Pakistan: Activists warn, the murder of a 12-year-old Christian girl could go unpunished
— Asia News: “Catholic leaders and Pakistani human rights activists are alarmed that the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, Shazia Bashir, on 23 January might go unpunished. The main suspect is a rich and powerful Muslim lawyer from Lahore, Chaudhry Muhammad Naeem, who was employing the girl as a domestic. The city’s bar association has sided with the suspect, a former president of the association, who is being treated as a VIP whilst in custody. Prosecutors meanwhile have delayed filing charges.”
— “Shazia’s family said they had no confidence in the committee set up by Punjab’s chief minister Shahbaz Sharif because of its delaying tactics. Some of her relatives and a number of human rights activists have staged a protest in front of the Lahore Press Club and have decided to sue.”
— Extension in Police remand of Teenage Christian girl Shazia killer
Pakistan: Funeral Coffin of 12 Year Old Murdered Christian Girl Shazia Bashir - (Photo: British Pakistan Christian Association)
