A man on Tuesday killed his father over land dispute in Injra village of thesil Jand. Amir Shehzad attacked his father Sattar Ali with a pistol killing him on the spot. On Sunday, a mother was killed by his son in Uchari village.
Meanwhile, a shepherd Ahmad Khan was also killed by some unknown persons. However, the reason for the murder could not be known.
ROAD ACCIDENT: Four persons were injured in a road accident, when their car (LRG-6730) was hit by a damper near Tarbela chowk on main GT road.
In another incident, Qaisar Mehmood resident of Mirza village injured by his uncle Mohammad Riaz, while Nazar Hussain sustained injuries when he was allegedly attacked by three persons Akbar Khan, Muhammad and Karim Khan over house construction dispute.
Such as Mehmood Khan, his son Qazi Ali and wife were also injured by their rivals Ghulam Farid, Nasir and Babar.
10 OUTLAWS HELD: Attock police have arrested 10 outlaws — Muhammad Saleem, Abidur Rehman, Muhammad Yaqoob, Sikandar, Wahid Gull, Awal Khan, Liaqut Ali, Javed Iqbal, Zahid Ali and Nawaz Hussain, and recovered seven pistols, a revolver, 16 bullets and 2.1 kg Hashish from their possession in separate strikes in different areas of the district.—Correspondent
Saturday, November 14, 2009
A harrowing tale of bonded labour, rape
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Lahore district and sessions judge to probe the accusations made by a woman who gave a blow-by-blow account of the ordeal she and her family experienced during 18-year captivity of an influential family in Gujranwala.
The bench comprises Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi and Justice Saiyed Saeed Ashhad.
Punjab Inspector-General Ziaul Hasan was also directed to provide protection to the victim and her family who managed to escape from their captors some time back.
The apex court took suo motu notice of an application filed by Zohra Bibi who alleged that she and her family members had been working in the poultry farms, cattle farms and agricultural lands of a Gujranwala-based powerful family of Faisal Khalid Cheema for the past 18 years in return for only two meals a day.
She said that her daughters, who were often sexually assaulted, worked as maidservants at Cheema’s place or in the houses of his relatives.
She said her 13-year-old daughter, Saadia Gul, was raped by a relative of the Cheema family. She said when she lodged a complaint with the police, the powerful family had her daughter badly beaten up by a local hooligan who also raped the girl.
She said the court could make her daughter undergo a medical check-up to determine if she had been raped.
She alleged Cheema and his brother gang-raped a minor girl, Samina, daughter of her brother-in-law, Faiz Ahmad. She added that another minor girl, Marya, was badly beaten up when she resisted Cheema. She said her other daughter, Nadia, was dragged away in front of her and raped by Cheema’s brother and his cousin in their room.
She recalled that her son was kidnapped nine years ago by Cheema who made the boy work as a servant at the house of his relative in Islamabad.
She said that while some members of her family managed to escape in Ramazan, others were still held in captivity by the Cheema family.
She said that when her brother-in-law lodged a complaint with the Gujranwala district and sessions judge, he was arrested by police on the premises of the court and later tortured by the Cheema family for 16 days in police custody.
She said that he was later arrested on theft charges and his bail petition was still pending with a local magistrate.
She said that her family member, Shaukat, told her outside the courtroom that he was under tremendous pressure from the Cheema family who still held in captivity his son, daughter-in-law and son-in-law.
However, Asif Khalid Cheema, son of Faisal Khalid Cheema, denied Zohra’s allegations.
The Supreme Court bench directed the Lahore district and sessions judge to complete the probe by Dec 11. They also directed the Gujranwala magistrate to decide Faiz’s bail application without being influenced by the Supreme Court proceedings.
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Ninety-seven women killed for ‘honour’ in five months
( 749 cases of rape, 57 of gang rape and five of incest were reported only in Punjab.—File photo)
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Monday that 90 women had been killed in the name of honour in Punjab and seven in the NWFP during the first five months of the current year.
Figures provided to the assembly in response to a question showed that the number of cases of torture against women in the two provinces stood at 3,183 between January and May, 2009.
