dar's Grandson Indicted
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Topics

District & Sessions Judge Lahore Netherlands Pakistani Punjab

Subjects

Raza Dar PERSON · 4× Lahore GPE · 3× Dar PERSON · 1× District & Sessions Judge ORG · 1× Ishaq Dar PERSON · 1× Ishaq Dar's PERSON · 1× Netherlands GPE · 1× Pakistani NORP · 1× Punjab GPE · 1× Rafaqat Ali Gondal PERSON · 1×

Narrative

"The armed men guarded the women at the house, threatened them with a knife, a gun and a piece of broken mirror, and warned that they would be killed and their body parts sold if they failed to meet the demands," police said and added the women managed to escape when their kidnappers were taking them to Lahore airport and on the way their vehicle had an accident.
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"Lahore's Additional District & Sessions Judge (AD&SJ) Rafaqat Ali Gondal on Tuesday (November 10) framed charges against the suspects who pleaded not guilty," a court official said and added the judge directed the prosecution to present its witnesses on December 9 so that the formal trial proceedings could be commenced.

Claims (14 extracted, 4 hedged)

A Pakistani court has indicted eight suspects, including the grandson of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, in a gang rape of two foreign women, an official said on Wednesday (November 11, 2026). asserted
official → indict → Wednesday
"Lahore's Additional District & Sessions Judge (AD&SJ) Rafaqat Ali Gondal on Tuesday (November 10) framed charges against the suspects who pleaded not guilty," a court official said and added the judge directed the prosecution to present its witnesses on December 9 so that the formal trial proceedings could be commenced. uncertain
proceedings → frame → December
All the suspects, presently in judicial custody, were produced before the trial court for the indictment proceedings. asserted
suspects → produce → proceedings
Ironically, Punjab police had already given a "clean chit" to Ishaq Dar's grandson Raza Dar and his four accomplices in this case. asserted
police → give → case
Police not only absolved Dar's grandson and his four friends of rape charges but charged three other low-paid employees of him of raping the women, as per a police report earlier submitted in the court. asserted
Police → absolve → court
The two women, one from the Netherlands and the other from Venezuela, were allegedly kidnapped and raped by Raza Dar and four of his friends after arriving in Lahore on a business trip in June this year. uncertain
women → kidnap → June
The medical examination confirmed that the foreign women were raped. asserted
women → confirm → ?
Both victim women after recording their statements had left for their home countries. asserted
women → record → countries
According to the police report, the victim women said that they met Raza Dar in Singapore in 2025 and invited him to invest money with them in the business of crypto currency. uncertain
they → accord → currency
After getting profit returns on initial investment, Raza Dar invested over $500,000. asserted
Dar → get → 500,000
"However, this time, the women did not give any profit or return the amount to the suspect," the report said, adding in June this year, the suspect invited both women to Pakistan on the pretext of a meeting with another investor, where they stayed at a hotel in Islamabad and travelled to Murree hill station with their free will. asserted
they → give → will
Later the women were taken to a house in Defence Housing Authority Lahore, where they were allegedly detained and pressured to pay the amount. uncertain
they → take → amount
Police said the women were forced to transfer $19,500. asserted
women → say → 19,500
"The armed men guarded the women at the house, threatened them with a knife, a gun and a piece of broken mirror, and warned that they would be killed and their body parts sold if they failed to meet the demands," police said and added the women managed to escape when their kidnappers were taking them to Lahore airport and on the way their vehicle had an accident. asserted
vehicle → guard → accident
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