DIG Ali Wasim has ordered Islamabad police to take legal action against people who lodge false rape complaints under the Anti-Rape Act, ProPakistani and ARY News report. Both say he directed action against complainants and witnesses in seven cases under that law.
A DIG is a deputy inspector general, a senior police rank. The Anti-Rape Act is the law cited in the order. Neither report quotes a section number or a penalty.
What Wasim told the force
According to both reports, action is aimed at three kinds of conduct: registering a rape complaint that is false, giving a statement in a suspect’s favour in exchange for money, and using the law for personal gain. ARY says the paid statements were aimed at having cases dismissed. ProPakistani says the statements were in favour of suspects.
Wasim said legal action should also reach anyone who accuses another person of rape in order to benefit themselves. The reports do not give case numbers, police stations, or the names of the people in the seven matters. They do not say a court has already declared each complaint false.
Where the two reports meet
ProPakistani and ARY News agree on the DIG’s name, the figure of seven cases, and the kinds of conduct. Seven is the number of cases in which complainants and witnesses may face action, not a count of arrests.
Priority for real victims
Both outlets report that Wasim described the step as a way to discourage misuse of the law and still secure justice. Real victims, he said, must still receive justice, and the rights of women and other citizens stay among the force’s duties.
The order, as published, stops there. Neither outlet has reported arrests, a public case list, or a date for review.
