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Woman gang-raped by MPA’s son, his men

The Newspaper's Correspondent Published October 16, 2016
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RAHIM YAR KHAN: A ruling party MPA’s son along with his two friends allegedly kidnapped a woman and gang-raped her on Friday night in Zahirpir Town on national highway, some 73-km from here.

A woman of Bhatti Colony on Saturday filed an application with Saddar Khanpur police, alleging that the MPA’s son along with his accomplices entered her house, bundled her into a car, took her to a building located at Kotla Meeran and gang-raped her.

Saddar SHO Muhammad Iqbal called the suspect to the police station and quizzed him. In the meantime, a number of MPA’s supporters gathered outside the police station in an alleged bid to pressurise the police not to register the case.

The MPA said: “We have nothing to do with the incident and the woman has already filed applications against different people.”

DPO Zeeshan Asghar said police called the suspect to the police station for initial investigation and the case would be registered after medical report.

Published in Dawn, October 16th, 2016

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Baber Saeed
Oct 16, 2016 08:54am
SHO Saddar Mr. Iqbal make sure justice to be done to rape woman, he his MPA of ruling party. Make sure she get justice as per law.
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Afzaal Ansari
Oct 16, 2016 12:07pm
Good decision by the DPO and proceeding enroll be completed after proper and sagacious investigation
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fahd
Oct 16, 2016 01:11pm
Give severe punishment to such people of found guilty
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Saeed kha
Oct 16, 2016 03:35pm
DPO you done a great job
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Saeed khan
Oct 16, 2016 03:37pm
You done a great job SHO and DPO and i hope if you make justice with that rape woman, then its create a histroy in Rahim yar khan
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Dictator
Oct 16, 2016 09:44pm
"Number of MPA’s supporters gathered outside the police station in an alleged bid to pressurise the police not to register the case." How can someone show optimism for this nation after reading that?
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Amin
Oct 16, 2016 11:18pm
DPO, we expect justice from you
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Lal Din
Oct 17, 2016 07:20am
Punishment to ruling class??. Do you guys believe it will happen.
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Altamash Rafiq
Oct 17, 2016 08:33am
Horrible. What do they mean medical report?
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Assad
Oct 17, 2016 10:28am
Ruling Party? Why can't you mention the party name? So that people get to know the party giving ticket to such people for contesting Election
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Corporal Panday
Oct 17, 2016 04:30pm
It is perhaps the greatest tragedy of our people that we feel the need to congratulate law enforcers who are simply doing their job.
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Ahmad Ali
Oct 17, 2016 05:01pm
@Dictator Right
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desi
Oct 17, 2016 05:58pm
May the poor girl gets some justice!
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Hamza Shahzad
Oct 17, 2016 06:04pm
MPA`s son and all his involved men should be given strictest punishment.
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NH RANA
Oct 17, 2016 06:30pm
Whosoever come in support of the perpetrators must be booked as abbeters. Spare nobody make sure justice is done fair and square.Mr Iqbal SHO Sadder.
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Naeem John
Oct 17, 2016 07:09pm
The Justice lake in the country will never prosper and bring fruit to its nation and nationals, if the justice and fair trial is done then only we can say its a great and good job done by the law and enforcement agency. until than lets hope and pray the truth must be reviled and to be judge the way it should be.
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Lahori Kid
Oct 17, 2016 07:19pm
This is an opportunity for the government to show what women rights really are, I could careless who the guilty person(MPA's son) is, judgement should be clear and swift if found guilty, so anyone thinking about such act, would think twice. At the end of the day, what happens to the perpetrators is whats going to define our justice system if we care so much about the women rights.
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Shakir Ansari
Oct 17, 2016 09:47pm
Nothing to do to file a case. Medical report is carried afterwards to support the case. One question, on whose instigation medical report would carried and when?
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gaffer
Oct 17, 2016 11:24pm
becareful this is pakistan corrupt leaders
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malik
Oct 17, 2016 11:39pm
