January 6, 2021
LHC landmark judgement: two finger virginity tests declared ‘illegal’ and ‘unconstitutional’
By Abdullah Zahid. The Lahore High Court on Monday ruled against the two-finger or hymen test, calling it a “highly invasive” and “humiliating practice” that was not a “scientific or medical requirement” in sexual violence cases. The verdict was announced by Justice Ayesha A Malik in a petitionfiled in March and June 2020 by rights activists along with a PML-N lawmaker, challenging the use and conduct of virginity tests. The 30-page verdict stated that these tests offend “the personal dignity of the female victim and therefore is against the right to life and right to dignity enshrined in Article 9


