Husband and employees allegedly strip woman naked, beat her over refusal to dance for them
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Police arrested two men in Lahore on Wednesday for their alleged torture of one suspect's wife over her refusal to dance for them.
According to a first information report registered on March 26, Asma Aziz's husband of four years and two of his employees tortured her over her refusal to dance for them. The Punjab police in statement said the incident had taken place in the city's Defence Housing Authority area.
Asma, in a video circulating on social media, claimed that her husband had "always hit her a lot".
Some readers may find the video embedded below distressing.
This time, she alleged, "He took my clothes off in front of his employees. The employees held me as he shaved my hair off and burned it. My clothes were bloody. I was bound by a pipe and hung from the fan. He threatened to hang me naked."
She said that when she went to the Kahna police station to register a complaint, "they asked me for money". She added that the police had, instead of providing her the FIR number or conducting a medical examination, asked her for money.
Superintendent Model Town Muhammd Ali Wasim took notice of Asma's allegations of police officials' involvement in trying to extort money from her. He asked the DSP Model Town to provide him a report after looking into the allegations.
She appealed to people for help, claiming that both her parents were dead and she had no place to go or food to eat.
In-charge Investigation at Kahna police station, Saleem Shaukat, told DawnNewsTV today that two of the suspects ─ the husband and one of his employees ─ had been arrested.
Punjab Inspector General of Police Amjad Javed Saleemi took notice of the incident and ordered a thorough investigation, directing DIG Investigation Dr Inam Waheed to personally investigate the matter and to make sure that the perpetrators of the attack are punished severely under the law.
After the news was reported, Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari tweeted that she had taken notice and looked into the case. "My office was informed by station house officer of police station Kahna, Lahore: Police has registered FIR and arrested both accused and booked under sections 337(v) and 506. Medical report of the woman is awaited. One of the arrested is her husband."
Pakistan ranks 150 out of 153 countries on The Georgetown Institute's Women, Peace and Security index ─ among the five worst countries for women in the world. According to 2016 data, 26.8 per cent of Pakistani women said they have experienced intimate partner violence.
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Mar 27, 2019 03:03pm
This was atrocious.
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Mar 27, 2019 03:08pm
Husband and his friends should be stripped naked and made to dance.
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Mar 27, 2019 03:09pm
CJP, this is the case for suo moto. Will you rise upto expectations and make example these godfathers!!!
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Mar 27, 2019 03:15pm
strongly condemned this indiscreet act by her husband needs to be punished severely as per law.
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Mar 27, 2019 03:25pm
We are worse than animals..
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Mar 27, 2019 03:27pm
If the culprits are rich and influential, nothing will happen to them. They will get off the hook unscratched.
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Mar 27, 2019 03:29pm
Good that such news are surfacing rather than dying a silent date.
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Mar 27, 2019 03:29pm
is this happening in new Pakistan
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Mar 27, 2019 03:30pm
Its heinous, inhuman, disgusting.
Praying for justice with the poor lady!
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Mar 27, 2019 03:39pm
@Dr Haroon Khan, on the contrary, animals are a thousand times better. Human betrayal seems to be a unique quality we humans possess. Animals cherish faithfulness for life.
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Mar 27, 2019 03:42pm
@Zahid, What Naya Pakistan has to do with low mentality people..
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Mar 27, 2019 03:43pm
What a husband !!!!!
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Mar 27, 2019 03:46pm
I mean how can these men be so insensitive particularly the husband,he never thought once before breaking the back bone of his own family.
Severe punishment and nothing else.
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Mar 27, 2019 04:04pm
Horrific!!!
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Mar 27, 2019 04:04pm
Were the thanna police asking for money from this destitute woman also arrested or conveniently ignored.
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Mar 27, 2019 04:05pm
@MA, no thanks!!!!!
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Mar 27, 2019 04:09pm
Heinous and inhumane.Must be punished.
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Mar 27, 2019 04:17pm
Pathetic, they have brought shame to the country now they should be deal in anti-terrorism court.
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Mar 27, 2019 04:22pm
Still Police is same in Punjab. There in no change. They have asked for the money again, which is very common. And I am sure these men will be released as they will give money to police. Very common in our country. No change.
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Mar 27, 2019 04:27pm
What about the police officers who asked for money. They should be made an example out of as well. Does every person need to upload a video of their misery on social media before getting justice?
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Mar 27, 2019 04:33pm
She was very courageous and innovative to get right attention. Not sure how many women can manage it while suffering at home.
