In yet another case of animal cruelty in Pakistan, a donkey’s ears were cut off in a village in Rawalpindi district due to a longstanding dispute between two families.
According to the First Information Report (FIR), Tanveer Hussain, who is a resident of Dhakala Dakkhana, Saagri, let his donkey loose on his fields however in an unusual occurrence the animal did not return as it does normally.
When Tanveer went to look for his animal, he found the donkey in an injured condition with its ears severed.
Police have stated that ongoing land disputes between the parties had resulted in a decades-long enmity.
The case marks the second reported incident of animal torture in recent days. In an earlier case, a feudal landlord chopped off a camel’s leg as punishment for foraging in his field in Sanghar, Sindh.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Anny Marri has confirmed that the wounded camel subjected to cruelty is being taken care of by a non-profit organisation Comprehensive Disaster Response Services (CDRS).
She posted on X (formerly Twitter): “So grateful to @CDRSWORLD for stepping up to the help the injured camel who is now in khi. Sarah Jehangir and her team of volunteers remind us of the good in the world. 24/7 doctors at present & a prosthetic once the camel heals, is the plan of action.”
CDRS describes itself as the “Top non-profit organization and charitable, registered in the United States and Pakistan for disaster relief and projects on human and social development. CDRS responds to human suffering in emergencies and disasters, as well as serves in the development of communities in need, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, class, location, or background.”
For animal rescue and shelter, the organisation has the “Benji Project for Animal Welfare and Rescue” dedicated to this task.
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A heartbreaking incident took place in Mandh Jamrao area of Sanghar, Sindh when a camel wandered onto the agricultural land of an influential feudal lord. The angered man then told his employees to torture the animal, ending with cutting off its leg.
Social media is seething with rage at the inhumane act of cruelty. A widely shared video on social media shows the animal screaming in pain while a photo shows a man holding the leg in a room.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Anny Marri wrote on X that the injured camel is being treated in an animal welfare sanctuary.
The owner of the camel, Somer Bhan, reached Press Club Sanghar with a severed leg in a protest against the cruel act. He stated, “The tyrant cut off the leg of a speechless animal just because it passed through his fields.”
Sanghar police registered a case against “unknown persons” instead of filing the case against the person responsible.
A private school principal in Karachi has been arrested for torturing and harassing a female student.
The victim’s sister reported the incident to Iqbal Market police, leveling allegations against Climax English School’s principal, Manzar Al-Madi.
He was accused of attempting to rape a Class 10 student at the school near Orangi Town, reported The News.
Initial police reports say that on June 1, the principal allegedly attempted to rape the student in one of the rooms of the school. The victim’s sister, in her statement, stated that the principal had been sending obscene messages and harassing her sister for several days.
She alleged that the principal turned the CCTV camera towards the ceiling and forced the student to commit adultery, threatening to fail her in her matric exams and ruin her future if she did not comply.
The victim’s sister claimed that the principal assaulted the student, but she managed to save herself by hitting the principal in the gut.
An FIR has been registered, and an investigation is ongoing.
Two members of the Ahmadi community were shot dead by a teenager in Mandi Bahauddin on Saturday. The primary suspect was arrested soon after, along with the alleged murder weapon.
The victims were a 50-year-old man and a 25-year-old man, as per Dawn. While the former was on his way back from offering prayers, the latter was on his way to the market when they were shot dead in the Saddullapur area of Phalia Police Circle.
District Police Officer (DPO) of Mandi Bahauddin confirmed to Dawn that the main killer who was involved in both shootings was arrested along with the weapon used in the murder from Saadullahpur.
Social media users are condemning the incident and asking the government to put an end to violence against minorities in Pakistan.
Journalist Bilal Farooqi posted, “Two Ahmadis, Ghulam Sarwar, 62, & Rahat Ahmad Bajwa, 30, shot dead in Saadullah Pur, Mandi Bahauddin. The alleged killer, a madrassa student, was arrested and confessed he killed them because of their faith. When will this madness end? Please stop!”