During the same period, 299 women were killed in Punjab and 74 in the NWFP in cases of domestic violence. There were 11 cases in which acid was thrown on women in Punjab. Six cases of Vanni were reported in Punjab and three in NWFP.
An astounding number of 749 cases of rape, 57 of gang rape and five of incest were reported in Punjab, while in the NWFP the number of rape cases was 10, gang rape 3 and incest 1.
aIn cases of harassment at the workplace, 57 women were sexually assaulted in Punjab (none in NWFP), while 22 women suffered physical violence in the NWFP but no such cases were reported in Punjab.
The bench comprises Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi and Justice Saiyed Saeed Ashhad.
Punjab Inspector-General Ziaul Hasan was also directed to provide protection to the victim and her family who managed to escape from their captors some time back.
The apex court took suo motu notice of an application filed by Zohra Bibi who alleged that she and her family members had been working in the poultry farms, cattle farms and agricultural lands of a Gujranwala-based powerful family of Faisal Khalid Cheema for the past 18 years in return for only two meals a day.
She said that her daughters, who were often sexually assaulted, worked as maidservants at Cheema’s place or in the houses of his relatives.
She said her 13-year-old daughter, Saadia Gul, was raped by a relative of the Cheema family. She said when she lodged a complaint with the police, the powerful family had her daughter badly beaten up by a local hooligan who also raped the girl.
She said the court could make her daughter undergo a medical check-up to determine if she had been raped.
She alleged Cheema and his brother gang-raped a minor girl, Samina, daughter of her brother-in-law, Faiz Ahmad. She added that another minor girl, Marya, was badly beaten up when she resisted Cheema. She said her other daughter, Nadia, was dragged away in front of her and raped by Cheema’s brother and his cousin in their room.
She recalled that her son was kidnapped nine years ago by Cheema who made the boy work as a servant at the house of his relative in Islamabad.
She said that while some members of her family managed to escape in Ramazan, others were still held in captivity by the Cheema family.
She said that when her brother-in-law lodged a complaint with the Gujranwala district and sessions judge, he was arrested by police on the premises of the court and later tortured by the Cheema family for 16 days in police custody.
She said that he was later arrested on theft charges and his bail petition was still pending with a local magistrate.
She said that her family member, Shaukat, told her outside the courtroom that he was under tremendous pressure from the Cheema family who still held in captivity his son, daughter-in-law and son-in-law.
However, Asif Khalid Cheema, son of Faisal Khalid Cheema, denied Zohra’s allegations.
The Supreme Court bench directed the Lahore district and sessions judge to complete the probe by Dec 11. They also directed the Gujranwala magistrate to decide Faiz’s bail application without being influenced by the Supreme Court proceedings.
____________________________________________END_______________________________________________________________________
Ninety-seven women killed for ‘honour’ in five months
( 749 cases of rape, 57 of gang rape and five of incest were reported only in Punjab.—File photo)
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Monday that 90 women had been killed in the name of honour in Punjab and seven in the NWFP during the first five months of the current year.
Figures provided to the assembly in response to a question showed that the number of cases of torture against women in the two provinces stood at 3,183 between January and May, 2009.
During the same period, 299 women were killed in Punjab and 74 in the NWFP in cases of domestic violence. There were 11 cases in which acid was thrown on women in Punjab. Six cases of Vanni were reported in Punjab and three in NWFP.
An astounding number of 749 cases of rape, 57 of gang rape and five of incest were reported in Punjab, while in the NWFP the number of rape cases was 10, gang rape 3 and incest 1.
aIn cases of harassment at the workplace, 57 women were sexually assaulted in Punjab (none in NWFP), while 22 women suffered physical violence in the NWFP but no such cases were reported in Punjab.
Murder of newly-wed couple suspected
The couple found dead in their apartment on Saturday morning after first night of their marriage were buried in the Sakhi Hasan graveyard on Sunday.
Mohammad Azeem, 28, and Beenish, 27, were classmates studying in the NED University. They were to host their valima on Saturday night. Though the postmortem examination report has been sealed and kept secret, SP North Nazimabad Naeem Shaikh told Dawn that according to the initial opinion of the medico legal officer, who conducted the bride’s autopsy, her jaw and nose had fractures and the fists clinched which suggested she posed resistance.
