Girl gang-raped for ‘acquiring education’

**~~Hari_Om~~** · 17 Sep 06,, 11:04

Girl gang-raped for ‘acquiring education’

MULTAN: The Kabirwala police have failed to arrest the accused of a gang-rape case who are said to be the henchmen of a minister of state.

According to details, Ghazala Shaheen Bathi of a low caste came to her village Chak Sher Khan near Kabirwala to inform her parents that she had passed her Master’s in Education from the Bahauddin Zakariya University on August 25.

The news of her success spread in the village in no time, which instigated the minister’s people and the tribal elders of the upper caste Miralis –- an offshoot of the Hiraj clan.

On the same night, 12 Mirali tribesmen, including five to six armed men of the minister, forced their way into her house and severely beat up her father Muhammad Hussain, a retired militaryman, with boots, iron rods and the butts of guns. Some of the accused were dressed in police uniform.

They allegedly kidnapped Ghazala and her mother Mumtaz Mai and dragged them for about one kilometre while thrashing them all the time.

Both of them were kept in the private custody of the abductors and gang-raped for 12 days. On September 5, locals informed the police about the kidnappers’ hideout where the girl and her mother were being detained.

Sources said Kabirwala DSP Daud Hussain raided the place and allegedly provided a chance to the alleged kidnappers to escape with the abductees.

However, the people caught one car, which was carrying the women and her mother and overpowered three of the accused — one was identified Nazar Muhammad while the other two were allegedly the minister’s guards.

When they all were taken to the Kabirwala police station, the police did not allow Mumtaz Mai and her daughter to meet with their relatives.

The DSP arranged a press conference in which he stated that the case was an outcome of old enmity and nothing had happened to the girl and her mother. The Kabirwala hospital medical report has confirmed that both the victims were gang-raped.

However, police have released a guard and another person who were arrested during the raid.

Other accused, particularly Muhammad Nawaz, who is said to be the right-hand man of the minister, Nazar Muhammad, Abbas, Azhar, Wajid and Ghazanfar, Muhammad Ali and others are still at large.

When contacted, Kabirwala Sadar SHO Mehboob Rabbani denied the minister’s involvement in the case and said there was no pressure on them in apprehending the accused. He said neither the minister was backing the accused nor the accused were his henchmen. “We are trying to nab the other accused.”

Police officials told human rights activists during their visit to the victims that it was a result of an old enmity, while the girl and her mother had run away from their house on their own.

The victim family told newsmen that they were receiving threats from the influential landlords and politicians.

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**lemontree** · 18 Sep 06,, 05:43

Has'nt good Musharraf said that these are tactics used by their women to get US/ european visas?

**Ray** · 18 Sep 06,, 06:02

Most unfortunate.

Musharraf should apply himself to all this more seriously.

**I cOmE iN PEaCE** · 18 Sep 06,, 08:11

disgraceful

**~~Feline~~** · 18 Sep 06,, 08:28

Gen Musharaf govt had taken a strong stance against such incidents and we had seen the criminlas have been hanged for such crimes in recent past and hopefully this time too it would be taken to task.
Else such cases are also common in India.
The situation is not different there either.

**THL** · 18 Sep 06,, 08:37

as if I needed another reason to be grateful that I reside where I do

**Akshay** · 18 Sep 06,, 08:51

Originally Posted by Feline

Gen Musharaf govt had taken a strong stance against such incidents and we had seen the criminlas have been hanged for such crimes in recent past and hopefully this time too it would be taken to task.
Else such cases are also common in India.
The situation is not different there either.

In India, I have yet to come across anybody being gang-raped for desire to acquire education. If you can enlighten me? please do

**~~Feline~~** · 18 Sep 06,, 09:04

Originally Posted by ab041937

In India, I have yet to come across anybody being gang-raped for desire to acquire education. If you can enlighten me? please do

Rape is a Rape no matter for what reason.
We are talking about rape and the problem is the same in India,
Reason is not the problem rape is the problem. For lust for revange or for any other reason the crime should be eliminated.

And i think if you are honest you will agree the issue is as grave in india as in pakistan.

