LAHORE: Ms Tehmina Durrani, wife of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, is apparently taking a line different from the government’s on Kasur children sexual abuse scam by demanding that the case be referred to a military court.

In a rare political tweet from her Twitter account on Tuesday, she said: “Hand this entire mess to military courts for investigation coz the system is NOT to be trusted unless it is reformed.”

Her tweet echoes similar demands made by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, PML-Q, Pakistan Awami Tehreek and others.

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In an earlier tweet, Ms Durrani said “the civil government needs military help,” and that “this should not become an ego problem (as) it concerns the entire nation.”

She also does not seem satisfied with what Punjab law and parliamentary affairs minister Rana Sanaullah said on the issue in some TV talk shows as she tweeted: “Rana saheb should please stop embarrassing me.”

Expressing her utter disgust with the heinous act in yet another tweet, she supported a strict action against the suspects if found guilty by saying: “If I were PM or Punjab CM, in this case I would have become a dictator of the kind never imagined before.”

Ms Durrani – the author of three books -- My Feudal Lord, A Mirror to the Blind and Blasphemy – is followed by over 5,000 people on Twitter.

Published in Dawn, August 12th, 2015

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