Police have killed a man accused of raping a dead body of a teenage girl in Thatta district, in an alleged encounter, ARY Newsreported.
As per reports, the Sindh police had earlier detained accused Rafique Chandio for committing an abominable act.
“Accused Rafique Chandio tried to escape from police detention. He opened fire at policemen at Babra Mori near Gharo, and was killed in the counter fire,” police said.
SSP Thatta said that the encounter happened at Babra Mori. “This man had become a symbol of terror for the local people,” SSP said. “Some political people were exerting pressure on the family of the girl and police to avoid action against him,” SSP said.
Special Assistant to CM Sindh Sadiq Memon on Saturday confirmed that the police has arrested the man who allegedly dug up a teenage girl’s dead body and sexually assaulted it.
The 14-year-old girl’s body was taken out of her grave after it was buried at a local graveyard on Friday. The body was then raped.
The man dumped the body in the bushes after sexually abusing it and ran away.
Police have filed an FIR against an elderly man for attempting to rape his five-year-old granddaughter in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
As per reports, a police official told The Express Tribune that a woman registered an FIR with Pabbi police, stating that she asked her five-year-old daughter to take dinner to her grandfather and when the minor girl returned, she was crying.
“I asked the child what happened to her and she said that her grandfather, Mir Basher tried to rape her but when she started crying, he let her go,” the mother stated, adding that the accused Mir Basher is her father-in-law and had married thrice.
“One of his wives is dead. Another one is suffering from mental ailments and the third one is living with him but even then he tried to rape my minor daughter,” she told the police.
Later, the victim’s father also reported the incident to the police after which an FIR was registered against the accused. Police said that the accused has been booked.
“This man has been booked under section 50 and 53 of Child Protection Act (CPA) and has been arrested for trying to commit incest,” said an investigation officer.
The investigation officer added that incest is more common despite a common belief that our religious society is free of such crimes.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of prime suspect, Ibrahim Khan, in the alleged gang rape of a food delivery boy at Islamabad’s International Islamic University on June 18 2021.
After the court rejected Khan’s bail plea, he was arrested outside of the court.
In June of this year, a food delivery boy was gang raped by students at the International Islamic University. According to details, the rape victim was a 22-year-old student at Quaid-e-Azam University and was delivering food to make ends meet.
The delivery boy delivered food to the hostel on Friday night. When he came out of the room, he fell to the floor and was moved to the hospital by the guards at the hostel.
Two students were expelled, Ibrahim Khan and Mehmood Ashraf, and Ibrahim Khan’s bail plea was dismissed by the court.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senator, and Information and Broadcasting standing committee chairman, Faisal Javed tweeted, “Let’s once again reiterate that building consensus on the public hanging of molesters is inevitable.”
Faisal further added that the people who are proven guilty of molesting children are actually beasts and not humans.
ایک بار پھر زور دیتے ہیں کہ بچوں سےزیادتی کرنے والوں کو سرعام پھانسی دینے پر اتفاق رائے پیدا کرنا ناگزیر ہے ۔بچوں اور خواتین کیساتھ زیادتی کرنے والے انسان نہیں-وحشی درندے ہیں-ان درندوں کو نشان عبرت بنانا چاہیے- قانون سازی کے ساتھ ساتھ عمل درآمد، استغاثہ اورسزائیں بہت ضروری ہیں
“These savage beasts must be made an example out of,” said Javed.
Last week, almost all the women lawmakers of the National Assembly, both from treasury and Opposition benches, unanimously demanded public hanging of all rapists.
Police have arrested an Imam Masjid in Faisalabad for trying to rape two minor girls.
As per reports, the parents of the girls did not want to file a complaint against the prayer leader after, but the police registered a case on the complaint of an inspector.
The applicant, Inspector Abdul Hameed, said he along with constables was on duty when he received information that a video had gone viral on social media that showed a prayer leader trying to rape a girl. The suspect, he said, also violated the sacredness of the mosque and the locals identified him.