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Mar 27, 2019 04:38pm
It's funny that when men do something utterly inhumane to some woman, not once there is an outcry over how they are ruining the image of Islam or how it's is so against our culture. Instead when women speak to be treated like a respected equal human, the nation losses their mind over how it's tarnishing the image of Islam and threat to our precious culture!
We need to set our mentality right.
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Mar 27, 2019 04:39pm
Shameless Husband! How can someone do this with own wife? Send him behind bars for 10 years and transfer his property to affected woman.
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Mar 27, 2019 04:46pm
Real shame, women deserve utmost respect.
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Mar 27, 2019 04:47pm
By investigating incidence, you are not doing any thing extra ordinary, it s your duty , you are paid for it. you are duty bound to do this. The main thing is are you going to investigate why FIR was not registered and what action is taken against SHO and his staff for not performing their duty by refusing to register FIR.
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Mar 27, 2019 04:47pm
The police demanded a bribe? What was the action taken?
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Mar 27, 2019 04:48pm
Who will punish the police who asked for money instead of registering FIR? The crime of the police is more sever than that of the husband. Who will arrest the police? Please arrest police first.
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Mar 27, 2019 04:49pm
Action should be taken against the police also who asked for money. Too many culprits here, they all should be punished.
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Mar 27, 2019 04:52pm
When will we become humans ???
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Mar 27, 2019 05:01pm
Making another human lower is a crime against the basic individual rights. Severe punishment that will set an example and instill fear of crimes of this nature is demanded.
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Mar 27, 2019 05:01pm
"Pakistan ranks 150 out of 153 countries on The Georgetown Institute's Women, Peace and Security index ─ among the five worst countries for women in the world.""""
We people give big speeches of how Islam protects the women and how it has given rights to women and in actual we do opposite. What a shame... There should be severe punishments for crime against women and we need to change our mind set of society in giving a true place to all women.
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Mar 27, 2019 05:07pm
@Dr Haroon Khan, Agree 100%
We have been telling you the same since long. You never accepted!
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Mar 27, 2019 05:08pm
@shuaib, why CJP? Why should we not let the law take its due and proper course? Every court should be able to hand out exemplary punishments without depending all the time on SC 'suo moto' action.
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Mar 27, 2019 05:10pm
@MA, very thoughtful progressive punishment. I agree
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Mar 27, 2019 05:15pm
State of affairs
~rols
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Mar 27, 2019 05:22pm
Weakness in our system specially law and justice and those responsible to implement law are corrupt specially police.Imran Khan has to take drastic steps like cleaning the Police,Courts and FBR within a week's time,otherwise,everything will collapse.
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Mar 27, 2019 05:44pm
We criticise the western culture and beat the drums day and night.
Is eastern culture neat and clean?
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Mar 27, 2019 05:44pm
Government should take notice of this incident and punish severely not only her husband and his friends who were involved in this brutality but also punish the police who didn’t lodge her complaint instead asked for bribe.... what a sad state of affairs!
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Mar 27, 2019 05:49pm
OMG !!! Shame Shame ...
Fast track the case.
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Mar 27, 2019 05:56pm
Do not forget that Police's attitude towards applicants to register a crime is a big factor in the misery.
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Mar 27, 2019 06:01pm
This is so repulsive.
It defies imagination that a man would force mother of his children to dance naked in front of his employees!
What sort of twisted mind he has!
At least, there should be some self respect in a man.
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Mar 27, 2019 06:07pm
Apart from taking action against the two accused, the head of the police station be punished for not addressing her complaint. It's high time to get the Punjab police to behave!
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Mar 27, 2019 06:08pm
Justice is needed here
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Mar 27, 2019 06:11pm
What kind of husband he is , he wants his wife to strip before strangers ? He is definitely out of his mind
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Mar 27, 2019 06:12pm
@Shah, this thana police guys should be dealt severely. they are deployed to extract Money
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Mar 27, 2019 06:19pm
Highly condemnable!
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Mar 27, 2019 06:22pm
She said that when she went to the Kahna police station to register a complaint they asked her for money. Imran Khan should look into this personally. It is all over the internet.
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Mar 27, 2019 06:25pm
Shameful! Where is our society headed to?
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Mar 27, 2019 06:26pm
Inspector General of Police is taking a notice of what???, doesn't he get his cut every month, doesn't he know where that comes from.
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Mar 27, 2019 06:31pm
What is wrong with people. Sick perverted mentally deranged human beings. This so called husband should be stripped naked and make to dance in front of his employees.
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Mar 27, 2019 06:31pm
The police officials who refused to register an FIR, are certainly an accessory to the crime and should be duly punished
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Mar 27, 2019 06:49pm
It hard to even comprehend that we as society has stooped to such low levels.
