Day: November 4, 2012

By: JAVAID BASHIR

Shazia and Kainaat were also wounded during the attack on Malala Yousafzai. These brave girls are also our daughters and need our prayers because they, too, were victims of an act of violence. The assailants are liable to them just as they are liable to Malala.

We must keep them in our prayers, as these girls are daughters of the nation in their own way. We are proud of them and applaud their efforts for education during difficult and dark days. They have vowed to complete their education without any fear. Kainaat wants to study medicine and become a doctor; she has a zest for serving humanity. We must assist her in doing so. Girls such as these are the bright future of the nation. We must take care of them and facilitate them so that all their dreams come true.

Daily Times

NAUDERO: The Naudero police late on Friday rescued a 19-year-old girl, A*, who had been kidnapped two months ago.

They produced her before the 3rd additional session’s court on Saturday. ‘A’ and her sister were reportedly kidnapped from Jaro Khan Rajpar village. While recording her statement, ‘A’ said that her kidnapper repeatedly raped her and then brought her to Sohrab Machi in Ratodero, where she was sold for Rs50,000 to another man.

She reportedly escaped from her captor and went to the Naudero police station for protection. She added that she does not know the whereabouts of her sister. SHO Sartaj Jagirani said that an FIR has been registered.

The Express Tribune

QUETTA: A woman was shot dead by her brother in Sibbi on Saturday.

Police said Abdul Hakeem allegedly shot dead his sister with pistol in Killi Hanbai Charmori within the limits of Sibi City Police Station. The woman died on the spot and the accused fled from the scene.

The police shifted the body to hospital for medico-legal formalities. While maintaining that the murder was over some matrimonial issue, they were conducting raids to arrest the accused.

The News

KARACHI: A 24-year-old woman set on fire allegedly by her police constable husband in Saudabad in the early hours of Saturday is fighting for her life at the burns centre of the Civil Hospital Karachi, officials said.

They added that Tauqir Fatima, a resident of Saudabad B Area, was admitted late at night with more than 90 per cent burns.

“She was taken to hospital by her husband, Abdul Hasan, who is a police constable and posted at the Memon Goth police station,” said Hasan Haider, the SHO of the Saudabad police station.

“He initially stated that his wife sustained burn wounds while working in the kitchen but the victim later alleged that her husband had attacked her.”

The suspect was arrested after an FIR was lodged against him under Section 324 (attempted murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of his wife, he said.

“Hasan and Fatima got married recently: it was her third marriage and his second,” said the SHO of the Saudabad police station.

Doctors at the burns centre said the woman was in a critical condition, adding that she had been set on fire with kerosene. “Her prognosis is not good. She could neither breathe nor speak properly due to severe inhalation injuries,” said Dr Dr Ehmer-al-Ibran, assistant professor and official in charge of the burns centre.

Dawn