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A 17-year-old hearing impaired girl's father on Thursday pardoned her rapist in a Gujjar Khan sessions court.
According to the police, Munir Ahmed had filed a complaint in police station (PS) Gujar Khan, against a man on February 6, 2016.
In his complaint, Ahmed said that while he originally belonged to Khairpur Tehsil, District Muzaffargarh, he and his family were presently residing at the mansion of Chaudhry Fida Hussain of Gujar Khan. His duty was to take care of Chaudhry’s cattle.
According to the complaint, Ahmed along with his brother, nephews and daughter, was returning from the fields when he heard his daughter scream.
As Ahmed and the other men rushed back, they saw that the accused was sexually assaulting the girl. Once he saw the men the suspect ran off, the initial police report said.
According to the police, the girl was then taken to District Headquarters Hospital in Gujjar Khan for a medical exam, and while the exam proved that there was rape, no DNA samples were taken to identify the suspect.
Sub-inspector Police Nadeem Ahmed, who was initially in charge of the case, told DawnNews that they did everything possible to search for the suspect but he was never found at the time.
The police even widened its search to Kallar Syedan and Jehlum but were unsuccessful in capturing the accused, the sub-inspector said.
Once Nadeem Ahmed was transferred, Sub-inspector Arif was made in charge of the case.
Speaking to DawnNews on the matter Arif said that he had continued looking for the suspect but he had remained an absconder for the past two years until he came to the sessions court one day to procure interim bail.
During the same hearing, the girl's father took the stand and said that he had pardoned the suspect. Ahmad also said that he had registered the complaint against the suspect by mistake and now wanted to withdraw it.
According to eyewitnesses at the court, the 17-year-old hearing impaired girl was crying in court while her father pardoned the suspect.
Talking to DawnNews, Ahmad said that he was made to sign the affidavit by "influential elders" of the area and did not even know what was written in it.
He also said that he belonged to a poor family, while the suspect was a relative of the family he worked for.
According to the police, they will call the suspect a convict in their final report and then leave him to the court's mercy.
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Feb 03, 2018 11:20am
Makes complete sense. Not that father has pardoned the rapist, no one should say anything
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Feb 03, 2018 11:23am
The poor continues to be expoited. This pardon mechanism is regularly bein misused by rich & powerful.
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Feb 03, 2018 11:25am
Can a rapist be pardoned. How on earth father of a 17 years old girl can pardon the accused. No one can heal the wounds of the girl that will remain with her till she dies. This is criminal on part of father if he pardons the rapist.
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Feb 03, 2018 11:25am
Arrest those influential elders and punish them so severely that no one in Pakistan for st least 10 years try to do such heinous crime.
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Feb 03, 2018 11:31am
End this stupid pardoning system. Especially when on one side is a poor family and on other side are influential people.
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Feb 03, 2018 11:33am
How can a criminal in such a case be pardoned? It is a crime to be decided by the courts alone and no person including the victim is permitted to pardon the accused.
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Feb 03, 2018 11:35am
Shame on such corrupt system and police.
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Feb 03, 2018 11:47am
Shame on Pakistan
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Feb 03, 2018 11:49am
Pardon by force should not be accepted.
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Feb 03, 2018 11:50am
This is what happens when a country is governed by Sharia. Rapists will roam free
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Feb 03, 2018 11:51am
How can someone pardon a rapist?
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Feb 03, 2018 11:52am
These tribal areas become nuisance for the country
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Feb 03, 2018 12:01pm
#NotAllMen
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Feb 03, 2018 12:01pm
There has been too much pardoning. Now there must be some action against such criminals who move around freely ruining innocent peoples lives. It will take a gargantuan effort to reform the police. Salams
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Feb 03, 2018 12:09pm
@Adnan Mazher Khan you never know what were the circumstances under which he pardoned him. They must have been threatened for dire consequences.