Husband, employer, even police. No one had mercy?
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Mar 27, 2019 06:51pm
This lady needs to be rescued and given protection in a women's shelter. She is married to a sadist.
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Mar 27, 2019 06:55pm
Shameful act. Do these people not know that we all have to exit this world one day and be answerable for our deeds. If they thought they could get away with this in this world do they not know there will be retribution in the afterlife far greater than anything in this life.
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Mar 27, 2019 07:00pm
I am just waiting to read what kind of a punishment these people will get and whether eventually any newspaper or news site actually follows this story through.
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Mar 27, 2019 07:18pm
First arrest that SHO who asked for money for FIR.
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Mar 27, 2019 07:20pm
What about the police offices asking for bribe. They should be immediately suspended and jailed until the courts provide punishment. This must STOP.
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Mar 27, 2019 07:24pm
Not just husband and employee also police who ask for money to register case should also be treat as criminal.
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Mar 27, 2019 07:25pm
Inhuman, barberic...well no word there to describe this heinous act!
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Mar 27, 2019 07:34pm
Show those corrupt Police official faces too! Do not try to protect them.
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Mar 27, 2019 08:03pm
@Brar, We are humans, or have you not noticed. This criminal was shameless.
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Mar 27, 2019 08:10pm
@MA, two wrongs don't make a right.
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Mar 27, 2019 08:11pm
If her allegations are true, the husband should face the severest punishment. Hope she gets the help required to get on with her life.
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Mar 27, 2019 08:22pm
No sane employee would do this. They'd rather quit. It looks like this guy had a small team of paid gundas.
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Mar 27, 2019 08:36pm
@Brar, Where's the need?
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Mar 27, 2019 08:36pm
@MA, yesss
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Mar 27, 2019 08:43pm
Beyond crazy and incredible !
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Mar 27, 2019 08:55pm
@AZAM AKBAR, we are not talking about western culture against eastern culture here. The focus here is on Pakistani culture! Things like this are unknown elsewhere!
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Mar 27, 2019 08:57pm
If it does not make sense that is because it is not true.
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Mar 27, 2019 08:59pm
@Imran, why should the employees have to suffer that indignity?
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Mar 27, 2019 09:01pm
@shuaib, it could have been if no notice was taken.
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Mar 27, 2019 09:12pm
Why not share the pics of the perpetrators?
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Mar 27, 2019 09:14pm
As long as women remain dependent upon the male members of their family they are forced to live almost like beggars,or maybe even worse than that. The anguish in the eyes of this unfortunate lady really is condemning; we have failed her as a society....
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Mar 27, 2019 09:20pm
I am Speechless!!!
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Mar 27, 2019 09:25pm
Really disgusting. The criminals should not only be the ones getting punished, it's also the police officers who asked her for bribes who should also be prosecuted
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Mar 27, 2019 09:29pm
I just want to request parents, not to marry their daughters to a man with home in defence or bahria towns but a thorough gentleman with little means... This is the end result of marrying and moving in the posh society of Pakistan. Check it out, there are so many other Asma Aziz suffering in the hands of brutal husbands.
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Mar 27, 2019 09:29pm
Can’t express my anger the problem is the culprit will go unpunished.
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Mar 27, 2019 09:37pm
@HonorBright,
Because we prefer to shame victims.
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Mar 27, 2019 09:44pm
Why is her picture allowed to publish ?
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Mar 27, 2019 09:45pm
@Tariq Rashid, Zahid is talking police asking for money from victim!!!what happened to the promised police reforms with 3 months of taking oath!!! Grow up and stop defending this inept government
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Mar 27, 2019 09:55pm
Worst than animals. Arrests them all with No bail ever.
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Mar 27, 2019 10:21pm
We should also listen to the other side before passing any judgments.
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Mar 27, 2019 10:47pm
Shameful!
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Mar 27, 2019 10:52pm
No words but shameful n disgusting n unhumane act by the defaulters.... justice should prevail.....
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Mar 27, 2019 11:10pm
I saw three comments; all of them failed to mention the fact police asked for money to give her FIR number.
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Mar 27, 2019 11:29pm
I think first thing should be done to provide her with food shelter and other economic security.
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Mar 27, 2019 11:39pm
Any action against the police who demanded bribe from her?
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Mar 27, 2019 11:47pm
Shame on PTI who promised police reforms in Punjab. I and my extended family regret voting them with all the promises they made before elections.
