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KARACHI: A minor girl was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed before being dumped in a deserted area of Karachi's Sachal Goth on Friday, according to police and hospital officials.
Officials said that the body of the seven-year-old girl was recovered from bushes near Abdullah Shah Ghazi Goth in the outskirts of Karachi.
The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for a postmortem.
“She was strangulated to death,” said additional police surgeon of the hospital, Dr Rohina Hasan.
“She was raped and subjected to sodomy also before being murdered,” the health official told Dawn.
He further said that the body bore marks of torture and added that the crime had taken place 10 to 12 hours before it was brought to the hospital around noon.
Sohrab Goth DSP Mohammad Khalid Khan said that the girl had gone missing from her residence in Abdullah Shah Ghazi Goth on Thursday.
The family had lodged her missing report at Sachal police station at around 9:30pm on Thursday and her body was found on Friday morning from a ditch surrounded by bushes near Al Azhar Garden residential complex.
The officer said that the police have started conducting raids and are hoping that the culprit(s) would be arrested soon.
Earlier in Feb, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl was raped before being strangled to death in Karachi.
Take a look: Toddler raped, strangled in Karachi
Last year in November, a six-year-old girl was strangled and dumped near a garbage heap in Quetta after being subjected to rape attempts.
Know more: Six-year-old Hazara girl murdered in Quetta after attempted rape
Rape is notoriously difficult to prosecute in Pakistan, where women are often treated as second-class citizens.
In April 2011, the Supreme Court had upheld the acquittal of five men sentenced to death in Pakistan's most famous rape case, that of Mukhtar Mai.
Mai was gang raped in 2002 on the orders of a village council as punishment, after her brother, who was aged just 12 at the time, was accused of having illicit relations with a woman from a rival clan.
A local court had sentenced six men to death, but a higher court acquitted five of them in March 2005, and commuted the sentence for the main accused, Abdul Khaliq, to life imprisonment.
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Jul 31, 2015 04:50pm
Sad poor girl, these criminals must be like beast who do not leave minor, RIP poor soul.
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Jul 31, 2015 04:51pm
Unspeakable horror...poor little girl suffered so much from this evil guy. I hope he gets caught and suffers for this appalling act.
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Jul 31, 2015 04:53pm
Hardly any operation done in the troubled no go areas of Karachi like Sorabh Goat, Katti Pahari, Pahalwan goat, Sheeren Jinnah Colony, Pak Colony etc.
Where are the LEAs? Oh I see they are busy raiding peaceful residential areas and arresting political workers of a particular party. Great job. Sorry I asked
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Jul 31, 2015 05:09pm
we have kept boys and girls separated, how can men learn to accept women as human.
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Jul 31, 2015 05:09pm
Horrendous act. These criminals are not even counted as animals. Terribly sad for the poor girl. God bless this country.
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Jul 31, 2015 05:09pm
@Sab Se Pehle Pakistan .... I know what is your intention, DO NOT POLITICIZE THIS HEART BLEEDING INCIDENT. You will find similar beasts in other part of city or other part of the world also and this has to do with our diminishing religious and social values. Culprit should be given exemplary punishment, no matter which area, group, religion or race he belongs to. This can be very well done by someone very close to family and that poor girl was shut forever, so she can not witness against culprits. Give exemplary Islamic punishments to rapists and then I will see who would want to rape anyone anymore.
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Jul 31, 2015 05:12pm
Terrible !!!
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Jul 31, 2015 05:14pm
For once catch the culprits and give them exemplary punishment. Yet to see rape criminals sentenced and hung for their crimes.
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Jul 31, 2015 05:15pm
We live in a jungle filled with savage beasts!!
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Jul 31, 2015 05:15pm
@Sab Se Pehle Pakistan
Well said. 100% agreed.
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Jul 31, 2015 05:15pm
After some years when her killers and rapists would be sentenced to death, then the so-called human rights organisations and even the United nations' secretary general would demand to set these cruels free. Shame on them.
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Jul 31, 2015 05:17pm
What do they see in a 7 year old child... Sick !
