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India-Pakistan
Outrage in National Assembly over maid's murder
2010-01-26
The National Assembly voiced outrage on Monday over the alleged murder of a young maid by torture at the house of a lawyer in Lahore, demanding, in a unanimous resolution, "severest" punishment for the perpetrators of the crime.

Members
The House observed one-minute silence for 12-year-old Shazia Masih, television pictures of whose wounds have sent shock waves across the country
from all parliamentary groups condemned the incident and called for stern action against child labour and domestic violence, after the house observed one-minute silence for 12-year-old Shazia Masih, television pictures of whose wounds have sent shock waves across the country.
Notice that the child was a Christian...
But Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi did not grant ANP member Bushra Gohar's request that Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, who is a Christian, lead a prayer in the house for the victim, ruling that prayers be better left reserved for the members of the house and their relatives.

Mr Bhatti later moved the consensus resolution which condemned the murder, expressed sympathies with the victim's family and demanded "the severest punishment" for the culprits.

As done in the resolution, several members praised President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif for taking personal interest in the case that some said overcame initial police hesitation to move against the accused. But
PML-Q's Begum Atiya Inayatullah regretted what she called "silence" of the lawyers' community over the case in which a former president of the Lahore Bar Association was the main accused
PML-Q's Begum Atiya Inayatullah regretted what she called "silence" of the lawyers' community over the case in which a former president of the Lahore Bar Association was the main accused, and demanded that the government promptly move against what she saw as a "gang" engaged in abusing children.

Asiya Nasir of the JUI said hundreds of thousands of children suffered torture every year. She called for an explanation -- which did not come -- from the labour and social welfare ministers about what was being done to check such practices.

An independent member from
Zafar Baig Bhittani came out with what he himself said would "appear as an unreasonable" suggestion to seek help from the Pakistani Taliban who, he claimed, would eliminate such practices within six months.
the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Zafar Baig Bhittani, came out with what he himself said would "appear as an unreasonable" suggestion to seek help from the Pakistani Taliban who, he claimed, would eliminate such practices within six months.

But the suggestion was condemned by PML-Q's Sardar Bahadur Khan Sehar who blamed the situation on a perceived brutalisation of the society over the past 30-35 years and drew attention to the reported "sale" of children in southern Punjab to be employed for camel races in the Gulf.
Posted by:Fred

#5  I take it the dead body isn't sufficient evidence of a crime ...

Somebody prob'ly left it there. He's a big shot lawyer, y'know. Couldn't possibly have been him.
Posted by: Fred   2010-01-26 15:45  

#4  What Would Mohammed Do? Oh, yeah.
Posted by: ed   2010-01-26 11:44  

#3  I take it the dead body isn't sufficient evidence of a crime ...
Posted by: Steve White   2010-01-26 10:43  

#2  It's Pakistain and she was a Christian. He'll likely get off for lack of evidence.
Posted by: Fred   2010-01-26 10:42  

#1  The National Assembly voiced outrage on Monday over the alleged murder of a young maid by torture at the house of a lawyer in Lahore, demanding, in a unanimous resolution, "severest" punishment for the perpetrators of the crime.

IOW: It's going to cost just about everything the guy has to get out from under this one.
Posted by: gorb   2010-01-26 10:30  

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