Several cases of gang rape and sexual abuse shame Pakistan

Islamabad, Oct 1 (IANS): Several cases of gang rape of teenage girls and boys are being reported from different parts of Pakistan, involving not only miscreants but also police officers who have been found guilty of gang rape, rape and sexual assault on minors.

In the latest horrific case, a police officer along with his friend raped a teenage student who had gone to the police station to demand her father’s early release.

The tragic incident took place in the city of Kot Momin in Punjab province, where local police officers had arrested the father of a minor in a fake case. The police officer advised the Grade 10 teenager to come to Kot Momin Police Station and prove her father’s innocence.

According to the details in the First Investigation Report (FIR), the girl said that she was abducted by the Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) along with his friend in a car on the way to the police station. She was taken to a house in Nazimabad area of ​​Kot Momin city and raped at gunpoint.

Later, as her health deteriorated, the girl was abandoned outside her aunt’s house at 2 a.m.

She also claimed that since the local media had highlighted the entire incident that led to the arrest of the two suspects, the local police are now threatening her father to withdraw the arrest, otherwise he will face consequences, including the possibility of criminal action against the family a fake procedure is initiated.

The involvement of police officers in rape and gang rape is nothing new in Pakistan.

Recently, a constable of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police was arrested for sexually abusing and raping a minor boy who was in his custody in another fake case.

The shocking incidents, often involving brutal violence, continue to make headlines.

Last week, in a bloody reminder of the horrific Lahore highway incident in 2020, a young girl was raped by highwaymen in front of her family near the famous city of Pakpattan in Punjab province.

The incident occurred near Malik Rahmoo village in Pakpattan district – an area best known for its historic Islamic Sufi shrines.

The incident took place when a resident of Bahawalnagar was returning home along with his wife, a son and a minor daughter, a sister and a 17-year-old niece.

After midnight, their car was intercepted by four armed suspects who first robbed all the passengers and then unloaded the women. The young girl was then taken to the roadside cornfields and raped multiple times while the family was held hostage.

The entire incident lasted more than 50 minutes, including at least 30 minutes of brutal torture and gang rape.

It reminded many of the highway gang rape incident in 2020, when a French woman whose car ran out of gas near Lahore was robbed and then raped by two men in front of her children.

The tragic and traumatizing incidents continue to tarnish Pakistan’s image.

Incidentally, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is often seen advocating for women’s education and empowerment in her public speeches.