**lemontree** · 18 Sep 06,, 09:12

Originally Posted by Feline

Gen Musharaf govt had taken a strong stance against such incidents and we had seen the criminlas have been hanged for such crimes in recent past and hopefully this time too it would be taken to task.

So what's been done about the army officer who raped the lady doctor in Sui?...If memory serves me correctly, Musharraf gave that officer a clean chit without any investigation being conducted. Musharraf must have a remarkable 6th sense!

**~~Hari_Om~~** · 18 Sep 06,, 09:20

Originally Posted by Ray

Musharraf should apply himself to all this more seriously.

General President Musharraf certainly should, particularly as there is a call out by Asian Human Rights Commission to petition for an :

inquiry into the alleged role of the Minister of State for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights for his involvement in this abduction and rape

The inquiry call is not about the Minster of States lack of efficiency in handling the matter but something all together more sinister and unbecoming of a Minister who oversees “Law” and “Human Rights”.

Link for the above quote and a lot more details on the case, is available here :

Mother and daughter allegedly gang raped by the police and government henchmen

There is one thing that left me confused after reading the above.

The raped women are described as “lower caste women are from the Batti community” while the rapists are described as “upper caste Mirali”.

I thought that pernicious practice of casteism does not exist among the Muslims of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. So what is this “lower caste” and “upper caste” business ?

**~~Feline~~** · 18 Sep 06,, 09:28

Originally Posted by Hari_Om

The raped women are described as “lower caste women are from the Batti community” while the rapists are described as “upper caste Mirali”.

I thought that pernicious practice of casteism does not exist among the Muslims of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. So what is this “lower caste” and “upper caste” business ?

There is no cast system in Islam.
The incident took place in Punjab and in Punjab mostly there are converts from Hinduism.
And the casts you are talking about have come from Hindus and Hinudims not Islam.
There is no such thing in Islam.

In Islam all are equals and there is no difference.

**brak** · 18 Sep 06,, 09:30

Apparently Mr. Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman seems to think otherwise............

**Samudra** · 18 Sep 06,, 09:57

In Islam all are equals and there is no difference.

You know, sometimes these people just amaze me so much that I pinch myself to see if such claims were me in wonderlands or in reality!

If there really was a God that these people worship he would have sent them a plague!

**Ray** · 18 Sep 06,, 10:22

Originally Posted by Feline

Gen Musharaf govt had taken a strong stance against such incidents and we had seen the criminlas have been hanged for such crimes in recent past and hopefully this time too it would be taken to task.
Else such cases are also common in India.
The situation is not different there either.

In India girls are killed because they wanted to be educated?

Chum, you are quite unusual and rather oraclish in your opinion.

You are on Planet Earth I presume.

Taken Afghanistan's best?

**Ray** · 18 Sep 06,, 10:28

Originally Posted by Feline

There is no cast system in Islam.
The incident took place in Punjab and in Punjab mostly there are converts from Hinduism.
And the casts you are talking about have come from Hindus and Hinudims not Islam.
There is no such thing in Islam.

In Islam all are equals and there is no difference.

Of course, Moslems of the subcontinent are converts. Where is the doubt?

It does not matter if every convert claims to be Syeds.

Now are the converts to Islam not Moslems?

So, why blame Hinduism for what Islam has failed to change and I presume Islam is a powerful religion and what is more, on another forum it was claimed it was the Truth!
(Note: The wordings including caste was used in a Pakistan newspaper. And it is of an Islamic girl and rape by Islamic people. Therefore, Islamic people are practising caste!)

So the truth is that Islam cannot change the mindset, notwithstanding all subcontinental Moslems claiming to be thoroughbred Arabs and Syeds, when in actuality they are converts!

Secondly, you are back to living in denial, which is your forte, and so, you blame the failures of Islam on another religion!
Logic at its best!

Rape is Rape. I agree in so far as the act is concerned. But I am afraid, the motivational factor is not the same.

Rape for desiring to be educated is hardly a human motivation. It is an indicator of the antediluvian mindset in Islam, which is so cloistered that it cannot breathe the air of emancipation!

In India, sex lust may contribute to rape, but notfor assinine reasons like prevention of education!

Ma, you really take the cake.

Could you exercise some logic which I am sure would not be too much of an effort, or would it?