Tag: inhumane

  • Lion allegedly starved to death in Karachi Zoo

    A lion in the Karachi Zoo has allegedly been starved to death.

    Journalist Quatrina Hosain, while posting the picture of the dead lion wrote, “Shed a tear for this majestic animal reduced to misery and painful death. I am so sorry we failed you. Let my tears wash your scarred body.”

    Earlier she posted a video in which the lion was in very poor condition. She also tagged the City Administrator Barrister Murtaza Wahab in her post, asking him to take the action against those responsible.

    Read more- ‘Let’s shut down all zoos’: social media angry over Karachi zoo not providing food to animals

    The video went viral on social media and people asked the city administration to take strict action against the zoo administration, Some even asked to “shut the Karachi zoo immediately.”

    Moreover, celebrities including Ahsan Khan, Shaneira Akram, Areeba Habib, Ahmed Ali Butt and Anoushey Ashraf also spoke up against the trivialising treatment of animals in Karachi Zoo.

    Read more- ‘Shameful, shut down’: Celebs slam Karachi zoo after viral video circulates

  • Waqar Younis condemns inhumane treatment of worker by ‘influential people’

    Former Pakistani cricketer, Waqar Younis, took to Twitter to condemn the inhumane treatment of a worker by an ‘influential group’.

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    “Really ??? These animals should be punished #Cruelty#Barbaric Request to authorities to act against these heartless people,” Younis Tweeted with an angry face emoticon.

    A video doing the rounds on social media shows a man pushing another man tied with a rope into a sewer.

    Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Naz Baloch also condemned the incident.

    Journalist Shahid Abbasi wrote that the incident happened in Mandira near Rawalpindi.

    In another tweet, he stated that “local sources claim that the boy, who was ‘pushed into a sewer’ had an affair with a woman in the area so he was punished by the locals.”

    “Now only the police report will be able to uncover the truth,” he added.