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Jul 31, 2015 05:21pm
capture them and in front of public do stoning till death.
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Jul 31, 2015 05:24pm
We need justice for her. I urge govt and ministries to get involved in this dirty crime. we need to see criminals hanged! not acceptable at all. such people are psyco's must be stopped cause they will keep doing it
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Jul 31, 2015 05:34pm
It's just sickening. Such cowards should be hung to death while their private parts are tortured.
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Jul 31, 2015 05:36pm
Pakistani citizens should protest like Indians did in delhi rape against these monsters
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Jul 31, 2015 05:41pm
Sad very sad!!!!
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Jul 31, 2015 05:42pm
We live in a sick and Pervert society.
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Jul 31, 2015 05:43pm
Sadly culprit will not be caught and punished, the whole system consist of bribery and rape etc., and the society accepts it so....!!!
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Jul 31, 2015 05:50pm
Parents must not let the children interact or stay alone with drivers,servants and even outsiders who they consider their associates.
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Jul 31, 2015 05:50pm
We are a sick nation with weak justice system in place
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Jul 31, 2015 05:51pm
And then we wonder why our situation does not improve! Do we really believe these incidents have no affect on society as a whole, and does not show the world what we really are made up of?
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Jul 31, 2015 05:53pm
A man 25 to 45 years of age, not a boy, is responsible. He has possibly done this before and will most likely do it again. He probably chose his very young victim because she was less likely to make noise or try and run away. He tortured her because he hates women, or women in control. He is most likely to continue until caught. He may have an automobile and might not live anywhere near the girl's home. Unfortunately it is not difficult for these offenders to lure small girls away with them.
That is the profile.
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Jul 31, 2015 05:54pm
Horrendous act of barbarism!! And when we hang such individuals, human rights sympathizers; both national and international, come along the way out of nowhere.
May the little soul rest in peace.
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Jul 31, 2015 05:55pm
How sick can one be, one and half year old girl raped earlier Feb!!!!! hope they die brutally... Sick people.
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Jul 31, 2015 06:05pm
In lillahi wa in ilayhe rajioun. V depressing news.
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Jul 31, 2015 06:06pm
I feel sorry for her and her family cuz Pakistan has no justice system. The family has to take matters in their hands not rely on Pakistan justice system.
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Jul 31, 2015 06:10pm
@Cyrus
this is sickness. Violence against children.
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Jul 31, 2015 06:14pm
We need to revisit our laws. They need to be made very tough. We need to understand why this criminal/s did what they did. These criminal/s should be prosecuted to the highest extent of laws. Meanwhile the family of this girl needs our support in every respect.
We also need to look into our mental health delivery system. Drug addiction also needs to be addressed.
We cannot have it both ways. Claim to be an Islamic Republic and let such heinous acts happen in our society.
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Jul 31, 2015 06:15pm
I suggest that the media should cover the story till the culprits are apprehended and also reveal their faces to public. Let the people see how monsters look likes in human skin.
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Jul 31, 2015 06:22pm
No words for this cruelty. Speechless
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Jul 31, 2015 06:26pm
Every society has inhumane people.
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Jul 31, 2015 06:33pm
This is horrible beyond words.Death for the culprit
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Jul 31, 2015 06:34pm
The government is responsible for such a mess.
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Jul 31, 2015 06:50pm
and then we take pride calling ourselves the best of the species(Humans), we aren't no more i believe.
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Jul 31, 2015 06:58pm
Am so sorry to hear this and I pray for her family
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Jul 31, 2015 06:58pm
We are degrading ourselves.
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Jul 31, 2015 07:09pm
"And Pakistan police force is unable to find these inhuman criminals." The usual...
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Jul 31, 2015 07:13pm
@Pakistani
Don't get me wrong. My heart cries for this incident and that is exactly the reason why I am furious at our LEAs. The culprit who should receive maximum punishment.
I was only trying to point out that our biased and politicized partisan LEAs are ignoring the areas where the real criminals are hiding and roaming freely. Such crimes are being commited in the city and the LEAs are busy settling personal scores.
