Day: August 26, 2022

NAROWAL: A widow was allegedly gang-raped by four people at Mitranwali area of Daska tehsil, Sialkot.

The woman, a mother of five, filed a complaint with police, stating that she was walking to her home from Shafiq Town on Aug 23 around 6pm when local ‘A’ offered her a lift and took her to a house.

She said one ‘M’ and two unknown men were present there and she could recognise them if she saw them again.

She said the suspects consumed alcohol and allegedly gang-raped her by playing songs on the sound system. She said when her condition became critical, they left her near Cheema canal and escaped.

The Daska city police have registered a case against five people on the complaint of the widow.

Police spokesman Khurram Shehzad said raids were being conducted on the orders of DPO Syed Zeeshan Raza to arrest the suspects.

Source: Dawn

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday commuted the sentence of a rape accused from 25 years to 10 years on lack of solid evidence. A two-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah heard the appeal of the man convicted in a rape case.

Qari Rafique, living in the jurisdiction of the Tarnol Police Station, had been convicted by a trial court of raping his niece, 12, and awarded 25 years of rigorous imprisonment. The high court had also upheld the sentence against which he had filed an appeal in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

On Thursday, during the course of hearing, Ayesha Tasneem, counsel for the appellant, submitted before the court that no solid evidence was available on record against her client, adding that the final report of the doctor was not submitted while the DNA test also came negative.

The counsel pleaded with the court to commute the sentence of her client as the legal heirs of the victim had also pardoned him. Advocate General Islamabad Jehangir Jadoon supported the plea of the appellant for commuting his sentence on which the court observed that the victim as well as her mother had pardoned the accused. Justice Isa observed that as the offence was not compoundable, the accused was awarded sentence despite the fact that he had been pardoned by the affected family. It is pertinent to mention here that the incident occurred on December 12, 2011and the police arrested Qari Rafique on August 26, 2012. He is imprisoned in the Adyala Jail.

Source: The News

Additional Inspector General of Police (AIGP) south Punjab Dr Ehsan Sadiq Thursday ordered City Police Officer (CPO) Multan to form a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to investigate rape of a minor girl. The AIGP also put a seasoned investigator SP Investigations DG Khan Rab Nawaz Tulla at the disposal of CPO Multan for a month to help in investigation of the incident.

Dr Ehsan said that the owing to the sensitivity of the case, he had issued order to form the JIT. At least two SP rank officials should be part of the JIT to track down the culprits and bring them to justice.

The rape of the minor girl was reported to Gulgasht police in Multan city on June 28.

Source: The Nation

FAISALABAD – A local court in Faisalabad on Thursday granted pre-arrest bail to Ana Ali Sheikh, daughter of main accused Sheikh Danish Ali in Khadija Mehmood torture case. The court accepted Ana Sheikh’s bail until September 3.

Ana Sheikh was herself present in the court as Additional District and Sessions Judge Haider Ali heard her application and announced his verdict.

A few days ago, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted a four-day protective bail on a surety bond of Rs25, 000 to Ana Ali Sheikh in abduction, torture and abuse case of medical student Khadija.

Last week, influential businessman Sheikh Danish Ali along with five other men allegedly abducted, tortured and sexually assaulted Khadija in Faisalabad. Police took action against six suspects after footage of the victim being attacked and humiliated spread like wildfire on social media. In the harrowing visuals, Sheikh Danish Ali, who runs a lucrative textile business in Faisalabad, along with Maham, a classmate of the victim, can be seen not only mercilessly thrashing Khadija but also hurling verbal abuse at her at their residence in the upscale Paradise Valley. On August 9, Danish and his daughter, along with a group of men, broke into Khadija’s home and kidnapped her as well as her brother after the student rejected Danish’s advances.

According to the FIR, they also stole valuables including Khadija’s mobile phone, gold bangles and Rs500, 000.  The victim said that when she declined to marry her friend’s father, she was humiliated, tormented, and filmed. She claimed that her friend had also urged her to accept the offer.

Faisalabad Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umar Saeed Malik took the notice of the incident and registered a case in the women’s police station against the culprits. The police have arrested six accused persons Danish, Maham, Khan M, Shoaib, Faizan and Asghar involved in the case.

Source: The Nation