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Feb 03, 2018 12:14pm
@sana yeah right
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Feb 03, 2018 12:14pm
did father raped that he is pardoning the rapist ?? Is it the 17 years old girl who has the authority to do so. Further isn't it the state responsibility to punish the rapist ?
The whole story sums up the law and order situation in the country and misuse of islamic laws.
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Feb 03, 2018 12:15pm
Shameful incident and shame on us for supporting such abysmal system..no wonder this is a failed state
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Feb 03, 2018 12:16pm
travesty of justice continues - very sad indeed
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Feb 03, 2018 12:17pm
Pardon?? for what?? How that man as a father would face her daughter, deep wounds on her mind would remain fresh till her last moments. Lawlessness is at peak, Poor has no way to go in this society. I see her father part of this crime now.
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Feb 03, 2018 12:18pm
We need to make exemplary punishments to get rid of this heinous crime..
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Feb 03, 2018 12:19pm
Pakistan is an ideal country for criminals.
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Feb 03, 2018 12:34pm
What kind of minds are we developing with depressing news like this every other day?
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Feb 03, 2018 12:40pm
It is zina bil jabar, no one can pardon him not even girl, even if they want to.
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Feb 03, 2018 12:50pm
Another proud moment for concept of justice in. Pakistan. It is definitely the land of the pure'
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Feb 03, 2018 12:51pm
Humanity at its lowest in our country. No morals, no sympathies, no feelings. Whoever is powerful and influential can do anything they want in this country. Shame!!!!!
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Feb 03, 2018 12:53pm
"He also said that he belonged to a poor family, while the suspect was a relative of the family he worked for."
That says it all.
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Feb 03, 2018 12:56pm
What a country.
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Feb 03, 2018 12:57pm
What's wrong with pakistan
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Feb 03, 2018 01:02pm
Cannot blame the poor father. He needs to save the remaining family. Our system offers no protection to the poor. We expect too much from them. My vote will be for the party that abolished the pardon rule.
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Feb 03, 2018 01:05pm
Doesnt matter what the father says.A crime has been committed and it is the responsibility of the state to provide justice and protection to the victim.
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Feb 03, 2018 01:11pm
@Raj
This has nothing to do with Sharia.
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Feb 03, 2018 01:18pm
Family members should not have right to pardon the offenders. This right should be with the abused person.
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Feb 03, 2018 01:20pm
Make it a crime against the state and make the state take it up, regardless of what the parents say.
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Feb 03, 2018 01:22pm
Court should any way take suo moto cognizance of the matter and annul the pardon given by father under pressure. A rapist has to be punished as per law. No pardon business here.
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Feb 03, 2018 01:29pm
rubbish..state shoud prosecute and punish ..
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Feb 03, 2018 01:29pm
Need to end pardons, there are being used. How did the police not arrest a rapist for 2 years......shame on the police and the entire system if this man gets away with tjis.
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Feb 03, 2018 01:31pm
There is a higher court that one has to face at the end of their life. There are no pardons in that court.
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Feb 03, 2018 01:32pm
This silly pardoning must stop and punish the suspects.
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Feb 03, 2018 01:41pm
@Adnan Mazher Khan Father was forced to pardon & forced to signe paper which he did not read ,either was not allowed to read Or war not literate
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Feb 03, 2018 01:45pm
This pardoning system needs to be abolished. Besides the fact that the father is doing a great injustice to the daughter by pardoning the suspect, the suspect will remain a threat to society and probably repeat such incidences in future. Instead of our general reactive approach to everything maybe we need to be proactive and put away these useless good-for-nothing menaces to society for life!
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Feb 03, 2018 01:47pm
Rape of a minor is a matter of State not an individual. Father probably dont have a right to forgive.
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Feb 03, 2018 01:48pm
This agreement between the parties is a sort of a confessional statement. the authorities should take note of that and. and rape is not pardonable as per Pakistani Laws
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Feb 03, 2018 01:51pm
@Raj Pardoning is not allowed in rape and zinah cases as per shariah, Shariah is not implemented in pakistan
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Feb 03, 2018 01:52pm
This pardon law is to ensure rich and influential can do anything with other people’s life. Poor people have similar rights as cattles do.
