On November 12, the Kashmore police arrested a suspect accused of kidnapping and gang-raping a woman and her five-year-old daughter. The news comes not long after a minor was raped in Punjab, earlier this week. Amid the growing outrage, Twitteratis reacted strongly against the Pakistani society, where regressive and violent mentalities prevail, where rape statistics are on the rise, and where perpetrators are spared jail because the proof of their crimes offends others' sensibilities.
Demand for reform:
While many Twitter users called for widespread reforms, some jaded individuals employed the hashtag of 'HangTheRapist' again:
22,000 registered RAPE cases in past 6 years and only 77 of them have been sentenced.
— Waleed Bizenjo (@Bizenjo) November 13, 2020
Which means a rapist in #Pakistan has the possibility of 0.35% chance to get convicted; We wonder why 11 cases a day? We need reforms more than condemnations.#KashmoreIncident https://t.co/HA1bznfKnY
The #KashmoreIncident is shouting that @sindhpolicedmc needs reforms. Police officers should be skilled with updated knowledge. The action taken by a police officer is appreciative, but the flaws within the Police force are spilling over. Eliminate social evils. @PoliceAwam https://t.co/7qT1b2vfhy
— Sidra Humayun (@Sid_huma) November 13, 2020
An other day an other rape! 1489 children sexually assaulted in 6 months in Pakistan. #HangRapists or not but provide us sense of security! I am sorry to all those innocents who have been targeted by bastards for their filthy satisfaction! #KashmoreIncident #Kashmore
— Alishba Farrukh (@farrukh_alishba) November 13, 2020
Hanging rapist is not the solution, it's the mindset and route causes which we need to address. we need strong our medical and prosecution system and then we can have a debate whether hanging is right or wrong.#HangRapists #KashmoreIncident
— Muahmmad Amir Jamil (@MuahmmadAmir) November 13, 2020
#JusticeForAlisha #HangRapists don’t have words for the #Kashmore
— Mishi khan (@mishilicious) November 12, 2020
This society has gone down in drains where humanity & sanctity is concerned.Hang them Mr @ImranKhanPTI & the Judiciary before it’s too late
My heart goes out to innocent & sorry cud not do anything for U angel pic.twitter.com/PE8j9gVLeo
#JusticeForAlisha#hangtherapist#KashmoreIncident
— Sana (@sana_195) November 12, 2020
This has gone on for TOO long. We need reforms asap!! We need laws with consequences of such actions so severe that nobody DARES touch an innocent child with any wrong intention! This has to STOP!!!
Questioning the powerful:
#HangRapists
— Sabir Kaanjan (Aam Admi) (@SKaanjan) November 13, 2020
Why PM is silent on #KashmoreIncident .. why Bilawel Zardari is silent on #KashmoreIncident ...
shame on government/
I am shattered to thibk how the #KashmoreIncident victim wud ever lead a normal life. Childhood sexual abuse destroys your neural circuits, she wud need psychiatric help for a long time. Anyone providing her that @ZarrarKhuhro
— Séphora (@valkyrie786) November 12, 2020
If u guys can't protect us then hang rapist publically how many more incident u want....?? Dearest Government y r u waiting 4 more lifes to be ruined......???????#hangtherapist pic.twitter.com/1YwLwq8tWc
— ...Fatima (@Fat__ima_) November 13, 2020
#KashmoreIncident Absolutely shattered & triggered after reading details of the incident.This doesn’t seem to end.Every other day there is a new case but our beloved government is not doing shit to tackle the situation.Y can’t they simply pass death sentence law for the rapists?
— حبہ ندیم💥 (@Huba78307355) November 12, 2020
While others were left speechless:
Allah Kareem, I don't 've words to tell the world that what im feeling after hearing the news of #kashmoreIncident myn kya kahun mry ps alfaz nhi hyn bs Allah apko apki khudayi ka wasta h un darindo ki duniya or akhirat dono ko barbad krdyn please Allah Pak - Ameen
— Taha Abbasi (@taha_abbaxy) November 13, 2020
Men are ANIMAL now a days. (Full stop)#KashmoreIncident pic.twitter.com/PPeJmwbvl1
— Faheem Burni ➐ (@Gharib_taba_de) November 13, 2020
Many also lauded the police officer who arrested the rapist.
1st appearance of ASI #MohammadBux who arrested rapist. He tells story over #KashmoreIncident #JusticeForAlisha #سانحہ_کشمور pic.twitter.com/s4CyEIIqSE
— Saeed Sangri (@Sangrisaeed) November 13, 2020
Translation:
ASI: He was not disclosing any names and kept saying he didn't have the girl. "Your friend has the girl who brought you here and sold her to you," but actually, he did not sell me the girl. They were friends. She said his [mobile] number is off. He gave another number and we tried that. This was Muhammad Rafiq’s number. He immediately connected us to the girl. She was crying and telling her mother they had tortured her. "I am dying, mama, please come to me," she said.
Mohammad Rafique asked her to bring another woman or he would kill her and her daughter. He then spoke to my daughter. He asked my daughter when she would come to him, from Karachi. As instructed, my daughter told him the time and location. He guided her to Kashmore on Domki Coach or Marri Coach and said that he will receive her. She told him that they were leaving now [for Kashmore].
He called her at 7 am and asked about her whereabouts. She replied that she was now in Kashmore, so he told her to come to City Park. I told my daughter to go to City Park with the woman. He entered the park and asked her to remove her veil. "I want to see you," he said. As she removed the veil, he asked the woman if the girl was Sindhi or not. The woman said she was. Then he asked my daughter to speak in Sindhi, but my daughter said that she was not Sindhi, she was Urdu speaking. And just as he angrily grabbed my daughter from her neck, we reached and grabbed him and brought him to the police station.
Anchor: How did you get this idea? Why did you risk the life of your own daughter?
ASI: The girl kept crying, she kept saying "Mama they have tortured me." But they forced the girl and she suddenly changed her statement. This story shattered me. All my family members were weeping. They [family] asked me to do something for the woman and the girl. So I took it as my moral responsibility to help the woman and her child.
Anchor: Did you top officials appreciate you after this?
ASI: Yes DIG, SP and SHO all congratulated and appreciated me. They are happy with my work. DIG from Karachi also spoke to me personally.
Women and children in Pakistan are subjected to alarming levels of sexual assaults, irrespective of their age, caste or class. According to a study by Human Rights Watch, there is a rape once every two hours, and a gang rape every eight hours.
A May 12, 2020 report of the ‘Gulf News’ states: 'An alarming increase has been observed in cases of crime/ violence against women and children in Pakistan during the first quarter of 2020. but the figures are considered the tip of the iceberg, with many victims too scared to come forward.'
from News Updates From Pakistan - Pakistani News - The Express Tribune https://ift.tt/3pjHljH
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