Day: December 25, 2007

ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: A woman was axed to death by her brother’s rivals here on Monday. Police said Matloob had run into a brawl with his rivals in Pind Paryan area last night over some issue. On Monday morning when he left home for his farmland along with some of his relatives in a tractor, his opponents again intercepted him. As they were quarrelling, some elders of the area intervened in the matter and the two parties left the spot.

In the meantime, Matloob’s sister Asia Bibi, 24, came out of her house along with her relative Shahnaz Bibi and rushed towards the house of her brother’s rivals. However, when they reached the house, her brother’s opponents attacked them with axes and batons. Asia fell on the ground after she was hit in the head and started bleeding profusely.

The attackers also beat and injured Shahnaz and escaped from the scene.

Both the injured were shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), where Asia died, while Shahnaz was stated to be out of danger.

Meanwhile, a man was killed after coming under the wheels of a train on Sunday night.

The unidentified deceased was in his 30s. The police said the man was lying naked on the track located at Shams Colony. The driver of the train honked after seeing him on the track but he did not move and was run over.
Source: Dawn
Date:12/25/2007

VEHARI, Dec 24: A man allegedly subjected his wife to severe torture and shaved her head when she refused to earn money through prostitution.

The incident took place at Basti Ghareebabad, Arain Wahin, Mailsi tehsil on Sunday.

Nawaz Mai (40), flanked by her mother Janan Mai and brother Haq Nawaz, told journalists that she got married to Muhammad Bukhsh some 20 years ago and gave birth to five daughters and three sons.

She alleged her husband was a man of loose morals and had illicit relations with women.

She said he would ask her to become a prostitute and earn money for him, and when she refused he subjected her to physical torture, tied her with ropes and shaved her head.

On raising hue and cry, she was rescued by some neighbours, she said. The accused fled away from the spot.

She said Saddar police took no action against the accused despite being informed of the barbarity.

Mailsi SDPO Zafar Iqbal Dogar claimed the woman never approached the police with the complaint.

Source: Dawn
Date:12/25/2007