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Feb 03, 2018 01:54pm
@Aaftab
What r u trying to say....
Would you say if this happens to your near and dear ones.... crime is a crime... no one is above the law... please come out of such ghetto mentality...
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Feb 03, 2018 01:56pm
All crimes should be against state and society and no one should have right to pardon.
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Feb 03, 2018 01:59pm
Pardoning?! Only courts should have that power
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Feb 03, 2018 02:01pm
Never heard a rich has ever pardoned a poor specially for a heinous crime like rape..it is not the father but the girl who has been the victim..what right the society or father has to pardon anyone...Violators cannot live with the truth: survivors cannot live without it. There are those who still, once again, are poised to invalidate and deny us. If we don't assert our truth, it may again be relegated to fantasy. But the truth won't go away. It will keep surfacing until it is recognized. Truth will outlast any campaigns mounted against it, no matter how mighty, clever, or long. It is invincible. It's only a matter of which generation is willing to face it and, in so doing, protect future generations from this heinous abuse....let us make poverty and helpless as being used for curse...
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Feb 03, 2018 02:08pm
@Adnan Mazher Khan Father is not the victim; it's the girl. Father's pardon has no value ...
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Feb 03, 2018 02:17pm
@Adnan Mazher Khan
Great sir , this was not a crime against father , this was crime against a girl , the father has no right of pardoning
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Feb 03, 2018 02:17pm
Obscene & unacceptable, how could you pardon such monstrosity. Wrong, state should step in and get everybody back in court who made the father sign the pardon.
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Feb 03, 2018 02:27pm
why pardon on such crimes , if the victim, pardon the accuser it is his personal wish , bu the state must award him punishment.
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Feb 03, 2018 02:33pm
Pathetic !!!
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Feb 03, 2018 02:40pm
And there are talks going on to implement Sharia ... all the best pakistan
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Feb 03, 2018 02:45pm
@Faraz so what is ur police and judiciary doing? Where are ur islamic scholars who want sharia law in ur country.
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Feb 03, 2018 02:47pm
Good.
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Feb 03, 2018 02:48pm
Safe heaven for all **ists. Read rapists, terrorists, jihadists, extremists....
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Feb 03, 2018 02:50pm
Thank you DAWN for giving this attention!!!
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Feb 03, 2018 02:52pm
@Aaftab Do you ave a daughter?
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Feb 03, 2018 02:52pm
@SHAHID SATTAR
Agreed
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Feb 03, 2018 02:56pm
@amna If you are a Pakistani or your parents are Pakistani then it means shame on you and your parents as well. It is you and me who make Pakistan. Pakistan is not some entity that we say shame on it. It is the people who make a country. So Shame on you and me and all Pakistanis. But merely saying shame on someone would not solve anything, we have a problem and we need to find a solution. And the problem is the system that you and me have devised that needs to be corrected, so no culprit should go unpunished.
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Feb 03, 2018 02:58pm
Certain crime like rape, killing, terrorism etc should be declared crimes against state and individuals and families should not have powers to Pardoned the culprits. There is need of change in law. It's the role of lawmakers.
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Feb 03, 2018 03:03pm
Father has no right to pardon the rapist-
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Feb 03, 2018 03:03pm
He can rape anyone or even kill anyone as long as he can pay the blood money ? WHAT A SYSTEM!
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Feb 03, 2018 03:08pm
@Khanm "Never heard a rich has ever pardoned a poor specially for a heinous crime like rape." That says it all. These pardons are obtained under duress of threats and/or with monetary incentives,
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Feb 03, 2018 03:09pm
@Aaftab you are crazy. Do you have any feelings for the victim . She must get justice The father was forced to pardon the assailant by influential people .
The one that suffered and will suffer all her life is the poor girl .
