At least six women have been raped and three girls sexually harassed across Lahore (Pakistan's second-largest city and capital of Punjab province) within the span of a few days, undermining Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz's publicly stated zero-tolerance policy on gender-based violence. The incidents — including a gang rape in which the victim was subsequently blackmailed with recorded footage, and multiple cases of assault by former spouses — occurred largely within jurisdictions classified as high-priority 'A category' police stations. The wave of attacks exposes a stark gap between official rhetoric and ground realities in a city where the provincial government has repeatedly vowed to treat sexual violence against women as an absolute red line.