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Jul 31, 2015 07:14pm
Until unless its a india centric issue, we do not bother to react. Shame on us.
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Jul 31, 2015 07:22pm
Maximum punishment should be given to the criminal so that no one dares to think about commiting such a crime in future. My heart cries for the little girl and her family.
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Jul 31, 2015 07:32pm
@pakistani i concur
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Jul 31, 2015 07:45pm
Government should put CCTV in all major trouble areas of Karachi.
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Jul 31, 2015 08:14pm
The rapists must be tortured and killed in the same manner!!!!
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Jul 31, 2015 08:15pm
@Numan
You mean Rape doesnt happen in India?
Rapists are sick people.
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Jul 31, 2015 08:17pm
What a sad and shameful act! All political leaders are busy in their own power game and none have the time to ponder and think what happened to this poor girl and how get justice for her parents.
Very Sad!
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Jul 31, 2015 08:18pm
Reason for frustration is our society has made nikkah difficult for the youth. TV Drama serials has no lessons just glamour. Criminals can easily get away due to poor judiciary system.
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Jul 31, 2015 08:27pm
@Pakistani - Exactly...well said!
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Jul 31, 2015 08:53pm
Extremely saddening and distressing.
Such episodes occur in India too.
Psychos can be found anywhere
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Jul 31, 2015 08:57pm
Being a Pakistani I felt shamful..
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Jul 31, 2015 09:01pm
It is very shameful act and scary for so many parents.
It appears that Karachi is on the verge of following the standard path of Delhi.
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Jul 31, 2015 09:12pm
How can someone be so cruel? Ah!
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Jul 31, 2015 09:20pm
parents should b vigilant all the time don't let go their kids to get close with any far related people , they hunt little girls because they are easily catch able culprit should be given maximum torturous punishment should be hang till death in public place it will be a lesson for others too
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Jul 31, 2015 09:36pm
Terrible, simply terrible. To think of what that innocent girl must have gone through is enough to make us weep in despair.
Such incidents keep happening in India.
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Jul 31, 2015 09:36pm
So who owns Karachi now...poor Karachiites...suffering from PPP, MQM, ANP and other diseases...Death is imminent...and so the judgement...
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Jul 31, 2015 09:40pm
These criminals all over the world, they should hang to death immediately
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Jul 31, 2015 10:03pm
Justice we need!
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Jul 31, 2015 10:25pm
Sad may her soul rest in peace.Its a problem faced in Indian subcontinent we need to do something about it pornography , sexual content should be abolished , sexual website should be banned , boys should be educated right from childhood importance a girl plays in one life be it a mother, sister, wife unless we as men dont acknowledge their value this problem will continue to stay
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Jul 31, 2015 10:31pm
Rapists have no religion and these animals are present in all countries and all religions and all societies, Pakistanis please do not jump up and down if this happens in India or any other country by saying Pakistan is land of pure. Who ever done this is most inhuman on the earth.
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Jul 31, 2015 11:54pm
Now where is Karachi operation???
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Jul 31, 2015 11:56pm
Ministry don't take into consideration the issues related to the layman in Pakistan....
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Aug 01, 2015 12:17am
@Ather They are sick beasts, not worthy of being called humans. I wish and pray they die a very very very painful death.
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Aug 01, 2015 12:42am
@Sab Se Pehle Pakistan.. Agree with you..
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Aug 01, 2015 01:59am
@Haider Rehman Bro, where did Numan say anything about India? Why bring nations, cultures, religions into these kind of horrendous crimes. It's we men and the beast within us men, which is responsible for these kind of acts. Peace.
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Aug 01, 2015 02:54am
@kh agree with you all the way
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Aug 01, 2015 04:56am
Worst Than Animals!!!
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Aug 02, 2015 02:28am
Exemplary punishment Just exemplary punishment .
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Aug 02, 2015 03:24am
@Sajjad The whole world agrees with you.
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Aug 02, 2015 03:25am
@Zafar Ahmed You are so right.
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