Day: June 17, 2009

By Salis bin Perwaiz

Karachi: A woman was set alight by her husband over a petty matter in the Chakiwara police limits. Earlier, the victim had alleged that she was receiving death threats from her in-laws.

According to injured Saweeta, a Hindu and a resident of Hazara Colony, Rangiwara, Lyari, was residing with her family in Mauripur area before her marriage and around five months ago she fell in love with Kara, a contractor by profession and her father’s co-worker. About three months ago, she married Kara and before marriage he had not informed her that he was married and had five children. His first wife is residing in Mauripur with her five children.

She added that she married Kara of her own will without the permission of her parents and from the beginning of her marriage her husband tortured her and on her insistence, he had got her a house Hazara Colony, but was not catering for her financial needs and visited the house occasionally. She said he was ignoring her.

On June-9, her husband Kara came home and got into a quarrel with her. Later, however, the issue was settled and he had given her a drink which was actually laced with some harmful substance due to which she fell unconscious and Kara poured Kerosene oil on her, setting her alight, and fled. She immediately ran into the bathroom and extinguished the fire.

As a result she received burn injuries on her left arm and her neck, she managed to save herself and screaming her loudly. After some time, her husband Kara again visited the house and takes her to her grandmother house at Nayabad area and left her there. During her stay there, her aunt visited the grandmotherÂ’s house and took her to a private hospital and started her treatment.

On June-14, she went to Civil hospital for treatment and she was sent to Burns Ward. Later, the hospital officials told her that this was a police case and they had informed the police and that she should do the same. After getting treatment, she went to the Chakiwara police station for report. However, before she reached there, her brother-in-law Rao and Kanta, first wife of her husband, came and threatened her with dire consequences.

She, however, resisted and headed for the police station and lodged an FIR against Kara.

Police have conducted raids for the arrest of accused Kara’s brother but he also had left Karachi. Further probe is under way.
Source: The News
Date:6/17/2009

KARACHI: The Mauripur police booked three men on Tuesday for the alleged gang-rape of a 10-year-old girl.

A police official said a case (FIR 276/2009) was registered after a complaint was lodged by the victim’s father, a resident of Mawach Goth, that three men of the same locality had sexually assaulted his daughter while she was alone at home.

“All the suspects have been nominated in the FIR registered under Sections 377 [unnatural offences] and 34 [common intent] of the Pakistan Penal Code,” said an official at the Mauripur police station.

“The girl has been moved to a hospital for a complete medical examination, which would determine the merit of the charge and the intensity of the alleged offence.”

He said the police raided the suspects’ homes and then at least two other places for their arrest but could not find them. The victim’s father was a worker at a farm house and claimed to have no enmity with the alleged rapists, he added.
Source: Dawn
Date:6/17/2009

OKARA: A man who is said to be financially upset allegedly strangled his wife and three children in Hujra Shah Muqeem’s Malianwala locality late on Monday night.

Ijaz Khan wedded his love, Azra, after converting her to Islam from Christianity about 12 years ago. They had three children – 11-year old Tasaduq, eight-year-old Rida Mariyam and three-year-old Rida Fatima.

On the day of incident, Khan, who was reportedly stressed because of his economic and domestic problems, allegedly drugged his wife and three children, strangled them when they were asleep in his rented house and fled.

Azra’s brother Gulzar visited her house late at night and found her and her children strangled.

ROBBERS CAPTURED: Locals captured five robbers who were on the run after looting money from Youngpur 38-GD branch of the Habib Bank on Tuesday.

The armed men robbed Rs425,000 from the bank cashier and three cell phones and Rs98,160 from three customers and fled. Locals chased the robbers and captured them after their car overturned near Bibipur village. Three locals were injured in the process.

The police also reached the scene, took the robbers in custody and retrieved the looted money and cell phones from them.

The Gogera police have registered a case against the robbers.

COPS BOOKED: Six policemen and four others were booked for forcing their entry into a woman’s house and beating her up in Fakhar Town in Depalpur.

Bilqees had a quarrel with the women of Muhammad Abbas’ family on Monday. Abbas moved Depalpur’s Sadar police against her. ASI Noor Samand, constables Aftab, Poppy and their three colleagues and Abbas, Liaquat, Kashif and Tariq barged in Bilqees’ house and beat her up severely. They allegedly tore off her clothes.

Bilqees got a case registered against the six policemen and four others with Sadar police. However, it was not clear what or who forced the Sadar police to register a case against its own staff.
Source: Dawn
Date:6/17/2009

LAHORE: Women MPAs of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) had a verbal clash outside the Punjab Assembly building on Tuesday over an issue which surfaced during the house proceedings.

It started when PPP’s Nargis Faiz, on a point of order, requested Shahbaz Sharif to allow the memorial at the site where Ms Bhutto was assassinated. PML-Q’s Samina Khawar Hayat interrupted her and passed some remarks. Faiz gave her a “shut-up” call.

Faiz, Sajida Mir and Azma Bukhari took it as an insult of their slain leader and got infuriated. They demanded the speaker oust “the plunderers” from house. Senior minister Raja Riaz, however, tendered an apology to the opposition benches on the conduct of Faiz.

After the budget speech was over, the PPP trio – Faiz, Mir and Bukhari – waited for Hayat outside the assembly chambers and exchanged hot words with her.

Bukhari said Hayat was spared because she was a woman. “Had there been a male member insulted my leader, he would have got his bones broken.”

Earlier, proceedings of the house started over an hour late than its scheduled time of 3pm.

Opposition leader Chaudhry Zaheeruddin and others tried to take the floor on point of orders, but Speaker Rana Iqbal did not allow them to do so, citing rules of business that disallow any other activity but presentation of budget for the day.

The chair gave in when the opposition members insisted that the point of order related to the budget.
Source: Dawn
Date:6/17/2009