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Foreign woman gang-rape case: Centre moved to place names of suspects on PNIL

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Lahore police have requested federal authorities to place three suspects' names on the Provisional National Identification List following a gang rape of a 20-year-old foreign woman who was visiting Pakistan for business purposes. The assault occurred at a rented flat near Raiwind and is one of two such incidents involving foreign women in Lahore within four months. Police have traced one suspect to Sialkot and taken relatives and a servant into custody, with DIG Operations Faisal Kamran stating that joint efforts are underway to track down the suspects.

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On September 25-26, 2026, a 20-year-old Azeri woman visiting Pakistan for business purposes was allegedly gang-raped by three men in Lahore. The incident occurred after she went out with two women who introduced her to three men at a cafe near Raiwind Road. According to the victim's statement, the suspects drugged her and took her to an unidentified flat where they raped her before abandoning her near Ghazi Interchange. Police registered a case against the suspects and identified them; one was arrested on September 26 while raids continued for the others. Lahore police requested federal authorities to place the names of three prime suspects on the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL) to prevent their escape. The victim recorded her statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure before a judicial magistrate, and two suspects were granted six-day remand for interrogation and evidence collection.

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LAHORE Pakistan Raiwind Sialkot The Lahore Police

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LAHORE GPE · 2× CCD ORG · 1× Cantt Division ORG · 1× Faisal Kamran PERSON · 1× Investigation Asim Iftikhar PERSON · 1× Pakistan GPE · 1× Raiwind GPE · 1× Sialkot PERSON · 1× The Lahore Police ORG · 1× the Crime Control Department ORG · 1×

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Talking about the recent incident, a police official said that the suspects had escaped from Lahore soon after the sexual assault and the police had traced one of the suspect’s location in Sialkot city.

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2026-09-28 · Dawn

Foreign woman gang-rape case: Centre moved to place names of suspects on PNIL · mixed framing

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The Lahore Police have moved a request to federal authorities to place the names of three prime suspects, who had allegedly gang-raped a young foreign woman two days ago, on the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL). uncertain

who → move → List

The 20-year-old victim had traveled to Pakistan for business purposes and was allegedly gang-raped by three men in a rented flat of a private housing society located near Raiwind on the night between Friday and Saturday. uncertain

victim → travel → Friday

It was the second such case in which a foreign woman was reportedly gang-raped in the Defence C police station area during the last four months. uncertain

woman → rap → months

police → talk → city

He said the police also took two close relatives and one domestic servant of one of the prime suspects into custody. asserted

police → say → custody

DIG Operations Faisal Kamran said that all the three suspects had been identified and police teams were working to track them down and arrest them. asserted

teams → say → them

He said the case was being investigated jointly by the Crime Control Department (CCD), operations and investigation wings. asserted

case → say → Department

The police had taken the vehicle allegedly used in the incident into custody, he added. uncertain

he → take → custody

Another police official said that the Cantt Division SP Investigation Asim Iftikhar was heading the joint police teams working on the case. asserted

Iftikhar → say → case