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A 17-year-old girl was raped and strangulated to death in Surjani Town, an area in the suburbs of Karachi, police and hospital officials told Dawn.
The body was recovered from an under-construction house in Sector 4D of the area.
The corpse was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for a post-mortem examination. The police surgeon, Dr Aijaz Khokar, confirmed the 17-year-old was raped and strangulated.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Surjani Town Sohrab Meo told Dawn that the girl had been identified via a mobile phone found with her at the crime scene. She was a resident of the North Karachi area of the metropolis.
Meo said that it appeared the girl was choked to death with her dupatta, which was also found from the crime scene.
The victim's family members told police that she had left home on Tuesday to attend a beautician's course but never returned.
Karachi-West SSP Investigation, Akhtar Farooq told Dawn that an investigation is underway. He added that they have got some clues and were working on them to unearth the identity of the culprit(s) involved in the rape-cum-murder of the teenager girl.
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Feb 01, 2017 06:16pm
I pray the culprits get caught and get harsh punishment.
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Feb 01, 2017 06:28pm
The police need to do their job and the perpetrator should be given the harshest punishment!
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Feb 01, 2017 06:23pm
No arrest has been made so far? poor law & orders situation causing these crimes.
Fed.& Provincial govt. should set an example to punish the culprits....
My apologies for the hard words...
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Feb 01, 2017 06:39pm
@Adil Jadoon
40% of our police performing the VIP & VVIP duties without proper rest food and accommodation. I have been through this ! The rest of 60% police is not enough to regulate law & order in Karachi.
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Feb 01, 2017 06:40pm
If a law is introduced to punish such perpetrators , then no one will ever dare to commit such crime, not even think about it.
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Feb 01, 2017 06:44pm
Find those who committed the crime and punish them in public place so it would be a big news and others will know what happens to those who rape and kill children in the society.
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Feb 01, 2017 06:46pm
With this police and law they will be out soon even if caught. Police is the root of corruption.
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Feb 01, 2017 06:48pm
Oh lord! Here we go again.
This is what we can expect from lack of effective government, police, courts and the public who have become so numb to the daily dose of criminality and horrors!
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Feb 01, 2017 06:54pm
This is the so called "Progress" the PM always talks about.
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Feb 01, 2017 06:58pm
I request Federal and Provincial Government of Pakistan to 'IMMEDIATELY' introduce and implement a Law that makes 'PUNISHMENT FOR RAPE' in Pakistan 'SO BRUTAL' that those who intend or even think about committing such crime, would get an unforgettable lesson in their lives!
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Feb 01, 2017 07:02pm
The strange thing I always notice is that our Mullahs never condemn such barbaric sexual violence against innocent Pakistani women and girls.
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Feb 01, 2017 07:09pm
I can't find words to express my feelings because lately there have been a lot of articles on such heinous crimes.
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Feb 01, 2017 07:20pm
@my Comments 100% agree.
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Feb 01, 2017 07:27pm
moral corruption .
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Feb 01, 2017 07:45pm
tauba tauba :/ the police should catch the barbarians and give the vigorous punishment.
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Feb 01, 2017 07:40pm
May she rest in peace. Sad how people and specially females are targeted when they go out of homes trying help their families. I pray for her. Culprit/s should get the punishment they deserve for this
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Feb 01, 2017 07:46pm
Poor Soul.. RIP.. catch the culprit/s..
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Feb 01, 2017 07:56pm
Where are the LEAs? Law and order is becoming worst in Urban Sindh. Street crimes are getting out of hands. Maximum punishment should be given to the culprits.
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Feb 01, 2017 07:58pm
As I said before, we have been on this track before (1970s) and we all know the end result.
Having said that I would like to add Pak is on the right track and the need of the hour is to strengthened laws and their implementation/enforcement, the police needs to be depoliticized so it protects law and order instead of rich, powerful, feudals etc and punishments must be carried out in order to deter the criminal/corrupt mind otherwise we will see that history will repeat again.
Pak needs to elect individuals that do not have any baggage because a corrupt or criminal person will never implement and enforce laws that will tomorrow come to haunt him/her or will put him/her in jail.
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Feb 01, 2017 08:05pm
For how long this will continue? We get notified only when something get to the press what about the thousand other? Rape has it's own definition not many people are aware of that.
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Feb 01, 2017 08:30pm
Unfortunately, this is Islamic Republic of Pakistan?
Is there any one among the Ulema to raise voice on this brutality?
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Feb 01, 2017 09:27pm
@The end is near The mullahs call for Shariah implementation that will include a befitting punishment for such crimes, but you lot don't accept that.
