Lahore motorway gang-rape victim has identified both perpetrators: Chohan.

LAHORE -- Punjab information minister Fayyaz-ul-Hasan Chohan on Thursday announced that the Lahore motorway gang-rape victim has identified both perpetrators of the crime.

"The lady has identified both Abid and Shafqat," Chohan told a press conference in Lahore.

"It was due to Waqar-ul-Hasan's arrest that we were able to reach Shafqat," he added.

Abid Ali, the prime suspect in the case, remains at large, while Shafqat Ali was arrested on Monday for his alleged involvement in the case.

The next day, he was remanded into police custody for 14 days by an accountability court.

The incident has drawn nationwide condemnation from human rights activists, politicians and the public in general over a lack of safety over the route as well as the attitude of the lead investigator, Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umar Sheikh.

Sheikh had blamed the victim for going through the route that she chose and said that she should have checked her petrol...