Two #Ahmadis, Ghulam Sarwar, 62, & Rahat Ahmad Bajwa, 30, shot dead in Saadullah Pur, Mandi Bahauddin. The alleged killer, a madrassa student, arrested & confesses he killed them because of their faith. When will this madness end? Please stop! Pics & report via @IamAmirMahmoodpic.twitter.com/z6K8OB7Xc3
Netizen Rehana Khan posted the details with the caption, “A moment of shame for Pakistan.”
A moment of shame for Pakistan
Amidst anti-Ahmadi protests in Punjab and Karachi calling to prevent Ahmadis from celebrating Eid, 2 Ahmadi men, Ghulam Sarwar & Rahat Ahmad Bajwa were murdered by a 16-year-old madrassa kid, Syed Ali Raza, in Saadullah Pur, Mandi Bahauddin. pic.twitter.com/ycWydeLVeU
Sabookh Syed posted a thread on X, showing video proofs of local TLP leadership threatening the Ahmadi community to not carry out Qurbani on Eid like Muslims or they will bear the consequences. “This horrific incident is further alarming given the public incitement by TLP leaders, who have openly called for violence against Ahmadis.”
In a disturbing act of violence, two Ahmadis, Ghulam Sarwar (62) and Rahat Bajwa (30), were brutally murdered in broad daylight in Mandi Bahauddin, solely because of their faith. The attackers, including a 17-year-old seminary student, 1/3 https://t.co/AXFjlYLozv
— Sabookh Syed | Journalist (@SaboohSyed) June 8, 2024
Meanwhile, Inspector General Punjab Usman Anwar pledged to bring all culprits before law. “Ensuring justice for the bereaved families will be a priority,” he said.
Over the last few decades, Pakistan’s minority communities have borne the brunt of mob brutality, bomb attacks, arsons, lynchings and other forms of violence.
Earlier this year, the president of the Ahmadiyya community in Bahawalpur’s Hasilpur district was shot dead by unknown assailants last month.
In March, police said they had arrested two suspected killers of a man belonging to the Ahmadiyya community.
A 17-year-old boy, Samad, was shot dead by a security guard in North Karachi for not picking up waste.
A security guard and a boy had an argument over picking up garbage, after which the guard got angry and shot the boy in the stomach. The injured child was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medical assistance, where he succumbed to his injuries and died, as per the initial report. However, the accused guard escaped after the incident.
Police say that there was an argument between the guard and the child about picking up garbage, during which the guard of the private security company opened fire and fled.
The police told Geo News that the security guard has been identified as Ramzan, and they are looking for him.
Earlier this week, in Sakhi Hasan Sarina mobile market in Karachi, a security guard shot and killed a TikToker for making a video about a match.
A complaint has been filed against British Pakistani Zubair Yousaf over accusations of assaulting wife to the extent that it led to the death of their unborn child.
Dubai police are looking for Yousaf, who is currently living in Dubai, who allegedly fled his apartment after beating up his wife, Gulraz Anjam.
Yousaf assaulted his wife, Gulraz, in April 2024 when she questioned him about his relationship with another woman and the lack of financial support. This enraged Zubair, and he severely beat her for nearly 30 minutes. He strangled her, dragged her on the floor, and made her drink dirty water, as per the complaint.
“I lost our unborn child aged five months as a result of the assault. My husband Zubair Yousaf assaulted me with the intention to abort our baby,” she stated in the complaint. She asked the Dubai police to arrest him and prosecute him according to local laws.
The complaint also lays out details of Zubair’s past, which is marked by criminal activities, including allegedly having ties with terrorist groups and the underworld.
