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New Town police on Friday arrested a resident of Katarian, Rawalpindi for allegedly repeatedly raping his 15-year-old daughter.
The man's wife told the police that her husband used to rape their daughter but the young girl had kept quiet out of fear. According to the wife, she previously suspected that her husband was sexually assaulting their daughter but it was only when her sister — the girl's maternal aunt — saw the man raping the victim that her suspicions were confirmed.
She said her daughter, a student of grade seven, also confirmed that she was repeatedly assaulted by her father.
The investigating officer of the case, Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Afzal Ahmad, told DawnNews that the accused has been remanded into police custody for four days while report of the medical examination of the girl is awaited.
The first information report (FIR) of the incident includes section 376 [punishment of rape] of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Cases of such nature are not uncommon in the country; last year in July, Millat Park police had arrested a man on charges of raping his teenage daughter.
The year before that, in 2016, Daska police had arrested a man who confessed to raping his minor daughter.
In October 2015, a sessions court in Karachi had sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for subjecting his teenage daughter to a sexual assault. The court had also imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on the man.
Since the start of 2018, there has been a marked upsurge in the reporting of sexual abuse cases across Pakistan. The brutal rape and murder of Zainab Ansari in Kasur earlier this month in particular shocked the entire country, with #JusticeforZainab becoming the rallying cry in a nationwide drive to end violence against children.
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Jan 19, 2018 06:55pm
very shameful
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Jan 19, 2018 07:11pm
Oh.. very shamful..
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Jan 19, 2018 07:13pm
What is happening to country?
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Jan 19, 2018 07:21pm
He should be made an example for others
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Jan 19, 2018 07:21pm
Though this is shameful but glad people are talking about this and should not be brushed away.
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Jan 19, 2018 07:23pm
Suddenly all hell has broke loose. These henious crimes were being committed all around us but everyone was turning a blind eye.
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Jan 19, 2018 07:24pm
I agreed its true
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Jan 19, 2018 07:53pm
Very very shamefull
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Jan 19, 2018 07:56pm
It seesm that #metoo movement has caught on with Pakistan. Now everyone is out accusing everyone else of abusing them!
The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. THis is sheer madness.
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Jan 19, 2018 08:08pm
80% of children are sexually abused
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Jan 19, 2018 08:08pm
Brothers molesting their sisters is also VERY COMMON in our society but sisters usually dont open their mouth out of fear that their brother might be killed by their father in anger and then she will be shamed and blamed for it all her life.
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Jan 19, 2018 08:50pm
Unless you won’t accept that you have a cancer and keep taking a paracetamol then it won’t help and sooner or later you will die. Good that you started to accept at least.
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Jan 19, 2018 08:53pm
Really shocking and gruesome act...the culprit must be brought to justice
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Jan 19, 2018 08:56pm
Heinous and shameful crime. Give the perpetrators' long custodial sentences rather than fining them as they're probably poor anyway!
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Jan 19, 2018 09:03pm
@RAJA CHILL , nothing, its always like that. this country is created for special purposes.
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Jan 19, 2018 09:37pm
Nothing else is left behind now. This is the height of deterioration of any nation which is setting examples of inferiority much below the standards of humanity.
Whatever he did is beyond imagination but what we as a nation will do that is also not worth talking or imagining.
Look what we have done so far in case of Zainab's case, Asma,s case, Tayyaba and many many more whose names are forgotten silently, the same will happen here.
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Jan 19, 2018 10:22pm
Absolutely rephresenible act by a coward and mentally sick person.
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Jan 19, 2018 10:54pm
Very shameful act and heinous crime. Those guilty of incest must be punished with exemplary punishments.
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Jan 19, 2018 10:55pm
What's going on?!
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Jan 19, 2018 11:33pm
I suggest, before we reach to a conclusion, conduct thorough investigation, establish facts with evidence and proofs. And, if found guilty then punish the shameful father in public with severe sentence, so, an example is set for all.
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Jan 19, 2018 11:36pm
Now who will trust the blood relationship
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Jan 20, 2018 12:20am
Punish indeed, but must study what drives such crimes first.
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Jan 20, 2018 12:51am
Now, "thanks" to 24-hours media outlets, these crimes are surfacing as they have to fill slots. Otherwise, such shameful crimes were always there but just now came to light. 3/3
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Jan 20, 2018 01:10am
If you don't teach sex education openly in schools, this is what happens. Young girls and boys are scared to tell parents because talking about sex is a very bad thing to talk about.
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Jan 20, 2018 01:14am
They have been happening all the time. Now people are slowly opening up and reporting.
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Jan 20, 2018 02:25am
Signs of a 'sick' society.Lack of education's suppressive power allows the carnal animal instinct to take hold.Best way to deal with this kind of menace is mass education.
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Jan 20, 2018 02:28am
Good to see people finally coming out .. public awareness is step #1
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Jan 20, 2018 02:54am
Like it or not, and as loathe as we are to admit it, this happens quite often and most of us choose to stay tight lipped about it.
