No more pardoning for rape
From the Blog pakteahouse *By: Raza Rumi* This time last year a 17-year-old-girl suffering from a hearing impediment was raped. By a relative of one of her father's employers in Rawalpindi's Gujar Khan district. Indeed, at the time of filing an FIR Munir Ahmed confirmed that he himself was witness to the grave assault. Yet fast-forward to the present and Mr Ahmed has now pardoned his daughter's rapist; explaining that he had registered the criminal case by mistake. That he was at the time working as a cattle-herder for a wealthy man likely played a major part in his decision. But it's not our place to pass judgement on the poor or vulnerable. What is our duty, however, is to point out lax procedure when it comes to collecting important evidence. In this case, like so many others — no DNA samples were cpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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