Day: August 9, 2009

LAHORE: Relatives of a murdered seven-year-old girl blocked the main Sukh Nehar Road on Saturday and demanded stern action against those responsible.

The protesters chanted slogans demanding justice, and a police deployment and Muhafiz force were unable to control them. The Baghbanpura police station house officer (SHO) negotiated with the father of the deceased (Maham), but the women of the family refused leave the road. They vowed to continue the protest unless the police arrested the murderers immediately.

Maham was kidnapped from outside her house near Sukh Nehar Road on Friday morning, raped and strangled. Her body was found near a temple in the Harbanspura area in the afternoon.

Suspects: Neighbours said they were not aware who the murderers were. However, they suspected the involvement of labourers working on a construction project in the locality.

According to reports, Maham had stepped out of the house without telling her mother. When her mother called to her, she received no answer. “I thought she was playing hide and seek with me but I never imagined that she would hide forever,” her mother said.

Maham’s father – Muhammad Amin — said he searched for her in the nearby areas without success.

Maham was the eldest of her siblings, studied in class three and was a brilliant student.
Source: Daily Times
Date:8/9/2009

Karachi: District and Sessions Judge (DSJ) South Faheem Ahmed Siddiqui adjourned, due to the absence of the defence counsel, the case related to the gang-rape of a girl in Ubavro.

Thirteen-year-old Nasima Labano of Ubavro who was gang-raped by 11 people, four of whom are still at large.

Meanwhile, Judicial Magistrate (JM) South Nadeem Hussain Shah adjourned the case related to the ransacking of a Sindhi newspaper office against Mumtaz Ali Bhutto till August 29.

Mumtaz Bhutto, a cousin of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was arrested from his home town a day after he was booked by the Karachi Frere police station over an attack on a Sindhi newspaper office in Clifton and threatening its staff with dire consequences for not carrying reports in the newspaper.

FIR No 01/2009 was registered under section 147, 148, 149 (rioting and damages to public and private property), 506-B (threats for death with sharp weapons), and 109 (abetment of the crime) of PPC on the complaint of Managing Editor of Daily Awami Awaz.
Source: The News
Date:8/9/2009

LAHORE: The journalists took out a protest rally against the highhandedness of lawyers towards media persons and indifferent attitude of their regulatory councils and associations. The rally was taken out from the office of Punjab Union of Journalists (PUJ) to Aiwan-e-Adal with the massive participation of journalists.

Female members of Punjab Assembly including Sajida Mir of PPP also joined the rally. The protesting journalists were led by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFUJ) President Pervez Shaukat who chanted slogans against vandalism of lawyers and demanded strict action against the responsible bar members. Journalists belonged to print and electronic media also staged a sit-in at PMG Chowk.

Speaking on the occasion, President PFUJ Shaukat Pervez said that the lawyers had forgotten when media was standing by them throughout their movement for restoration of judiciary. He said success of their movement was impossible without the support of media. He said the journalists would continue protest till strict action against the accused-lawyers was not taken.
Source: Business Recorder
Date:8/9/2009