“Yousaf engaged in various fraudulent schemes, including using fake IDs to secure bank loans and purchase properties in the UK,” Gulraz shared with the UAE police, adding details of various frauds that prompted the UK police to start an investigation against him. This prompted Zubair to flee the UK, and then he stayed in Pakistan for nine years, taking advantage of the statute of limitations on civil suits in the UK.
Gulraz, in her complaint, also alleged that she has evidence that during his stay in Pakistan, Yousaf developed connections with terrorist organizations like Daesh and Taliban militants and raised funds for them. According to her, he became so involved with the extremist militant groups that an intelligence agency in Pakistan took him into custody and questioned him.
“He was involved in money-laundering, banking fraud, forgery, violence, mortgage fraud and manipulation of the then lax banking system of the UK. He literally stole millions from the UK banks,” Gulraz has shared a hefty file containing accounts of his criminal activities with the Dubai police.
Police in Rawalpindi and Islamabad have confirmed that Yousaf is on their wanted list for various crimes and that he fled to Dubai when they tried to arrest him.
The Dubai police’s initial investigation revealed that she is a British national and one of Yousaf’s many wives.
Yousaf has a history of marrying women, according to Gulraz. According to records, he has married eight women and has fathered between 10-12 children from his marriages. He abandoned all the wives and maintains marital relations with three at this time.
The Punjab Home Department has sent amendments to the anti-rape law to the Cabinet for approval.
According to the spokesman of the Punjab Home Department, under the new law, forced begging has been declared a non-bailable offence.
The spokesperson said that those who force children, the elderly and women to beg will be severely punished, while the gang leaders of beggar mafias will face 10 years of imprisonment with a fine of 20 lakh rupees. In case of non-payment of fine, three additional years of punishment will have to be served.
Similarly, apart from forcing children to beg, those you physically harm minors are also in for a tough time.
The Home Department noted that previously, there was no law to punish the gang leaders of the beggar mafia.
A suspect involved in the murder of Nasrullah Gadani, a journalist working for the daily newspaper Awami Awaz, has been arrested by Yaro Lund police in Sindh.
Gadani was killed in Mirpur Mathelo last month on May 21. He was shifted to Karachi for treatment after an attack, where he succumbed to his injuries.
According to the police, the motorcycle used in the journalist’s murder was also recovered from the suspect who has been shifted to an unknown location for investigation.
Raids are being conducted to arrest the associates of the man.
A security guard in Karachi shot dead a TikToker for filming in Sakhi Hasan Sarena Mobile Market on Tuesday.
According to Express News, the body of TikToker Saad Ahmed was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for an autopsy. The deceased was a father of two children. He was currently unemployed but was trying vlogging for a living.
According to the police, security guard Ahmed Gul was arrested, and his weapon was seized.
As per reports, Gul initially, asked Saad not to shoot the video, but when he continued to do so, the guard shot him at close range. Saad Ahmed died on the spot.
A shopkeeper in the vicinity told the media that the person who was shot was making a video of the shopkeepers and other people in the market to ask their opinion about the India-Pakistan cricket match on June 9. It is not known what led to the firing, but while talking to the shopkeepers in the market, the TikToker’s behavior was good and they did not see anything offensive.
Saad’s friend in the hospital said, “Saad Ahmed was very friendly and helpful to people. He was doing vlogging due to lack of a job, while he had also applied for jobs in various institutions. He was the only son of the deceased parents and had started TikTok and Vlogging a few months back.”
Footage of the incident also surfaced online in which the security guard can be seen shooting Saad Ahmed.
The Lahore High Court has ordered the permanent sealing of shops selling dead chickens in Tollington Market.
Justice Shahid Karim of Lahore High Court issued a written order in the smog case, pointing out that the food authority’s report stated that a large number of dead chickens were destroyed in the Tollington market.
It has been ordered that areas where the market’s waste is disposed off should be investigated and reported on, while the court has also called for an evaluation on cleanliness in the market.
The court also ordered the PHA to submit a report on the maintenance of government parks along with the local committees.
