THE Kasur incident came to light only after the media reported it. Many politicians tried to downplay this incident, while the names of the gang leaders have been hidden even from the media.

The brave media should also highlight the root cause of this incident. Since Pakistan has laws to stop such crimes, how is it possible that such acts have been going on in a village in Punjab, the most populated and developed province, for more than five years?

Do innocent Pakistani citizens have to hold protest rallies to get justice for their children only after being beaten by the same police who are tasked to protect them and stop such incidents?

The Kasur incident is disgusting and all the culprits, whether involved directly or indirectly should be severely punished irrespective of their status.

Rohail Khan

Peshawar

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THIS is apropos Hamza Hasan’s article ‘Untold truths’ (Aug23) .The writer has rightly highlighted the exigency of up dating the legistlation with regard to expanding the defination of child sexual abuse and enhancing the ambit of punishment to ward off such happenings like that of Kasur incident in future.

In our society the crime of sexual abuse of children often goes unreported as the victim’s family prefers to hide it. This encourages such criminals.

The need for awarding capital punishment to the perpetrators of this crime has now become inevitable to deter such crimes in future.For this purpose the relevant law be modified accordingly.

Hassan Afzaal

Karachi

Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2015

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