{
  "id": 4295820,
  "title": "Islamabad mourns Hina Javed and rise of femicide in Pakistan at candlelight vigil",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/islamabad-mourns-hina-javed-and-rise-of-femicide-in-pakistan-at",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T22:58:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1545386/islamabad-mourns-hina-javed-and-rise-of-femicide-in-pakistan-at-candlelight-vigil/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A candlelight vigil was held in Islamabad to mourn the death of Hina Javed, whose body was found in her Rawalpindi apartment last week with signs of torture. According to the police, her husband and a domestic worker have been arrested.\n\nThe vigil, attended largely by women, called for an end to femicide in Pakistan and demanded justice for Javed. Speakers addressed the gathering, making several demands including better legislation to prevent domestic violence and an end to a culture of impunity for perpetrators of violence.\n\nParticipants lit candles and placed flowers next to pictures of Javed, chanting slogans for justice. Javed's cousin, Sarah Afreen Malik, expressed her family's grief, stating that they would never recover from the loss. Another cousin, Sabah Bano Malik, urged Pakistan to declare gender-based violence an active femicide and allocate resources to address it.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Islamabad mourns Hina Javed and the rise of femicide in Pakistan at candlelight vigil",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/islamabad-mourns-hina-javed-and-the-rise-of-femicide-in-pakistan-at",
        "published": "2026-08-29T17:11:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}