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Mar 27, 2019 11:48pm
What about the police official who refused to register the case and was instead asking for money from her. What action is taken against them? They should be fired and prosecuted too.
Again, in order to move forward Pak must establish the supremacy of the law by bringing everyone under the purview of the law that includes police i.e. everyone including Generals, Feudals, Mulahs, PM, Judges etc and carry out severe punishment if anyone dare breaks the law.
It is the severe punishment that deters the criminal mind. No one will be afraid of the law (laws) or law enforcement if no one is punished. I don't know why this simple rule does not sink in Pak society/people minds.
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Mar 28, 2019 12:00am
Please don't drag this out - justice should be swift
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Mar 28, 2019 12:04am
Nothing will happen. The Police officers who refused to file an FIR should be fired from their job. Our law enforcement agencies are the reasons such atrocities occur as they partner in such crimes by behaving in this manner.
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Mar 28, 2019 12:09am
mentally sick people
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Mar 28, 2019 12:12am
What about the police personnel . I think in this all scenerio they are the main accused.
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Mar 28, 2019 12:20am
@sabeeh ahmad, Believe me these Mullah's will never come out against theses kind of atrocities. Their specialties are talk , talk and more talk.
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Mar 28, 2019 12:34am
World's biggest looser shameful man... Shameful human being.. Morally corrupt evil person.. *. Shame on our national as a whole. This not her who was stripped naked but the whole soceity..
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Mar 28, 2019 12:35am
Strict action is required...her parents are dead...so pathitic...
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Mar 28, 2019 12:47am
What is husband's side of the story?
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Mar 28, 2019 01:44am
Utterly shameful, IK should take immediate action!
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Mar 28, 2019 02:04am
Who is this shameless husband demanding wife to dance in front of others. What kind of mentality is this, seems we are getting sick.
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Mar 28, 2019 02:21am
Interior Minister is silent on the behavior of Police officers who asked for money ?
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Mar 28, 2019 02:54am
Very sad.
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Mar 28, 2019 03:44am
Don't forget to arrest the policemen who did not register her case and asked for bribe.
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Mar 28, 2019 03:54am
My heart goes with this woman.
What kind of husband was this man. When Punjab police is going to be changed.
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Mar 28, 2019 05:04am
Physical wounds will heal , emotional will take time. Very sad to see this news.
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Mar 28, 2019 05:15am
What is this world coming to?
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Mar 28, 2019 05:34am
Unfortunately our police don't take these incidents serious but instead use these cases as source of corruption. Merely slogans of change won't work. Ground work is inevitable to tackle these wicked crimes.
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Mar 28, 2019 05:53am
@NewBorn,
Never gonna happen. They will probably promote the involved police officers.
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Mar 28, 2019 07:30am
Those police officials who were asking money are equally responsible, should be punished equally.
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Mar 28, 2019 08:34am
Any police officers who asked for money should be instantly dismissed and charged.
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Mar 28, 2019 08:37am
Such a heartbreaking story! :(
I hope that more than sufficient punishment is meted out to her "husband" - simple punishment is not enough. He needs to be made an example of.
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Mar 28, 2019 08:42am
Very happy these reports are surfacing, and being highlighted - hopefully, this will change the plight of all these suffering women.
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Mar 28, 2019 08:45am
This really makes all of us feel ashamed on basic humanitarian grounds. Where is society leading to and is their a legislative or justice system which can treat husband and the two other involved in a real manner. Can the police officials asking for bribe, ever brought to justice. I am hopeless about any fair trial given to her against the accused and the police. A serious punishment open to public should be recommended to discourage such events in future.
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Mar 28, 2019 09:05am
Feeling sad to see these incidents happen in our land of pure....
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Mar 28, 2019 09:23am
The entire staff on duty upon her arrival at police station should be instantly fired. Except for those that were out on Patrol and not there to hear her complaint.
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Mar 28, 2019 11:17am
I agreed on one Point. on first, Police will never lodge FIR on first report. They always demand money in all over Pakistan.
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Mar 28, 2019 11:18am
I want to help this lady financially and can also offer her a job,If you can please share some contacts. Thanks you. Annonymous.from UAE
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Mar 28, 2019 11:35am
This TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!
Husband, his friends and police, ESPECIALLY THE POLICE, must be held accoutable. The whole police station must be arrested and stripped off their ranks and jobs with immidiate effect.
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Mar 28, 2019 11:39am
Please use the pic of abuser,name and shame him! Help the victim,,with legal cost to get out this marriage,jobs,and housing and therapy!,
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Mar 28, 2019 04:27pm
Simply unacceptable. Husband and the other man should be immediately charged to the full extent of law. This is a serious crime.