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Feb 03, 2018 03:10pm
Punjab government should immediately take stern action against the perpetrators who involved in this gruesome incident rather than apex court take suo motu .
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Feb 03, 2018 03:12pm
When the Government cannot provide protection to innocent people , when the government cannot protect the children and women of its society . It does not deserve to be a government .
We will have to impose penalties like the Saudis. To get rid of this terrorism against the innocent children .
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Feb 03, 2018 03:14pm
This pardon calls for another suo moto of the CJP.
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Feb 03, 2018 03:18pm
as long as these feudal 'lords' are there, the exploiting of the poor at the hands of the former will remain undeterred.....
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Feb 03, 2018 03:19pm
How can he or anyone else, especially on behalf of someone else, forgive someone for rape?
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Feb 03, 2018 03:21pm
Thanks Jinnah for diving country and taking people with ston age along..
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Feb 03, 2018 03:26pm
@Juwad “Nothing to do with Shariah” is too broad a statement. Please read Diyyat under Qisas. Qisas is crime against an individual/family. Family can ask for equal punishment or compensation. This also means family can ask for zero compensation and no punishment which is nothing but pardon. Pakistan doesn’t follow Shariah but this law closely matches provisions within Shariah.
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Feb 03, 2018 03:29pm
This pardoning law needs to change
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Feb 03, 2018 03:29pm
Money talks.
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Feb 03, 2018 03:33pm
What a pity !!.
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Feb 03, 2018 03:34pm
State has to take its responsibility to deliver complete justice to this innocent special 17 years old daughter is a poor man coerced into 'pardon'.
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Feb 03, 2018 03:36pm
Whats Happing In Our Country.Its To Much Now
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Feb 03, 2018 03:39pm
Truly Banana Islamic state We are . Why should father has to pardon the rapist? it is victims has to say
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Feb 03, 2018 03:40pm
Firstly the concept of pardon doesn’t make sense, if a rapist is proven guilty he should be punished no matter whosoever pardons.
The father has no right to pardon on behalf of his daughter, it’s just stupid
Only the person who is raped has the right to pardon if you really want to ask someone if they want to pardon or not.
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Feb 03, 2018 03:41pm
@svc Shariah is the only solution for hereafter.
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Feb 03, 2018 03:41pm
Glad that I left Pakistan. It is a hell on earth for women and children.
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Feb 03, 2018 03:45pm
@Adnan Mazher Khan Please read the complete news. It states he was made to sign the document by the influential people of area.
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Feb 03, 2018 03:46pm
Finish this pardon game and punish the culprit. Justice delayed is Justice denied
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Feb 03, 2018 04:06pm
This poor man cannot fight influential, the courts should go all out to help these helpless
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Feb 03, 2018 04:19pm
Sir
Perfect example of miscarriage of justice!!
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Feb 03, 2018 04:26pm
Where is justice in this matter?
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Feb 03, 2018 04:27pm
Nobody should have rights to pardon a rapist and a murderer ! This is insane and a mockery of Islamic laws !
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Feb 03, 2018 04:28pm
The father and the rapist both should be arrested and punished -
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Feb 03, 2018 04:28pm
@Aaftab
I hope you are being sarcastic. This is not justice. She suffered and got no justice. Who is the dad to pardon someone who did her harm.
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Feb 03, 2018 04:29pm
@SHAHID SATTAR
Good point Shahid. Cops should file charges anyway and get justice for this poor girl
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Feb 03, 2018 04:33pm
@Aaftab What about that the poor girl, is she not a person, where are her human rights!! Shame on you.
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Feb 03, 2018 04:43pm
Pardon is at human being level, not at the court level. Hope the court doesnt pardon.
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Feb 03, 2018 04:49pm
What an idiotic law and a mockery of justice. The prosecution is in the name of the state - no one can pardon anyone, unless it’s the constitutional head of the state. Can you folks understand this concept?
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Feb 03, 2018 04:49pm
State needs to act swiftly and sternly.