The MLO was confident that it was a murder, said the SP.
Hospital sources said there were no marks of recent injuries on Azeem’s body, nor was there any sign suggesting his death from a serious injury. However, they said, a sample of his nails had been sent for a chemical examination.
The SP said there had been no progress towards a clue to the culprits so far as we did not interview any of the bereaved family members, who were in a state of shock and mourning. “The investigation plan has been kept ready and we will hopefully solve the mystery soon,” he said. The couple had done their graduation and Azeem was employed by the Siemens Pakistan.
Police have registered an FIR against unknown suspects on the complaint of Danish Zaheer, the bride’s brother.
Mohammad Azeem, 28, and Beenish, 27, were classmates studying in the NED University. They were to host their valima on Saturday night. Though the postmortem examination report has been sealed and kept secret, SP North Nazimabad Naeem Shaikh told Dawn that according to the initial opinion of the medico legal officer, who conducted the bride’s autopsy, her jaw and nose had fractures and the fists clinched which suggested she posed resistance.
The MLO was confident that it was a murder, said the SP.
Hospital sources said there were no marks of recent injuries on Azeem’s body, nor was there any sign suggesting his death from a serious injury. However, they said, a sample of his nails had been sent for a chemical examination.
The SP said there had been no progress towards a clue to the culprits so far as we did not interview any of the bereaved family members, who were in a state of shock and mourning. “The investigation plan has been kept ready and we will hopefully solve the mystery soon,” he said. The couple had done their graduation and Azeem was employed by the Siemens Pakistan.
Police have registered an FIR against unknown suspects on the complaint of Danish Zaheer, the bride’s brother.
Killer Night
We drove up to the local beach, me and my boyfriend Roy Manson. He stopped his 2003 Night Blue Lexus convertible then Roy and I stepped out. We gently closed the car doors in unison and Roy grabbed the cooler from the truck before we slowly walked down to the beach. I smiled at Roy this was our 7th date so far.
We sat down close to the tide and gazed up at the thousands of stars in the night sky. There weren’t any buildings around here so nothing prevented us from really enjoying the beautiful night sky, and each others company. Roy got out two bottles of beer from the cooler. He cracked both of them open before handing me one.
"You know Roy, This is so romantic!" I said and took a drink of beer. I looked at Roy’s eyes glittering in the moonlight.
"Only the best for you." Roy smiled, "You’re nothing like my old girlfriend. She was always grumpy and demanding and snapped for no reason. She was a killer on my patience. But I handled it." Roy chugged down half his beer.
"Wait wasn’t she murdered? It was in the newspaper a few weeks ago wasn’t it?" I looked at Roy I hoped it wasn’t too emotional for him to remember. I took quite drinks at my beer waiting for him to say something.
"Yeah it’s a shame." Roy finally said with a sigh, "She was annoying but she didn’t deserve that. I hear she was beaten to death, and the police say that by the looks of things it was done by someone she knew. They never did find the killer though"
Now I was a bit creeped out myself. I cuddled a bit closer to Roy. With him here with me it was a lot more comforting. He looked at me with a comforting look and we both finished our beers.
The wind then picked up. Roy and I had left our jackets back in the Lexus. I told Roy that I’d go get them. He nodded saying that he’s a bit cold too. I got up and trekked back over to the Lexus thinking about Roy and how cute he is. He was a great boyfriend. I reached for our coats when a beer bottle smashed into my skull. I fell on the ground and bled to death.
"You’re annoying too. You talk too much!" was the last thing I heard.
The police arrived about an hour later. They looked around for evidence. All they found was the beer bottle with my blood on it and the Lexus still parked there, apparently all the information relating to the owner, including picture id was forged. They questioned Roy but he claims he broke up with me for weeks now.
Roy was at my funeral. He saw me in my casket and get put in the ground. He spoke a few words of grief to my parent. When the funeral was over he drove off in his new fire red Mustang and a new girl in the passenger seat
We sat down close to the tide and gazed up at the thousands of stars in the night sky. There weren’t any buildings around here so nothing prevented us from really enjoying the beautiful night sky, and each others company. Roy got out two bottles of beer from the cooler. He cracked both of them open before handing me one.