@Corporal Panday such remarks (congratulations) actually work as a source of encouragement for the police force; which is seldom done by the elite they serve, so praise, though a little, plays a role in countries where Govts are tolerant about crimes.
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khamkhwa
Oct 18, 2016 02:44am
PMLN zindabad.
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Hamza Yusuf
Oct 18, 2016 04:46am
The FIR should have been entered IMMEDIATELY, and then the investigation should have been conducted according to forensics. This way, things are completely recorded in chronological order as memory can fade with time, esp under traumatic conditions and event order can get mixed up.
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Zafar Ahmed
Oct 18, 2016 06:30am
Nothing will come out from the medical report and as usual influential will get free !
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Ahsan Azeem
Oct 18, 2016 07:02am
look at the ignorance of the MPA, Sheilding his son for such a humiliating immoral act. Examplary punishment must be given to them.
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Harambe of Cincinnati
Oct 18, 2016 09:10am
The victim should have gone to a reputable hospital with relatives FIRST! Then reported to police!
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ali khan
Oct 18, 2016 09:20am
nothing will happen.
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Elk
Oct 18, 2016 09:33am
These MPA's their supporters are nothing both shame for this country. These party workers will do the most detestable and morally apprehensive things just to please their worthless masters. Surely they have no respect for women that they are trying to block a rape case be registered. Severe punishment should be given to this MPA and his supporters.
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Maqsood
Oct 18, 2016 10:06am
Need Justice, either side.
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Shawn
Oct 18, 2016 11:03am
@Shakir Ansari well its standard now that was part of the law that was passed and its standard everywhere
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Shawn
Oct 18, 2016 11:04am
@Shakir Ansari you usually go to police discuss and then clinic or clinic would call the police
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Ehsan Karim
Oct 18, 2016 01:48pm
"a number of MPA’s supporters gathered outside the police station in an alleged bid to pressurize the police not to register the case" You guys never know when it will be your turn. Very sad that common people not available to defend common people.
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A truthful Muslim
Oct 18, 2016 03:36pm
After a few months or years nobody will remember this news
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Lahori Kid
Oct 18, 2016 07:45pm
Its not really about the crimes being committed by the ordinary and the elite, its the double standard that being displayed, its nothing new. If the judiciary branch can set some good examples by convicting the alleged, it sure would gain a lot of respect for our justice system. The elite and the powerful have no fear, which tells me that they have no respect for law.
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Zak
Oct 19, 2016 01:05am
If PTI was in power, this criminal and cronies would have been in jail. Let's see what PML-N does?
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Sri1
Oct 19, 2016 01:22am
Time that all Pakistanis come out and protest to ensure that this MPA's son and shielding MPA to get their deserved harshest punishments. Remember how Indians compelled their government to take action with candle light vigils for Jessica Lal murder, for the Delhi Nirbhaya/Jyoti rape case to give exemplary punishments to the culprits? I remember Pakistanis also held a vigil for the latter, so please do the same for your own daughter.
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wse
Oct 19, 2016 10:38am
Clean up your country from gang rapists, punish the rapists severely and eliminate corruption at all levels. Clean up Pakistan's reputation internationally!
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KHAWAJA Imran
Oct 19, 2016 04:35pm
Justice to be Done without wasting any time. May CJ of SC take a suomoto action, too.
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Tariq khan
Oct 19, 2016 05:33pm
Different laws for poors and riches. Is it zamana e jaheliat?
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Najaf
Oct 19, 2016 06:10pm
PMLN and its members, raping, killing, robbing, stealing, forging, cheating, .... and yet punjab says labbaik, pathetic!
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Babar khan
Oct 19, 2016 07:02pm
Why has the chief minister yet not took action.
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Danish Rajpar
Oct 19, 2016 07:57pm
Great job by dpo
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ABDUL MUQTADIR
Oct 19, 2016 11:34pm
This is now 3 days old news and I do not see any follow up by this or any newspaper. Has this issue died sat the hands of the MPA?
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