The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday ordered the provision of security for a 16-year-old girl who was forcibly paraded naked in her village in Dera Ismail Khan last month.

The order was issued by a bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Afsar Shah, which has taken up a petition filed by the 16-year-old girl's mother a day earlier.

The petition narrated the events of Oct 27, when the suspects in the case allegedly tore off the girl's clothes and took her dupatta away. The petition states that the girl was later paraded on the streets of the village while a video of the incident was recorded.

The petition seeks protection from the culprits, the inclusion of the name of the man who filmed the video in the first information report (FIR) of the case, as well as the recovery of the video.

It has also sought the court’s orders for the inspector general (IG) of police and the deputy IG of DI Khan to submit weekly reports on the progress of their investigation into the incident and ensure the dispensation of justice to the victim.

The petition further states that local police has supported the suspects by twisting facts in the FIR.

During Tuesday's hearing, the court also ordered the competent authority to take steps to ensure that the circulation of the video is curtailed.

The bench also summoned a police official who had been listed in the petition as a respondent to appear in court.

The hearing of the case was adjourned till Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, the Senate's Standing Committee on Human Rights had taken notice of the girl's abuse.

A session of the committee has also been called on Wednesday to discuss the matter. The committee has issued notices to Ministry of Human Rights secretary and to secretary of interior Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, asking them to attend tomorrow's session.