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Feb 01, 2017 10:15pm
This is only today's news. Tomorrow it will vanish from news papers and within next few days there will be another story like this with similar fate. Pakistanis as a nation have lost all its senses towards such crimes.
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Feb 01, 2017 10:19pm
NEED JUSTICE !!!!!
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Feb 01, 2017 10:42pm
How many??????????is there any one to check
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Feb 01, 2017 10:40pm
Karachi is fast going Delhi's way! Need to arrest the trend urgently.
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Feb 01, 2017 10:58pm
She was someone's daughter...someone's sister...can't imagine the pain these people would be going through
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Feb 01, 2017 11:05pm
Parents are at fault.
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Feb 01, 2017 11:11pm
The Area Police be held responsible until l the real culprit/s is brought to justice! Yes, I mean real culprit/s, and not an innocent victim of police brutality!
This case of Rape & Murder be taken up as "SUO MOTTO" by the competent court of Law and hold the Law Enforcement Agency (Police) squarely responsible for the heinous crime so committed by the brutes and beast.
The innocent girl, as it seems, had taken up beautician's course must be to it make a career and support the family; especially the aged old parents and younger siblings!
Let men and women live freely to perform their Moral, Legal and Social obligation!
To achieve such an objective, the administration and judiciary must play its assigned part to lend full legal support to all law abiding citizens to progress and prosper!
Let me once again emphasize that, no one can dare to commit such crime without backing of people in power and or position!
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Feb 01, 2017 11:20pm
really sad to hear that news!!!!!!!
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Feb 01, 2017 11:49pm
What a great tragedy? Where are the "movers and shakers" of Karachi?
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Feb 01, 2017 11:57pm
Shameful and painful
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Feb 02, 2017 12:48am
Heart breaking, a blossoming flower life shortened. R.I.P dear departed soul. Justice needs to be served!
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Feb 02, 2017 12:47am
This will be treated by the authorities as another casual murder in the city. The victim is not connected to any VIP, so let's all go home.
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Feb 02, 2017 01:43am
Hope they catch the culprits and show the face of these criminals so that the whole world can know who they are and where they come from. They along with their family should be shamed. My condolence to the girls family.
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Feb 02, 2017 02:27am
Unfortunately, rape and murder happen even in the richest countries. What we can hope, at least, is that the culprits should be punished and not escape due to "connections".
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Feb 02, 2017 02:33am
The police need to question men standing on the street near the beauty school everyday watching the women.
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Feb 02, 2017 03:24am
@Khan Blaming VIP again how about the culprit family friend come forward and hand over there love one to law. These type of cases only solved by inside information. And we people always cover our crimes and blame other. Rest In Peace little girl
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Feb 02, 2017 04:20am
And we were laughing at indias rapes! Rape is rape... heart goes to the little girl
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Feb 02, 2017 04:23am
so very sad. i'm sure police will be mindful that's it's a case of a teenager's brutal murder. i hope the culprits get caught and receive punishment for their heinous crime against an innocent young girl.
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Feb 02, 2017 04:35am
Utterly Shameful
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Feb 02, 2017 05:20am
@Jawad Khan Laws already exist!
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Feb 02, 2017 06:00am
Simple arithmetical question need simple numerical answer to know if we succeeded in controlling it or helped it to grow. How many cases of rape and murder have been registered during (a) PM Nawaz present tenure (b) during Zardari rule and during my bhaijan Musharraf rule? Who answers me? Iqbal Hadi Zaidi
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Feb 02, 2017 06:30am
Karachi is more becoming like india. Corrupted PPP and MQM have ruled Karachi.
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Feb 02, 2017 06:38am
They should have a databAse of all the fingerprints and even DNA for the residents of that area.
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Feb 02, 2017 06:44am
When you cant keep the public safe...it is only a matter of time the elite can no longer keep their children safe too.
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Feb 02, 2017 07:17am
@Jawad Khan What do you mean...? there is law against rape and murder.....nothing stops criminals except punishment.
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Feb 02, 2017 08:17am
This is the time for all those who consider themselves as Islamic law abiding Muslims to stand up and find the criminals who committed this heinous crime. A young gir has lost her life and we all are waiting for local authorities to do something?
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Feb 02, 2017 08:48am
I have seen Surjani's police station and their staff. They will do nothing but will demand money from the family of victim to lodge an FIR and further proceedings. This is how efficiently they will work.
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Feb 02, 2017 09:37am
We mourn for the innocent girl and the mindset of our men.
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Feb 02, 2017 11:31am
@The end is near What is the role of PM in this crime. This is the crime of an individual and such crimes happen in every country. Main thing is to catch the culprits and do speedy justice. If justice is done after years of the crime then its not effective to act as restrain for others.
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