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#Justice4Zainab: Rape, murder of seven-year-old girl in Kasur spark outrage

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KASUR: A seven-year-old girl, Zainab, went to her tuition centre but did not return. Her parents had gone to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah, and the girl was living with her aunts.

Zainab became yet another victim of Kasur’s dirty legacy, a legacy which has seen numerous innocent souls falling prey to the monstrosities of men.

It was later revealed by the police that the minor was kidnapped on January 5, and her body was found from a garbage pile near Shahbaz Road after four days.

According to the initial postmortem report, the minor was strangled to death after being raped multiple times.

People have taken to social media to voice their anger at this horrendous crime which has become a norm in the city of Kasur.

Nadia Jamil, a famous TV performer deplored the silence of the administration every single time an incident like this happened and questioned the acceptance of child abuse in the society. In her Twitter message, she stated, “Raped, killed, found in trash of Qasur. Her parents performing Umrah, will come home for her funeral. NOW look at this & decide what you want to use your voice on social media for. How long will we b silent abt child abuse? How many Zainabs will it take?”

Calling on the law enforcement agencies to apprehend the culprits, social media is rife with demands of publically punishing and hanging the monsters that dared commit such a crime.

One Twitter user wrote, “I can’t control the tears, honestly I feel like forgetting about QAANON and people should find the culprit and kill them slowly and painfully as possible”.

Another Twitter user Manahil Shafiq called for the culprits to be publically hanged so that a precedent was set for one and all. She states,”A similar incident occurred in Iran last year where a seven-year-old, Atena Aslani was assaulted, killed and dumped, to which the Irani government openly hanged the assaulter in front of a large crowd.This is what we need, no awareness campaign or words ever help.”

Speaking of the lack of concern by the political class of the country, Twitter user Saadia Bukhari writes, “I’m feeling dead inside looking at this. The hell with the fake morality of so-called Muslims who are obsessed with 3rd marriages of politicians and iqamas and who’s kafir and who’s not. Bastards won’t do jack about this; they themselves are responsible”.

Another twitter user lamented the priorities of country’s ruling class whilst stating, “… its pakistan where a political leader marriage is more imp than a murdered child”.

Arsh Khawaja, a Twitter user deplored the social conscious and stated,”I’m sorry Zainab once again we failed to give protection to our sisters and daughters. I’m sorry little angel for this pathetic society, I’m sorry for us even being called Muslims and this state Islami republic of Pakistan taken on the name of Islam. speechless”.

Fakhr-e-Alam, a famous media personality also expressed his deepest regret and anger over the incident and stated, “Heartbroken, 7-year-old child…Zainab, angry very very angry, have loads of profanity for all of us. How can we champion of ghairat allow this to happen in our country on our watch, hang yourselves in Shame. It’s Kasur again remember bastards”.

Mawra Hocane, famous film and TV actress stated, “In this day and age where everything and everyone is scrutinised and shamed, why are we always unable to find Murderers & Rapists! We should not forget this. The perpetrator should be burnt or hanged”.

What is interesting to note is that even though social media was full of people condemning the incident, calling on the authorities to take relevant action as soon as possible and punish the criminals, the political elite of the country sprung into action only after the uproar by the masses.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif took to Twitter and stated,”I hope and pray the culprits are not only brought to justice but made an example of”.

Shireen Mazari, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, in her Twitter message stated,”7 year old Zainab raped, murdered and thrown in the garbage: what monsters are we creating in our society that destroy our innocent children’s lives? Absolutely heartbreaking – creating a helpless anger in so many of us”.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s daughter and avid Twitter user Aseefa Zardari stated, “#JusticeForZainab she was only 7 years old !!! Zainab was an innocent child and she was horrifically tortured & murdered, my heart breaks for her family”.

 

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