ISLAMABAD: A 21-year-old American social media activist and vlogger was allegedly raped by two males in Punjab province of Pakistan final week. The incident has sparked outrage amongst Pakistan netizens who demanded stricter motion from authorities within the nation.
When the story surfaced on-line, it triggered outrage amongst netizens who condemned the ‘shameless’ act, demanding strict motion. The netizens identified that ‘if Pakistanis aren’t protected on this nation, how can foreigners be’. They mentioned the trigger for such crimes is a ‘lack of justice’, Daybreak reported.
A person wrote that the nation is worthy of being branded with “the image of shame”.
One other person tweeted, “Actually ashamed of what occurred to her. We’re already 83rd in tourism rating and twenty sixth in vacationer security index (0-33 most harmful). Culprits needs to be punished however society also needs to cease accepting any such heinous acts and the folks concerned.”
“I have no idea the place are we going as a nation. We failed to show our children to respect all girls. We failed to guard our women. Our legislators are solely involved about enjoying musical chairs,” wrote one other person.
The US nationwide was sexually assaulted at a lodge room in Dera Ghazi Khan’s Fort Monroe hill station on the night time of July 17, when she was on a visit. In accordance with police officers, the girl was on a vacationer visa to Pakistan and had been residing within the nation for the previous seven months.
Deputy commissioner of Dera Ghazi Khan Anwar Baryar mentioned, “The American lady had come to Fort Monroe from Karachi on the invitation of her social media pal Muzmal Sipra, whose home she visited on Sunday in Rajanpur district of Punjab, some 550 kilometres from Lahore.”
The incident got here to mild after the sufferer filed a primary data report (FIR) on the border navy police (BMP) station on the Fort Munro hill station. The FIR acknowledged that the girl was raped by Muzmal Sipra and Shehzad of Rajanpur on the night time of July 17 in a lodge room.
The complainant additionally mentioned she had acquired threats from Sipra to not pursue authorized proceedings in opposition to them.
The BMP registered the case in opposition to Sipra, Shehzad and Azan Khosa of Dera Ghazi Khan underneath Sections 376 and 292b of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The alarming frequency of instances in opposition to girls in Pakistan poses a terrific risk to girls within the nation in addition to raises considerations for the authorities.
A latest report compiled by the Sustainable Social Improvement Organisation (SSDO) and the Centre for Analysis, Improvement and Communication identified a rising development in violence in opposition to girls in Pakistan together with the rising variety of home violence instances within the nation.
In accordance with the report, a complete of 157 girls have been kidnapped, 112 have been a sufferer of bodily assault and 91 girls have been raped throughout Pakistan within the month of June.
Punjab reported 53 rape instances, adopted by 16 instances in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 14 instances in Sindh, six instances in Islamabad, and two instances in Balochistan.
The capital of Punjab province, Lahore reported numerous instances of sexual assault within the earlier week. The alarming frequency of the instances prompted the Pakistan police to overview the general efficiency of the Gender-Primarily based Violence Cell.
It was earlier reported that Pakistan’s International Gender Hole Index has worsened over time. In 2017, Pakistan ranked 143, slipping to 148 in 2018.
In accordance with the final 12 months’s ‘International Gender Hole Report 2021’, Pakistan ranked 153 out of 156 nations on the gender parity index, that’s, among the many final 4.
The Human Rights Fee of Pakistan’s (HRCP) latest report mentioned that in Pakistan, not less than 11 rape instances are reported each day with over 22,000 such incidents reported to police within the final six years (2015-21).
When the story surfaced on-line, it triggered outrage amongst netizens who condemned the ‘shameless’ act, demanding strict motion. The netizens identified that ‘if Pakistanis aren’t protected on this nation, how can foreigners be’. They mentioned the trigger for such crimes is a ‘lack of justice’, Daybreak reported.
A person wrote that the nation is worthy of being branded with “the image of shame”.
One other person tweeted, “Actually ashamed of what occurred to her. We’re already 83rd in tourism rating and twenty sixth in vacationer security index (0-33 most harmful). Culprits needs to be punished however society also needs to cease accepting any such heinous acts and the folks concerned.”
“I have no idea the place are we going as a nation. We failed to show our children to respect all girls. We failed to guard our women. Our legislators are solely involved about enjoying musical chairs,” wrote one other person.
The US nationwide was sexually assaulted at a lodge room in Dera Ghazi Khan’s Fort Monroe hill station on the night time of July 17, when she was on a visit. In accordance with police officers, the girl was on a vacationer visa to Pakistan and had been residing within the nation for the previous seven months.
Deputy commissioner of Dera Ghazi Khan Anwar Baryar mentioned, “The American lady had come to Fort Monroe from Karachi on the invitation of her social media pal Muzmal Sipra, whose home she visited on Sunday in Rajanpur district of Punjab, some 550 kilometres from Lahore.”
The incident got here to mild after the sufferer filed a primary data report (FIR) on the border navy police (BMP) station on the Fort Munro hill station. The FIR acknowledged that the girl was raped by Muzmal Sipra and Shehzad of Rajanpur on the night time of July 17 in a lodge room.
The complainant additionally mentioned she had acquired threats from Sipra to not pursue authorized proceedings in opposition to them.
The BMP registered the case in opposition to Sipra, Shehzad and Azan Khosa of Dera Ghazi Khan underneath Sections 376 and 292b of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The alarming frequency of instances in opposition to girls in Pakistan poses a terrific risk to girls within the nation in addition to raises considerations for the authorities.
A latest report compiled by the Sustainable Social Improvement Organisation (SSDO) and the Centre for Analysis, Improvement and Communication identified a rising development in violence in opposition to girls in Pakistan together with the rising variety of home violence instances within the nation.
In accordance with the report, a complete of 157 girls have been kidnapped, 112 have been a sufferer of bodily assault and 91 girls have been raped throughout Pakistan within the month of June.
Punjab reported 53 rape instances, adopted by 16 instances in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 14 instances in Sindh, six instances in Islamabad, and two instances in Balochistan.
The capital of Punjab province, Lahore reported numerous instances of sexual assault within the earlier week. The alarming frequency of the instances prompted the Pakistan police to overview the general efficiency of the Gender-Primarily based Violence Cell.
It was earlier reported that Pakistan’s International Gender Hole Index has worsened over time. In 2017, Pakistan ranked 143, slipping to 148 in 2018.
In accordance with the final 12 months’s ‘International Gender Hole Report 2021’, Pakistan ranked 153 out of 156 nations on the gender parity index, that’s, among the many final 4.
The Human Rights Fee of Pakistan’s (HRCP) latest report mentioned that in Pakistan, not less than 11 rape instances are reported each day with over 22,000 such incidents reported to police within the final six years (2015-21).