Mahira Khan and Ali Zafar condemn rape, killing of minor girl
IANS | Updated: Jan 11, 2018, 15:59 IST
"This. We need to start talking about sexual abuse openly. We need to include that in our school curriculums. Awareness is key. Associating abuse and rape with shame is why countless go unheard. Stop with the shame," Mahira tweeted on Thursday morning.
Mahira Khan@TheMahiraKhan
This. We need to start talking about sexual abuse openly. We need to include that in our school curriculums. Awareness is key. Associating abuse and rape with shame is why countless go unheard of. Stop with the shame. https://twitter.com/mjibrannasir/status/951183490678181888 ...
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Riots erupted in Pakistan's Punjab province on Wednesday over police inaction after the minor's body was found.
Reportedly, the victim was last known to have attended a tuition centre near her house in the Road Kot area last Thursday on January 4, after which she went missing.
Demanding justice for the victim, the actress added: "We fail as a nation every time we witness a crime as heinous as this."
"We fail even more when we aren't able to bring these evil butchers to the gallows. And we fail the most when we sit in our homes instead of getting out on the roads. Press Club, Karachi. 2 p.m."
Ali said he was disgusted with the heinous crime and wants justice for the minor girl.
"Never been so angry and disgusted in my life. Her parents had gone for Umrah (pilgrimage) when this happened. Imagined their state of mind. Justice has to be served! Justice for (the girl)," he tweeted.
Ali Zafar@AliZafarsaysNever been so angry and disgusted in my life. Her parents had gone for Umrah when this happened. Imagined their state of mind. Justice has to be served! #Justice4Zainab
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The brutal murder of the little girl has incited anger among residents as it is the 12th such case to occur within a two kilometre radius in the city since last year.
Kasur, over 400 km from Islamabad, made international headlines in 2015 when a gang of paedophiles were running a child sex racket that was busted, media reported.
The paedophile gang allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted at least 280 children in the area, blackmailed the families of the victims since 2009, and even sold video clips and images of the assault.
Guitarist and songwriter Salman Ahmad shared on his popular Pakistani band Junoon's Facebook page, that Kasur is the city of his father and ancestors.
"It is also the burial place of one of the greatest Sufi saints, Baba Bulleh Shah... Bulleh would be turning in his grave to learn of the monsters that prowl Punjab and hunt young children ..."Is there no law or justice left in Pakistan to reign in these satanic forces? Shame on the police and Punjab government for turning a blind eye or being complicit in the sex trade flourishing in Kasur and elsewhere in the country.
"A sexual assault which involves children should be dealt with ruthless punishment. If we don't set an example with across the board accountability, right now, these monsters will continue their lustful orgies entrapping children... and extinguishing their light."
Zainab Ansari rape and murder case: DNA nails suspect; Shahbaz Sharif favours public hanging of 'beast'
Lahore: A 23-year-old neighbour has been arrested in the brutal rape and murder case of a minor girl and his DNA sample matched with the sample found from the victim's body, days after the heinous crime in Kasur city in Pakistan's Punjab province sparked a national outrage.
Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif told a press conference on Tuesday that the police had arrested Imran Ali, a serial killer, who raped and murdered the minor girl.
"The DNA and polygraph tests of this beast have been matched," Sharif said and proposed changes in the law so that he could be hanged in public.
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"Like the whole nation I am also in favour of public hanging of this beast but we will have to see what changes could be made in the law in this regard. I request the chief justice to conclude the case as early as possible so that this serial killer could meet his fate," he added.
He praised the forensic laboratory that conducted more than 1,200 DNA tests to reach out the culprit. He said Ali was involved in killing of seven other girls in Kasur.
Earlier, police sources confirmed that the suspect, a neighbour of the seven-year-old victim, had confessed to his crime before an investigation team.
Forensic specialists also confirmed that the DNA sample from the accused matches with the sample found from the girl's body.
The suspect was known to the girl's family and would also frequent her house, police sources said.
They said he had been taken into custody over two weeks ago but was let go on the victim family's plea that 'he could not be a culprit'.
Punjab government spokesman Malik Ahmad said that the suspect had confessed to his crime.
He said the suspect was arrested from Pakpatan district of Punjab.
On 5 January, the girl had gone missing while going to a religious tuition centre near her house in Kasur city, some 50-km from Lahore. Her parents had been in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah and she had been living with her maternal aunt.
After her abduction, a CCTV footage showed her walking with a stranger near Peerowala Road.
On 9 January, her body was recovered from a heap of trash near the Shahbaz Khan Road. Autopsy report had confirmed rape.
Police have carried out DNA test of more than 1,000 suspects. The Supreme Court on last Sunday gave a 72-hour deadline to Inspector General of Police to arrest the culprit.
Violent protests gripped the Kasur city following the girl's murder that claimed two lives. The incident also stirred a national outcry demanding justice for her.
The chief minister said the suspect was arrested earlier but was freed when he complained that he had heart problems.
In 2017, 4,139 incidents of child abuse took place in the province where 43 percent of them were acquainted with perpetrators.
Published Date: Jan 23, 2018 22:44 PM | Updated Date: Jan 23, 2018 22:44 PM
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