"You know Roy, This is so romantic!" I said and took a drink of beer. I looked at Roy’s eyes glittering in the moonlight.
"Only the best for you." Roy smiled, "You’re nothing like my old girlfriend. She was always grumpy and demanding and snapped for no reason. She was a killer on my patience. But I handled it." Roy chugged down half his beer.
"Wait wasn’t she murdered? It was in the newspaper a few weeks ago wasn’t it?" I looked at Roy I hoped it wasn’t too emotional for him to remember. I took quite drinks at my beer waiting for him to say something.
"Yeah it’s a shame." Roy finally said with a sigh, "She was annoying but she didn’t deserve that. I hear she was beaten to death, and the police say that by the looks of things it was done by someone she knew. They never did find the killer though"
Now I was a bit creeped out myself. I cuddled a bit closer to Roy. With him here with me it was a lot more comforting. He looked at me with a comforting look and we both finished our beers.
The wind then picked up. Roy and I had left our jackets back in the Lexus. I told Roy that I’d go get them. He nodded saying that he’s a bit cold too. I got up and trekked back over to the Lexus thinking about Roy and how cute he is. He was a great boyfriend. I reached for our coats when a beer bottle smashed into my skull. I fell on the ground and bled to death.
"You’re annoying too. You talk too much!" was the last thing I heard.
The police arrived about an hour later. They looked around for evidence. All they found was the beer bottle with my blood on it and the Lexus still parked there, apparently all the information relating to the owner, including picture id was forged. They questioned Roy but he claims he broke up with me for weeks now.
Roy was at my funeral. He saw me in my casket and get put in the ground. He spoke a few words of grief to my parent. When the funeral was over he drove off in his new fire red Mustang and a new girl in the passenger seat
Mysterious Mother
It had rained so heavy last night, she keeps dozing, and the warm bed had kept her sleepy. Suddenly Susan heard the doorbells ring, who could it be? She ponders. By the time, she got to open the door it had been quite a while. She reaches for the door and open it but there was no one around. Her gate was closed, who ever it be, must have left and gone. She could not explain to herself so she though must have been some newspaper’s boy. She was about to close her door when she hears a cry. She nearly have a shock - she try to listen again, yes! She was correct. Someone did cry but whom? She walk towards the gate and to her utter surprise and fear she could not believe, a basket in which lays the most beautiful baby she ever came across. Moments after that, is the busiest time of her life from calling the police to informing her parents. No one could explain about the child appearing in her life, but amazingly among that was the letter that someone had wrote and put near the baby. It was clearly written, in clean handwriting that whoever had put the baby in her gate had done it intentionally not just randomly. The mother’s wish as the police had presumed is someone who had known her and knows for sure that Susan was capable and the right mother for the child. But still, the police are taking all precaution and the right action by searching for the mother. The child as of now been kept in the hospital but sooner or later it had to be taken for adoption if no one show up to claim it, and Susan was being contact by the authority informing her about the situation. She was their first priority as the letter had address to her alone. But Susan had questions and they have to be answered. From the letter to the mysterious mother, everything had happened so sudden. At one point, she wanted to let everything go away from her life but at the same time she gets so trilled as to find the real mother. Who could have been? She searches her mind as to get the result. Her co-workers friend, no! it could not be one of them. She has not seen anyone being pregnant. Her neighbor’s, not them, cannot even guess among the people in the locality in which she was living. She needed help and that too quick before the time limit given by the authority expires for her. She consulted her parents and they were clueless about it, in fact they had their own point of views about her considering the child’s adoption. They present to her that it is not easy to raise a child alone and being a single parents is real hard especially if the child was not your own. Susan wanted to listen to her parents but she cannot brush away the baby’s either. She decides to herself, even if she could not solve the mystery mother she will take the child as her own to care and love. In the district administrator’s office after completing all the necessary papers for adopting the baby, as she hold it in her hand she felt so new inside of her. The arriving of the baby brings so much joy and happiness in her quiet and lonely life. For once, life has a meaning to her after so many years, she felt wanted now. Weeks passed, and she has been busy being a mother. Cannot cope with all the work alone, she hires a maid for helping her caring for her child while she is working. One day, as they were clearing her old room for the maid to move in, she came across her old school diary. Flipping the papers, one page caught her attention; in there she had written about one junior girl she met while returning home from school. As she keeps turning the page one by one, she found she did not note down anything more about that girl. That night, she could not sleep; she was trying to remember the girl name. Yes!! Namlee was her name. She was a rich girl, planning to shift to a new school the next year. But she was having a rough time with her life. Could it be her the mother’s of the child. She never could understand.