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Feb 03, 2018 05:10pm
user comments are against pardoning of the perpetrators of such heinous crime.. so their is HOPE for Pakistan.. Root of the evil is the feudalism.. get hold of it.. bring each and every person howsoever high & mighty under the law of the land.. AND you will have a just & progressing society & country.
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Feb 03, 2018 05:19pm
Blood money and pardoning are tribal-era practices! Move to modern world to save your world!
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Feb 03, 2018 05:35pm
"Forced to Pardon".
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Feb 03, 2018 05:48pm
How can a father pardon?? The girl suffered but father can pardon.. stupid rules
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Feb 03, 2018 05:54pm
Insane
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Feb 03, 2018 06:12pm
@Pakistani
You are absolutely right.
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Feb 03, 2018 06:16pm
Pakistan is a victim of "Pardon" theory.No rich has pardon a poor but the poor always pardon the rich.Get rid of this theory.
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Feb 03, 2018 06:33pm
@Raj Sharia has nothing to do with this case educate your self and this will free you 1st!
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Feb 03, 2018 06:34pm
It is our misfortune to have such influential elders.
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Feb 03, 2018 06:37pm
the laws around pardons should be looked into
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Feb 03, 2018 06:41pm
The victim was the girl, not the father - it isn't his place to forgive. The court should carry on the proceedings and issue appropriate punishment.
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Feb 03, 2018 06:43pm
The rapist must be punished and the people who forced the father to sign must also go to jail.
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Feb 03, 2018 07:20pm
What a sad story. Poverty is the mother of all pardons. Feel bad for the disabled girl. she will live two disabilities now. The guy who did it and his handlers will pay the price eventually. Another story of bad governance and signs of a failed state.
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Feb 03, 2018 07:22pm
Rape is different then murder, qisas law can not be abused here. This is not father's case anymore, local authorities have to take action now.
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Feb 03, 2018 07:24pm
So basically anyone can get away with a crime as long as they have enough money to but out the victim.
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Feb 03, 2018 07:33pm
@Adnan Mazher Khan Are you that stupid? I feel distraught at people like you who accuse the victim;s families of granting pardon to their much powerful adversaries. What are they supposed to do, get the family killed? Have their hands chopped off, have them murdered one by one in front of their eyes.
Have our laws in the past protected the poor for them to go for any other option other than pardon? Either people like you should furnish such people with equal amounts of weaponry and authority as their adversaries carry or understand their miseries before you point fingers at them!
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Feb 03, 2018 07:48pm
Mr. Aftab. Would it makes sense to pardon, if same happens to your daughter?
No justice in Pakistan for poor people, justice delayed in itself is justice denied.
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Feb 03, 2018 07:53pm
@Aaftab iit was the girl who got raped not his father.
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Feb 03, 2018 07:58pm
This is not pardon but rather surrendering to the pressure of influentials and powerful ! There should be no mercy , no pardons and capital punishment for rapists !
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Feb 03, 2018 08:01pm
The poor always suffer in Pakistani society
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Feb 03, 2018 08:07pm
State should come forward to protect the vulnerable!
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Feb 03, 2018 08:21pm
@Adnan Mazher Khan Understand that father signed under duress. The court should reject that pardon and hold the influentials accountable for this crime. Poor people are exploited but the exploiters have a much higher court to answer to lest they forget. Sorry for the girl and family. This emotional torture is not pardonable.
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Feb 03, 2018 08:24pm
I can't believe how shameful this is. and where people like Aaftab get their morals!!!
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Feb 03, 2018 08:33pm
Father is not the one who got raped who is he to decided forgive or not? He was forced into it please catch and punish culprit immediately!!
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Feb 03, 2018 08:39pm
And what about the hospital that confirmed assault but not take DNA sample? Was it also influenced by the rich?
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Feb 03, 2018 08:54pm
@Aaftab what right has the father to pardon. The victim is an asult and should be the one to decide. And dont forget she is handicapped, which makes it worse
Such thinking is a blot on us and makes the problem worse
i dont understand how you have reached this view.