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Jan 20, 2018 03:25am
Readers! Nobody'seems to understand & study that a majority of our people are suffering from dangerous Mentle Disorders. Which leads a person to Hinous Crimes. No such Laws are made that Citizens should be Bond to undergo Psychiatrical Tests & their Psychiatrical Analysis Report should be the part of their NADRA DATA & should be submitted to their Police Stations & their families should be bond that they should provide their extreme minds or mentaly sick family members to give them Psychiarist Treatment or Government should put them in Rehabilitation Centers, so that they may not be harmful to their families & Society.
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Jan 20, 2018 03:47am
Such incidents were always happening. It is just that people are finding courage to raise voice against it.
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Jan 20, 2018 03:48am
What a terrible society we have become.
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Jan 20, 2018 04:02am
@RAJA CHILL It is only being reported more, such criminals ahve always been present and will always be there. We need to do our utmost to hold them accountable.
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Jan 20, 2018 04:05am
You can close your eyes as if nothing happened in this country. You can shout no one hear. You hear no one cares to see, hear or sympathize.
We are fed up!!!
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Jan 20, 2018 04:06am
@RAJA CHILL the sad truth is it's always been like this...the only thing is that with increasing awareness about this issue, people are finally taking note of these things and are coming out whereas this was, and still is to a great extent, a highly tabooed subject
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Jan 20, 2018 04:53am
These are hidden sins of our society, needs to be discussed and sorted out, no need to feel shame as these are truth of Modern sinful world.
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Jan 20, 2018 07:59am
Its one thing for an outsider to commit these ugly crimes against the children, its a complete shame for a father to sexually assault his own daughter. Its time the courts do something serious enough to where no one would even dare to even consider doing such shameful and ugly act
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Jan 20, 2018 09:33am
Shameful :-(
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Jan 20, 2018 09:49am
Very shameful
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Jan 20, 2018 09:57am
shameful
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Jan 20, 2018 12:58pm
@Erum and then we proudly claim that we are better and superior than others who do not give respect to women.
The only solution lies in the hands of women, they have to train their male children right from the beginning that he or they must respect other women.
Unfortunately, whatever is the status of women now, in some way or the other, more than half responsibility goes to women.
They seek or wish an equal respect or treatment but they never give any priority to their daughters and specially to daughter in laws.
Things or situation can change with a strong will and determination. Just by wishing or dreaming nothing is achieved, some sort of action is needed to be taken and ten sooner or later results appear.
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Jan 20, 2018 03:58pm
it is utter darkness of our society...........
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Jan 20, 2018 04:18pm
my senses failed to even accept this.......
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Jan 20, 2018 06:15pm
There is no humanity.
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Jan 20, 2018 06:52pm
Thanks for updating of news in details. Nice srevice
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Jan 20, 2018 07:17pm
At least the victims are reporting such crimes. We need laws that protect the victim and give strict punishment to the criminals who carry out such despicable acts of violence.
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Jan 20, 2018 07:44pm
Girl's mother is also responsible for this. She must have kept her husband in reins.
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Jan 20, 2018 09:00pm
@Syed
Can we look at it from a different view point that is, it is now that the victims are gaining courage to come our with truth.
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Jan 20, 2018 10:58pm
All the recent news of rape, assault, kidnap of children and now this news. Are we not heading for doomsday? Why as a nation we are going so low?
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Jan 20, 2018 11:41pm
Shameful.Law enforcement should be strengthened to deal with such cases.
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Jan 21, 2018 02:12am
How shameful.Why would anyone want to have a sexual relationship with a blood relative.This is incest.
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Jan 21, 2018 04:07am
He’s mentally sick. He needs psychiatric evaluation before anything else. How can anyone do this to their own child?
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Jan 21, 2018 06:27am
The mind can NOT even comprehend the evilness of such a crime.
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Jan 21, 2018 07:34am
WHAT!!!! That's sick. The guy is mentally sick.
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Jan 21, 2018 08:20am
@Leoman, It is not only the responsibility of a woman, the father must also lead by example, the more the fathers show respect towards the mothers and daughters, the better the lessons for the boys. Lets not dump all the responsibility on the women.
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Jan 21, 2018 02:06pm
The relief is that at least such cases are registered. It can be an eye opener for all those ignorant folks who always blame West only for doing evil things and proudly brag about our rotten morals of our society.
I must salute the courage of that woman. She has shown marvelous courage by exposing her own husband.
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Jan 21, 2018 05:06pm
Wondering where we are heading. These shameful acts are periodically shaking our national conscience. It's high time we aggregate courage to fight against this menace.
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Jan 21, 2018 11:07pm
Very sad situation
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Jan 22, 2018 06:55am
Brave young wan for having courage to report this. Why are there no trained counselling and female rape specialist police officers in police stations ready to.support those who report rape,? This poor girl will also be subject to the gossiping of ignorant muhala. Thanks nawaz Sharif for doing nothing of importance
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Jan 22, 2018 11:50am
Shameful act.
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Jan 22, 2018 12:00pm
Raping 9or 15 year old.what a shame.
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Jan 22, 2018 01:44pm
you ca not make the community to abide by law under such widespread moral/ethical and Financial corruptions, no one is excluded (top to bottom)
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