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

Lahore 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). "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.

All the suspects, presently in judicial custody, were produced before the trial court for the indictment proceedings. Relative of Pakistan Deputy PM Ishaq Dar arrested in alleged gangrape of two foreigners Relative of Pakistan Deputy PM Ishaq Dar arrested in alleged gangrape of two foreigners The suspects, identified as Muhammad Raza Dar, Hassan Raza, Sikandar Khan and Sajid Ali, were sent to five-day police remand by a Lahore court.