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Feb 03, 2018 08:57pm
@Nasir A. but the it is the duty of the court and the system and establishment and the law agencies to protect the family
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Feb 03, 2018 09:01pm
@Baba the punish these "Influential" people are they more powerful than the law and state - or they think of themselves as the law and state
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Feb 03, 2018 09:05pm
Ask the daughter if she wants the rapist pardoned - it is HER RIGHT, and HER RIGHT ONLY, to decide whether or not to pardon.
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Feb 03, 2018 09:07pm
@ARIF , This is not the qurstion if pardon was given under any oressure. The question is, should father have a right to pardon the criminal??
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Feb 03, 2018 09:39pm
I am confused. Was the father or daughter raped? or can one pardon on behalf of another?
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Feb 03, 2018 10:52pm
I know that Dawn cannot include everyone's comments, but I am speaking here for several people, all of whom have been touched for many, many years by the country and its people.
Words cannot express how sad and disturbing it is to see these kinds of articles appearing so frequently. What about the poor victim? What kind of future will she have? She will be scarred for life, barring any professional help. Dawn is certainly doing its part by exposing these kinds of incidents. Hopefully, action will be taken.
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Feb 03, 2018 11:09pm
It does not matter whether the father has pardoned the accused, in the eyes of the law, the perpetrator must still be tried and if convicted, punished. We need to get out of this tribal mentality.
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Feb 03, 2018 11:16pm
The father can pardon him ....but the State must never pardon a rapist.
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Feb 03, 2018 11:16pm
Will the victim forgive both father and the rapist?
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Feb 03, 2018 11:17pm
This is a crime against the state, father can not pardon the accused. This is what we do in Canada.
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Feb 04, 2018 12:09am
Disgusting....no father would do that. This is pressure and he is a simple poor man
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Feb 04, 2018 12:13am
Here is a terrible example of pardoning, the crime is not only committed against the victim, it is also committed against the state (meaning people). The accused is a threat to the society, more so, if he is set free without conviction and punishment.
All these legislation to allow Nawaz Sharif to become president of pmln and more on.. is not the necessity of the people of Pakistan.. what people need is the legislation where criminals are not set free just because victim's family is pardoning under pressure... I feel sorry for the victim and the people who will have to live with these criminals who belong in jail..
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Feb 04, 2018 01:22am
Rape is not a pardonable offence. The victim's father is complicit. He is not the victim. That he has sided with the rapists family makes him guilty of failing to protect his daughter. Along with the rapist family the court should punish the father too. Only then, will rape be seen as a crime.
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Feb 04, 2018 01:45am
Wrong pardon. The victim cannot decide for herself so state has to decide for this heinous crime.
This criminal would do another crime and another lady would be his victim.
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Feb 04, 2018 02:18am
Reading this reminds that similar crimes occur all over the world and women bear the burden of atrocities of men who really are the rulers. The various terminology created to describe, define, use of force against the will of women and deliberately created complexities in arriving at conclusions adds to the vulnerability of victims. Lets not single out Pakistan. Check the stats for sexual crimes all over. You'd find European and American on top. This of no comfort to people of Pakistan. The last nail in the coffin of civility, justice, law and order, are rich and powerful.
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Feb 04, 2018 03:04am
@Aaftab the father does not have the right to pardon the accused, he is criminal and should be punished for his crime
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Feb 04, 2018 03:09am
The right to pardon should be revoked.
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Feb 04, 2018 03:37am
@Rehan May be poor using kids as a source of earning. Don’t blame one side poor have more street power than rich
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Feb 04, 2018 03:58am
Honestly speaking, give exemplary punishment to that influential person.....,
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Feb 04, 2018 04:21am
This is more or less the story of every rape incident in Punjab rural areas. Cases often never even get to registration stage in legal system. Affected girls and families are forced into pardons and so forth.
