A merciless man sold his three daughters in Khushab two years ago, and two out of the three girls returned home in Ibrahim Haidari area of Karachi. Ali Hussain, a resident of Ibrahim Haidari, who has nine children, sold his three daughters in Khushab and forced them to enter wedlock. Two girls including 12-year-old Sajida and 13-year-old Hameeda were forced to get married in Khushab from where they escaped and arrived at their home but their father detained them in a room.
The residents of the area informed the police while the media persons also arrived in Ibrahim Haidary and contacted the girls who disclosed that their father allegedly sold them and later they were forced to get married.
The girls told that they had been tortured by their alleged in-laws due to which they managed to flee from Punjab and reached their home.
‘Role of women pivotal for nurturing generations’: Under the leadership of Syed Faisal Ali Subzwari, Minister for Youth Affairs, Government of Sindh, iLEAD- Inspiring Leadership, Empowerment and Development in Youth recently organised iLEAD Active Women Walk from DA Recreational Park to Floating Ship, Main Sea View Road. In this event, women from different walks of life participated.
Subzwari was the chief guest of the walk. He lauded the efforts of the iLEAD team and Habib University Foundation for organising an event for women.
In his speech, he laid stress on women empowerment and acknowledged the active role played by women in strengthening and fostering a healthy and vibrant society. He further added that the role played by women in any society is vital as they are the ones behind nurturing of current and future generations and in current crucial time, we needed an event like this which advocates not only the need of a healthy society but also a society where all the citizens of Pakistan remain united and erase racial and ethnic differences among each other.
LEAD is a partnership project of Youth Affairs Department, Government of Sindh and Habib University Foundation with technical support extended by the British Council. It aims at facilitating leadership, personal development, and active citizenship in youth from Hyderabad and Karachi, through sports and community service.
The aim behind organising this walk was to advocate the need of engaging women in creating a healthy society which is characterised by people who not only possess good physical health and fitness but also demonstrate respect, compassion and acceptance for diversity and foster harmonious relationships among themselves.
From Youth Affairs Department, Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui – Secretary, and Khurshid Ali Shaikh – Director, were also present in the event. Throughout the event, the Abul Hassan Scouts Group actively supported the iLEAD team in organising the event.
Citizens say no to shutter down
Karachiites have called for imposing ban on shutter-down and rallies taken out in the city. Talking to APP they urged the concerned authorities to ensure that rallies taken out under one or the other pretext, if unavoidable, must be restricted to specifically designated areas. “This is prerequisite for our safety,” said Mrs. Khalida Qaiser, a banker. People from different walks of life said protest or political rallies under no circumstances, be allowed to take place on main thoroughfares and in residential, commercial and industrial areas. The citizens of the metropolis were of the opinion that different rights’ groups and the political parties must also restrain their workers from every form of violence, be it target killing, damaging or looting of public and private property. “The miscreants within any party’s ranks must be exposed by the party’s leadership for appropriate punitive action according to the law of the land,” said Syed Siraj, a senior citizen. “All our cities including Karachi must be de-weaponised and for the purpose, complete ban on the display of weapons must be imposed, especially by political party workers” said Mazhar Ali an activist working for the cause of adult education.
