QUETTA: Allah Dad, a resident of Dalbandin, along with his wife, has appealed to the Balochistan chief minister and top officials to transfer the case of rape and murder of their seven-year-old daughter in Noshki to the Special Court for Violence Against Women and Children in Quetta.

Speaking at a press conference here, Mr Dad said that last month he and his family had travelled from Dalbandin to Noshki to attend the fateha of a relative who died there. He alleged that a relative, Asmatullah, handed over his seven-year-old daughter, Sabiha, to the suspects in exchange for Rs3,000. “My daughter was raped and killed a few hours later and her body was dumped in bushes,” he said.

He said police had arrested three suspects in connection with the incident, but despite completion of her post-mortem examination and availability of the suspects’ DNA reports, no remand had been obtained and no proper investigation had been conducted.

He said judicial proceedings in Noshki had been disrupted due to the prevailing situation in the area. Despite the passage of a month, he said, they had not been properly interrogated.­

Published in Dawn, October 1st, 2026