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Mar 28, 2019 04:45pm
All the comments based on one side story. Lets see what the husband has to say.
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Mar 28, 2019 05:37pm
Inhuman act demanding severe punishment of the depraved husband.
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Mar 28, 2019 05:46pm
The social values of Pakistani people have gone haywire.
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Mar 28, 2019 06:29pm
Women's shelters like Dastak the one founded by AGHS where Hina Jilani is one of the founders need to be funded and multiplied - assisted by government money for infrastructure.
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Mar 28, 2019 07:50pm
Police who were asking for money along with the husband need to be in jail.
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Mar 28, 2019 08:36pm
@MA, Nice justice , where are you from ?
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Mar 28, 2019 08:37pm
justice !
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Mar 28, 2019 08:41pm
This is such a sad and terrible story.
These men have to be made an example and there needs to be a societal overhaul of our moral values
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Mar 28, 2019 09:01pm
Very Sad! Her husband and his friends should be severely punished. Where is the link to donate/help her? Please advise.
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Mar 28, 2019 09:46pm
The true image of Pakistani males. Human rights violation
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Mar 28, 2019 10:14pm
@Shehz, "The police demanded a bribe? What was the action taken?"
I am sure they too will ask for crdible and actionable evidence.
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Mar 29, 2019 12:55am
Its utterly disgraceful act .the perpetrators should be given severe punishment to cut them to their right size and be made example for the likes of them as they are demented perverts with not a trace of morality
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Mar 29, 2019 02:37am
Another victim of domestic violence, we need an immediate campaign against violence of all kinds, either its domestic, national, political etc etc. cause it effect us, no human born vicious, but its society in whole who developed this aggregation, if people around us is less sensitive and more aggressive in every matter than we adept such norms in us.
And violence against violence will just going to stack up, as here are comments where people want her husband to get stripped and so on, thats what we need to end in us.
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Mar 29, 2019 03:31am
DAWN, Please provide me contact of this lady so I can help her. Tell me the ways I can. You have my email. Please write back.
Thank You.
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Mar 29, 2019 03:51am
Pakistan ranks 150 out of 153 countries on The Georgetown Institute's Women, Peace and Security index ─ among the five worst countries for women in the world. According to 2016 data, 26.8 per cent of Pakistani women said they have experienced intimate partner violence.
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Mar 29, 2019 06:33am
Case has to go to trial and the guilty punished by the law of the country. Justice has to be served Rich or Poor. !!!!
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Mar 29, 2019 01:21pm
This a state of mind when your deviate from your values and travel towards destination unknown.
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Mar 29, 2019 05:43pm
well, only commenting over this article cant make any changes neither in her life nor in pakistan this what women should be give a platform if they get divorce from husband so they will never bear such brutal action againist herself well it is one asma who got tortured and public got aware of it there are thousand of asma in our country who siliently bear the punishment and torture of their husaband without uttering a single word what make them so that is their fear of not being accepted society...... so it is better to take a single duty of being a good citizen rather then commenting on every asma stories...... thank you all
and sorry if i have said something wrong
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Mar 29, 2019 11:43pm
@Zahid, New Pakistan is like a new born baby. It will take a long time to grow. This is something relate to the change of peoples mentality. Education will play a key role. I suggest you also go back to school and get some meaningful education. Remember, new Pakistan does not mean electing IK, and everything will change overnight.
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Mar 30, 2019 12:17am
What a disgrace. I hope justice is served in this matter. All the police officers need to be fired from their job for asking for money from someone who went through such unthinkable torture.
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Mar 30, 2019 12:33am
Only women education and doing away with religions can reduce this pain/torture of women in our societies.
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Mar 30, 2019 06:23am
This male dominated culture in whole of South Asia has to change. Education can make a lot of difference. As some have suggested, the CJP should take a suo moto action.
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Mar 30, 2019 08:08am
I don't have a second comment on this topic.
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Mar 30, 2019 08:24am
This is all because of ice drug, which has spread all over particularly among youth. Pakistan needs to control this drug in order to save people's lives and young generation.
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Mar 30, 2019 08:34am
@shuaib, No, that won’t happen. Only 27% have reported they had experienced brutality in this patriarchal society. Perhaps we have to wait for that number to go up further.
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Mar 30, 2019 02:18pm
Too bad...should be punished....crime against anyone should be dealt with iron hand....a reader across the border...
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Mar 30, 2019 06:05pm
Husband is mentally sick and unfit to have a wife/family.
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