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Feb 04, 2018 05:47am
@Juwad then what is this pardon business? It does not make sense as per the justice system of civilized countries!
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Feb 04, 2018 06:08am
Pardon or not. Law should take its course and proceed to convict and punish the rapist
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Feb 04, 2018 06:15am
The father has no right to pardon a rape.Now the known rapist is free to continue rape as well.
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Feb 04, 2018 06:33am
@Adnan Mazher Khan he have no right to pardon. There is pardon for murder but not for rape what I know.
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Feb 04, 2018 06:36am
@asad pardoning should not be allowed in any case. If that loophole exist. The law only targets the poor . The rich and powerful will always enjoy above law. Is this concept so tough to understand?
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Feb 04, 2018 06:44am
Given that we have diyat and on the other hand the victim/s or their family can pardon the accused culprit, is there a way "state" can go around to try these criminals without compromising Sharia laws? The entire situation of rape crimes is getting so disgusting and out of hand that unless and until state acts in a serious way the rapists seem to be winning and the number of rape victims are on the rise with no reprieve for the victims.
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Feb 04, 2018 07:00am
@Faisal
Agree with you. Certain crimes (or all criminal offenses) should be considered as crimes against the society as a whole and therefore full force of the law must be applied to achieve justice. If there is to be provision for pardoning than it must be among equals - so in a scenario where the pardon is granted by a poor man to a rich man; it can only happen if the rich man gives up half his net worth go make the poor man equal so that the 'poor' man can grant the pardon.
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Feb 04, 2018 07:14am
@Aaftab Are you kidding me. This makes any sense to you? The father was made to pardon the rapist! It is the first and foremost duty of the state to protect the lives, honor and properties of its citizens and if can't do that it should be replaced. A minor was raped and her rapist should be punished!
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Feb 04, 2018 07:43am
@Adnan Mazher Khan This is definitely not a criminal action on the part of a father, who himself, reported the matter, in the first place. Being a father, it is also his duty, to protect, rest of his family. Did, someone check, how can, a person live in a bears den.
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Feb 04, 2018 08:24am
Hello! Wake up! Stop succumbing to pressure. "Influential elders" can be resisted!
Man up and say NO!
How could any man forgive his daughter's rapists? How can it be considered legal when it was coerced?Shouldn't any forgiveness or lack thereof be up to the victim herself?
The laws need to be changed ASAP.
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Feb 04, 2018 08:24am
A strange law. man commits a heinous crime. Proved guilty ,the guardian pardons him..1) Has the guardian /parents any right to pardon a convict where the affectee is someone else. ? 2) Is it only breach of the individual or state s writ as well? If state law has also been breached only the state should 've the right to punish or pardon him.
In a case a man killed two persons. The crime couldn't be proved in court and the accused were set free. Now the question rises whom to be blamed or punished or the matter over?
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Feb 04, 2018 07:57pm
How can the father pardon the rapist?
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Feb 04, 2018 09:59pm
@Aaftab Who gave this father the power to pardon the rapist? Must have been money that provided the 'power'.
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Feb 04, 2018 10:17pm
@Adnan Mazher Khan You are right. Father has no moral right to pardon the rapist of his daughter, legality is different issue, its only recourse should be to judge. The law must up hold the right of the victim.
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Feb 04, 2018 10:45pm
@Aaftab Father pardoned under duress for rape of his daughter. This is most inhuman and immoral. Society failed to protect and provide protection and justice to vulnerable and weak sections of society. Nothing wrong with holy Diya law but its misuse and specially forcing persons to pardon should not be accepted.
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Feb 05, 2018 02:24am
Complete socio-political,economic dysfunction!
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Feb 05, 2018 06:47am
Who gave the right to the father to pardon? Bizarre laws!!
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Feb 05, 2018 07:28am
Tribal elders? Sounds like they belong to an old folks' home, not making decisions on crimes.
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Feb 05, 2018 10:28am
Rap is a crime, No one can pardon. Rich can change law in Pakistan,
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