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LAHORE: Relatives of the seventeen-year-old female cricketer, Halima Rafique, who was found dead and later buried in her hometown of Multan, held Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) responsible for her death, DawnNews reported on Tuesday.
Speaking to media personnel relatives blamed the PCB for the young sportswoman's death and added that the dismissal of harassment charges against Maulvi Sultan Alam and his subsequent damages claim worth 20 million rupees had disheartened Halima Rafique and driven her to commit suicide.
The relatives added that the 17-year-old drank acid during her fast which led to her death.
In June 2013, Rafique and four other girls had accused the management of the Multan Cricket Club (MCC) of sexual harassment.
At the time, a two-member committee investigated the allegations and recorded statements.
Three of the accusing cricketers had appeared before the committee and denied charges of sexual assault.
However, Rafique and another female cricketer who had made the accusations had not appeared before the committee.
The inquiry committee had recommended that all five cricketers should be banned from playing all forms of cricket for six months with effect from Oct 23, 2013.
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Jul 15, 2014 11:22am
dies and buried...thats it??! no investigation, no post mortem nothing??
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Jul 15, 2014 11:23am
Sad and alarming. Who is responsible for correcting the meltdown of law and order in Pakistan?
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Jul 15, 2014 11:36am
Something is fishy in this case,it must be investigated.
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Jul 15, 2014 11:38am
This has foul play written all over it. Seems like anyone with money can buy the law in Pakistan these days.
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Jul 15, 2014 12:13pm
If this case is not properly investigated and carried to its logical conclusion, we can say farewell to women's cricket in Pakistan! Who cares?
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Jul 15, 2014 12:27pm
This case needs proper investigation. Looks like homicide.
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Jul 15, 2014 12:31pm
No Autopsy, shocking
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Jul 15, 2014 12:33pm
This is Sad.
No justice...
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Jul 15, 2014 12:44pm
Corrupt PCB and corrupt subordinate departments / clubs...
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Jul 15, 2014 12:52pm
"The inquiry committee had recommended that all five cricketers should be banned from playing all forms of cricket for six months with effect from Oct 23, 2013."
For what? Reporting harassment charges?
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Jul 15, 2014 01:29pm
Sad a young girl died under suspicious circumstances. Strange no report of FIR or postmortem. Girls in Pakistan don't play around accusing others of sexual harassment, there may have been some truth about their accusation. Yet again influentials were able to suppress innocent voice. There should be a thorough investigation about this mysterious death to ascertain the real cause of this death
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Jul 15, 2014 01:46pm
Where is azeeem Najam satti sb hiding????
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Jul 15, 2014 02:10pm
Nawaz shariff should resign.!!
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Jul 15, 2014 02:15pm
If the
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Jul 15, 2014 02:25pm
This case should be investigated!
CJ should take action!
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Jul 15, 2014 02:44pm
Very sad news. Girls must be protected in all circumstances, she is like a daughter to all of us, if we want them to get education, sports etc. we must investigate it, we must listen to their complaints. Please will CM Punjab, PM Pakistan and CJ Supreme court take any action against PCB, investigation must not be carried by the persons against whom the complain is. THIS IS MURDER. If nothing happens tomorrow it will be our daughter.
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Jul 15, 2014 02:52pm
The real face of PCB and perhaps Pakistan.
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Jul 15, 2014 02:59pm
Rest in peace. You were important to our nation.
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Jul 15, 2014 03:27pm
@Ali Hassan I think we all must rest in peace, we all are important to the nation.
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Jul 15, 2014 03:43pm
No law at all prevails in pakistan
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Jul 15, 2014 03:53pm
i think, its the time for our conscience to wake up now!
how many more loses are we going to bear,how many?????????????
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Jul 15, 2014 03:53pm
i think, its the time for our conscience to wake up now!
how many more loses are we going to bear,how many?????????????
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Jul 15, 2014 03:55pm
Poor kid R.I.P
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Jul 15, 2014 04:31pm
Breakdown in every aspect of life in Pakistani society. There is no will to correct any of it at any level in our society.
Wake up before it's too late!!!
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Jul 15, 2014 04:54pm
She drank poison after giving up on life. She was sexually harassed by individuals from the Multan Cricket Board.
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Jul 15, 2014 04:54pm
17 year old girls in Pakistan don't go around accusing people of sexual harrasment. Three girls denying the charges later and two not appearing before the investigation committe, strongly suggests the pressure on the girls. Khadim e Aala needs to take strong notice of young girls commiting suicides in Punjab due to the concerned authorities neglicience in taking care of sexual/rape allegations.
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Jul 15, 2014 05:25pm
@Masoud
As somebody here has already said- a foul play is highly suspected and a postmortem is an absolute must in this case
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Jul 15, 2014 05:27pm
@Shafiq Khan.