The Sandal Bar police arrested the suspect and registered a case against him. City Police Officer Suhail Chaudhry said the suspect tried to rape two minor girls and the police immediately took action and registered a case though the girls’ families were not willing to pursue the case. He said the suspect was arrested and the girls have been sent to court for a statement.
Almost all the women lawmakers of the National Assembly, both from treasury and opposition benches, on Friday unanimously demanded the public hanging of all rapists, reported Dawn.
The demand was made in the National Assembly by women members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari said the government had recently passed a law against rape cases, but laws will not work alone. There is a need to change the mindset of our society about women.
She said that the government has to protect all women as women will no more accept their humiliation and suffering.
Mehnaz Akbar Aziz of PML-N said the killer of Noor Muqaddam must be hanged in public so that such incidents do not take place in the future.
“If Pakistan has to be run, then rapists and killers must be hanged in public. We will not let the country be run in the way it is being run,” said PTI lawmaker Asma Qadeer who broke into tears while speaking on the floor of the house.
Asma Qadeer talked about the rising cases of rape of women and children and the recent beheading of Noor Mukadam.
PPP’s Shamim Ara Panhwar said that in the light of increasing incidents of child abuse and rape of women, there was no other option but to hang rapists and killers in public.
Karachi police arrested a suspect who confessed to raping and killing a six-year-old girl in Korangi, Karachi.
As per reports, her body was found wrapped in a thick mat at 6 in the morning on Wednesday last week. The post-mortem report of the girl revealed that she was sexually assaulted and her neck was broken.
According to the police, Zakir, the main suspect, said in his statement that he took the girl in a rickshaw at around 11.30pm and drove around the rickshaw for an hour. He said he was intoxicated when he took the girl to the Sunday bazaar ground around 12.30pm in Korangi.
According to Zakir’s statement, the victim was still alive after he raped her and was semi-conscious. He said she “suddenly jumped and broke her neck”.
The criminal said he threw the girl in a garbage dump and told his wife that he had been on a ride after going home.
Police said that the man bought a ticket to Multan and went home to get his clothes. He called his wife and said he wanted to leave Karachi along with his children
Cases like Noor Mukadam’s makes us wonder: what happened to the murderers and rapist of the major violence against women cases in Pakistan? We follow up on seven major cases in Pakistan.
Motorway Gang Rape Case- 2020
In September 2020, a woman was gang-raped at gunpoint in Lahore’s Gujjarpura area in the presence of her children after her car ran out of fuel. She was waiting for help on the Lahore-Sialkot Motorway (M-11).
What happened to the rapists?
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in March 2021 awarded a death sentence to prime accused and co-accused – Abid Malhi and Shafqat Ali – in the motorway gang-rape case. The court also awarded life imprisonment to both convicts under the charges of abduction and 14-years imprisonment to each accused under the charges of robbery. They are currently serving their sentences in prison.
Zainab Ansari-2018
Zainab, who was only six years old, was raped and killed in Kasur. Her body was found in a rubbish dump.
What happened to the convict?
Imran Ali, 24, was convicted over the death of Zainab was sentenced to death was hanged in October 2018.
Khadija Siddiqi-2016
A law student, Shah Hussain, stabbed his class fellow, Khadija Siddiqi, 23 times in Lahore in May 2016.
What happened to the convict?
Shah Hussain was sentenced to jail for five years but he was released from jail on July 17 2021 without completing his five-year jail term. He got a 1.5-year remission for “good character and blood donation”.
Kainat Soomro-2007
In 2007, a 13-year-old schoolgirl, Kainat Soomro, was kidnapped and gang-raped for four days in her native village of Mehar in Sindh. After she spoke out against her rapists, the village elders decided that she should be killed for bringing dishonour to her family.
What happened to the convict?
Her parents rejected the decision; her brother was subsequently killed and her sister was divorced. She lost the court case against her rapists. The court ruled that the accused were innocent, stating that there was no corroborative evidence available on record. All four men accused of Kainat’s rape were hence acquitted.
Dr Shazia Khalid-2005
In January 2005, Dr Shazia Khalid, an employee of a state-owned natural gas firm, was raped in Sui (Balochistan). She was working at the company’s hospital for the past 18 months while living alone in heavily guarded government-provided accommodation.
