Tag: social activist

  • Sarim Burney admits to wrongdoing in human trafficking case

    Sarim Burney admits to wrongdoing in human trafficking case

    The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has said that social worker Sarim Barney has admitted to making a mistake in his initial statement in a human trafficking case.

    His wife Aliya may also be investigated in the case in the coming days.

    An FIR has been registered against the social activist running a Welfare Trust in Karachi by the Human Trafficking Cell of FIA on charges of trafficking of children from Pakistan to America.

    The present charge includes the smuggling of a newborn girl named Haya to America. The girl was allegedly bought from her parents for 1 million rupees. Sarim Burney and his acquaintances assisted in the transfer.

    The girl’s parents are poor, and their statement has been recorded by FIA.

    Geo’s Afzal Nadeem Dogar reports that more than 15 girls, along with other children, have been smuggled this way.

    American crime agencies are also investigating Sarim Burney. His records of the children he transferred to America have been provided to the FIA officials from the embassy.

    FIA officials state that Sarim Burney’s wife is also a beneficiary in the documents of the trust. After verification by the Sindh government, Alia Sarim Burney will also be named in the case.

    More cases of child trafficking and money laundering will be registered against Sarim Burney, FIA told Geo.

    Burney is accused of trafficking more than 25 children to the US and illegally getting them adopted in the country, as per FIA. He has also been accused of fraud and falsification of documents, said the agency.

    Sarim was placed under surveillance by US authorities during his recent visit to the US and was questioned twice.

    Earlier today, the FIA said that the social worker admitted “wrongdoing” in the human trafficking case against him in the wake of his arrest. “Sarim Burney was interrogated twice. He admitted making a mistake in the initial statement following his arrest,” said the officials.

    He appeared before the court today(Wednesday), where he candidly told reporters that he would emerge from this. However, the investigation officer requested the court to order Burney’s physical remand for investigation regarding the matter.

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  • Activist Jibran Nasir shares horrific details of Nazim Jokhio’s postmortem report

    Activist Jibran Nasir shares horrific details of Nazim Jokhio’s postmortem report

    Trigger Warning: violence

    Lawyer and Activist Muhammad Jibran Nasir has shared horrific details about the postmortem examination of Nazim Jokhio, who was found murdered at the farmhouse of a PPP lawmaker in Malir area of Karachi in November last.

    As per the postmortem report, there were “multiple bruises seen all over the face of the slain journalist ”. There were also “multiple abrasions, reddish in colour, seen all over the face”, the report read. It added that both eyes were found “swollen with deep bruises”.

    Furthermore, the post-mortem examination showed deep bruises over the lower lip and multiple bruises over “one aspect of the chest”.

    Additionally, the report states that both hands were found “swollen with deep bruising”.

    On Tuesday, civil society activists staged a demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) to seek justice for Nazim Jokhio.

    What happened?

    Nazim Jokhiowho posted video of foreigners hunting Houbara bustard in Thatta district on social media was found dead in Karachi’s Malir district in November 2-21.

    A few days before his death, Jokhio had stopped a car with a foreign registration number plate and asked the people sitting inside the vehicle why they had blocked the road and what were they doing there. Jhokio filmed the entire episode, in which a passenger sitting next to the driving seat is seen stepping out of the car and snatching his phone.

    In another video, Nazim said he had been tortured and threatened over the video he shot of the Arab guests of some influential persons.

    The police recovered Nazim Jhokio’s dead body from Memon Goth in Malir and got his postmortem conducted at a hospital. The police then registered a murder case against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPA Jam Awais, Niaz Salar, and others.

    Earlier this month, the names of 13 accused persons including Pakistan People’s Party MNA Jam Abdul Karim and his brother MPA Jam Owais, were removed from the charge sheet of Nazim Jokhio murder case submitted in the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) .

    The charge sheet was submitted in the trial court following instructions by the Sindh High Court. The investigation officer had informed the high court that the charge sheet of the case was pending with prosecutor general office for the past couple of months due to its scrutiny.

  • Shehzad Roy becomes ambassador for population and family planning

    Shehzad Roy becomes ambassador for population and family planning

    A Pakistani singer and social activist, Shehzad Roy has been appointed by the government as an honorary brand ambassador for population and family planning.

    The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination issued the notification in which it stated that the decision was taken in the meeting of the federal task force of population presided by the President of Pakistan, Dr Arif Alvi.

    The singer has voiced his opinion on different occasions against societal issues such as corporal punishment against children and child abuse.

    He is running a successful non-governmental foundation, Zindagi Trust to promote education among underprivileged children. Under his philanthropist work, he upgraded government schools and introduced state of art playgrounds to promote sports and modern education with the scientific approach.

    According to the website, he reformed two Karachi schools SMB Fatima Jinnah Government Girls School and Khatoon-e-Pakistan Government Girls School where children belonging to various ethnic and religious backgrounds are studying together.

    He was also awarded Sitar-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan in recognition for his philanthropist work in 2005.

    He recently released the soulful Music Video, ‘Maula Vey’ featuring Syra Yousuf in which he conveyed the message to get vaccinated to protect your loved ones against coronavirus.