Very sad but as true
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Jul 15, 2014 07:12pm
Sad to hear about this, and may her strong soul rest in peace. It's a remarkable achievement to make it to the professional level in any game, and for women, it's an even bigger challenge in the subcontintent. Sad to see an extra-ordinary person die so young.
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Jul 15, 2014 10:35pm
women are exploited everywhere in Pakistan......... i know of at least one other government department whose female sports team has to do special services away from ground.
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Jul 15, 2014 11:26pm
If she had decided to kill herself because she couldnt get the justice in court system, she should have killed the perpetrators first before killing herself. It would be a lesson for other men who sexually harass women. She just wasted her life for nothing.
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Jul 15, 2014 11:34pm
im also victim of such influential people and i had to leave my country.........we all are helpless about it...women rights are neglected in pakistan .......
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Jul 16, 2014 02:11am
Female cricketers reported sexual harssment and they were banned? strange, but thats how it works for women in Pakistan.
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Jul 16, 2014 02:33am
Accusations were made against multan cricket academy official maulvi sultan..... since his name has a strange so it's easy to guess about his character and intentions!!
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Jul 16, 2014 02:55am
Miserable country. No hope for change anymore.
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Jul 16, 2014 02:58am
@irfan not real face of pakistan , but real face of the people of pakistan like yourself and me.
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Jul 16, 2014 04:18am
@Moosa ..That is the value of human life...nothing but SHAME.
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Jul 16, 2014 04:20am
Kya Taizab Pakistan mein dinning table per para hota hai?
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Jul 16, 2014 04:29am
Halima complained about sexual harrassment incidents and instead punishment to the culprits, she got a notice of penalty and that of Rs 2 Crore, very shame on those who issued this notice, she was a teenager, not employed any where, has not seen even her big day, a very very sad incident.
Government, but which Government, this nonsense and 35 puncture Government, however, I will appeal to the authorities to please investigate all the allegations she put on record, and catch all those who were involved in character assination of our daughters and involved in sexual harrassment activities, not only in this game but whereever it has and is happening.
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Jul 16, 2014 04:33am
Has Maulvi Sultan Alam been questioned by Police so far?
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Jul 16, 2014 05:25am
Suicide in ramazan very sad.
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Jul 16, 2014 05:30am
While Najam Sethi is busy in puncturing...
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Jul 16, 2014 07:24am
The inquiry committee should be made to drink the Acid!!!
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Jul 16, 2014 08:21am
How sad - may she R.I.P.
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Jul 16, 2014 08:44am
@Harmony
Why is it disgusting may I know, are those accused descended from heavens. Investigative techniques in Pakistan lacks modern scientific approach and tools on top of that it is infested with corruption. No body gives away lives on trivial issues. The suicide is the ultimate act of hopelessness. There must have been a cover up and the perpetuators must have exercised their undue power to influence investigation and deny justice.
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Jul 16, 2014 09:26am
Patriarchal society,well done
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Jul 16, 2014 02:33pm
I told my wife that yesterday a player of Pakistan women cricket team under 17, Halima commited sucide under suspicious circumstances, she died and was buried. My wife replied what else can be done?.
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Jul 17, 2014 02:20am
@Rizwan They had not appeared before the committee.
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Jul 17, 2014 08:29am
Very sad news to know that a player was sexually harassed and as such due to the harassment,she committed suicide.It means that every thing is possible in Pakistan,and this all was done Punjab where Shbaz Shareef is Khadim e Punjab.This incident left a lot of question mark on Punjab Government.
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Jul 17, 2014 11:55am
When political affiliations are the only way to gain access to sports boards, what else could you expect.
Let's not take in crickets in the teams let's just recruit pros* to serve the board officials oh yes and also arrange some for the inquiry committee members
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Jul 17, 2014 12:28pm
Where are Human right champions, Federal and provincial ministry of women / Justice / Sports , Chief Justic and Khadim e AaaaaaaaLLLLLLLLaaaaaaaa.
so called Civil society...
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Jul 17, 2014 12:54pm
Being father of a women cricketer who would know better than me as to how much pressure media can generate upon them. No doubt it is the media that projects the achievement of women cricketers and bring a star status to them but there are some wolves in the garb of media persons who are only interested in scandalising the women to gains ratings for themselves and their programs. They are least worried as to what effect it would have on the lives of such women and their families.
My heart goes out for the poor Haleema and her family but I wish her family had taken more interest in her career as a cricketer, supported her, advised her, went with her through her ups and downs.
My advice to all aspirant cricketers is to please take your immediate family members in full confidence because their support is very necessary in these circumstances that are prevailing in our country specially in the circles of various media houses.
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Jul 17, 2014 09:01pm
@Ali Hassan I guess we did not deserve her, she was too grand .... sad very sad
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Jul 19, 2014 03:32pm
There is jungle law no one investigating.Shame on management.
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