What happened to the convict?
The rapist of Dr Shazia Khalid, Captain Hammad, was declared innocent by Former Army Chief and Dictator Pervez Musharraf and no inquiry report on the subject was made public.
Mukhtaran Bibi-2002
Mukhtar Mai was gang-raped by order of her tribal council as punishment for her younger brother’s alleged relationship with a woman from another clan.
What happened to the convicts?
In August 2002, an anti-terrorism court sentenced six out of the 14 accused persons to death. Four of them were sentenced for rape, while the other two were convicted as being members of the village council. Eight others were released.
In 2005, the Lahore High Court acquitted five, and subsequently released, of the six convicts while one person’s death penalty was converted to life imprisonment. Mai challenged the decision in the Supreme Court, but her appeal was rejected in 2011.
Farhana (Veena)- 1991
November 1991: Farhana, known as a friend of Benazir Bhutto, was assaulted, raped, and tortured for 12 hours at gunpoint by five men. What happened?
A court case was filed against Irfanullah Khan Marwat for being behind the rape. No evidence was found against Marwat. After Marwat’s acquittal, Farhana moved out of Pakistan.
In an interview with Judy Woodruff of PBS NewsHour, Prime Minister Imran Khan clarified that his previous comments about rape were taken out of context.
“Anyone who commits rape, solely and solely that person is responsible. So let’s be clear about that. No matter how provocative the woman is or whatever she wears, the person who commits rape is fully responsible. Never is the victim responsible,” said PM Khan.
“The person who commits rape is fully responsible for the crime; the victim is never responsible” Prime Minister Imran Khan categorically states his thoughts on sexual crimes. He also claimed that his statement was taken out of context deliberately in an interview few weeks ago. pic.twitter.com/Ggki7p2sZM
“More than rape, there is child abuse [cases] which are going through the roof, so my comments were in that context,” said PM Khan.
The premier stated that he used the word “pardah”, adding that the word does not just mean clothes or is restricted to women only. He said that “pardah” is also for men and means to “bring down temptation in a society”.
“And I have to say because I know all the interviews I have given. Never would I say such a stupid thing where a person who is raped is somehow responsible. It is always the rapist that is responsible,” added the premier.
Woodruff also questioned the PM if he believes that in his country the importance of Islam complicates PM’s ability to take a stronger stand against violence against women.
“Absolutely not. Islam gives dignity [and] respect to women,” the PM responded to her question. He added that after traveling all over the world, he found that in Muslim countries, women are treated with more respect.
“In Pakistan, even in other Muslim countries I have seen, women [are] treated with far more respect and given more dignity,” said PM Khan.
The PM admitted that there are “odd cases” in relevance to the respect of women but he explained that such a situation was “everywhere in the world”.
“But you look at the situation in Pakistan even now, I mean look at the rape cases here, compared to Western countries, they are minuscule,” said the PM.
The premier accepted that there are problems in Pakistan and he linked them to “cultural problems”. He then went on to say that such cultural problems exist in every nation and are resolved with cultural evolution and the right education.
“As far as a woman’s dignity and respect goes, I can say after going all over the world, this [Pakistani] society gives more respect and dignity to women,” concluded PM Imran.
Last month, in an interview with “Axios on HBO” with Jonathan Swan, PM Khan had said that “if a woman is wearing very few clothes, it will have an impact on the men, unless they are robots”. His statement was heavily critised and he came under fire for his reaction to the rising cases of sexual violence in Pakistan.
Television host and actress Mathira has questioned the system after a goat has been gang-raped in Okara.
The Blind Love diva took to her Instagram story to express her take on the matter.
The Main Hoon Shahid Afridi star recently took to Instagram to empower women for their dressing choice as netizens have been criticizing certain actresses for their choice of clothes at the 5th Hum Style Awards.
The Raasta actress added that women should wear whatever they want and whatever clothes they feel happy wearing. She wrote further, “People sit at home and criticise others, They should do their job and not interfere in other people’s affairs.”