Witches House
Haunted houses are usually described as large, old bungalows inhabited by ghosts but, unlike such haunted houses, I came to know of an apartment which was inhabited by witches. It was located opposite my granny’s house.
The exterior was quite rundown, and according to people, weird noises occasionally come from inside. There was a very tall tree that loomed beside that building which was bent and almost covered the balcony of the flat.
My friends and I were very curious about it. We wanted to explore it to see for ourselves if the stories we had heard were myths or facts. Thus, we planned to go into this haunted house. We carried some necessary things with us: torches, a magnifying glass for inspection of trails and a metal rod each for personal safety.
At midnight, we left our houses while our families were sleeping peacefully. As decided, I met Rashid at midnight. The night was cold and dark. There was a full moon in the sky.
The flat looked quite desolate in the moonlight. The front door’s polish was peeling off and the doorknob was rusty. So it was easy for us to break through. With just a push the door creaked open and we stepped inside.
What we saw amazed us! Unlike other haunted houses, this house was unusually clean. The marble floor was sparkling and the furniture was polished. There were fire brackets built on the walls.
As we stepped on the marble flooring, I felt a surge of excitement in me. I wondered why it was so clean. I was also scared to go further into the house. There were three doors in different directions of the house.
I went towards one while Rashid moved to the other. I turned the doorknob of the first room and the door opened. As soon as I saw the state of the room, a chill ran down my spine. There were cobwebs everywhere. Spiders were crawling on the walls and the paint was peeling off. Oil lamps lit the room. Three rusty cauldrons were set up on logs of burning wood were emitting a smelly gas. All three contained a bubbling green potion. Many unusual herbs and plants were scattered on the dusty floor. Just then, I heard the scream of Rashid. I ran to him in the next room and saw his face white with fear. Bones were scattered everywhere and the smell of rotten flesh pervaded the room.
While Rashid calmed himself, I made my way towards a book lying on the floor. It was ragged, old and torn.
“Come and look at this,” I called Rashid. “I wonder what it says.”
Snatching the book, Rashid opened it. “Rashid, don’t,” I said, but he began to read it aloud, “The witches, supreme of all creatures, the ones with the superb power and the ones who can overpower humans.”
“How dare they,” I protested, but was interrogated by a raspy, frightening voice, “How dare humans step into our sacred place, how dare they! Humans go away, run or you will be doomed forever! Ha! Ha! Ha!” the voice echoed with laughter.
We were so stunned and horrified that before the laughter had ended, we ran out from the room and fumbled over the furniture to get to the main door. We heard someone running after us… at last we made our way out and were on the street. We breathed a sigh of relief. “Thank God, we got out of the witches’ house before the witches could have us for dinner,” Rashid said.
“I agree,” I replied and wishing farewell to each other, we made our way towards our homes, to be greeted by cosy beds. Nobody believes that we ever made a trip to the witches’ house but we cannot forget their laughter and threats!
Sara's house by Steve
ok its not the scariest story here but here goes. my cousin Kuku lived in a house that was claimed to have been the murder place of over 13 people. ok there was a mother of 11-12 and her husband was in the army. about 4 of the kids had died of typhoid i think 1 died from falling down the stairs, and the rest drowned in the creek or was murdered in a massacre from the war. there was a man that Sara (the mother) was having an affair with after all her children died and he was later put to death in all chains because he murdered his wives (Sara & another person) Sara's husband came home to an empty house and dropped to his knees when he saw 12 caskets in the family room. my cousin could see the people and later in the year me and 2 of my cousins (one that lived in the house) crossed the creek and on the other side of the corn field and we found an ancient burial ground and we kinda got scared so we went back and i remember running after thinking i heard "leave my kids alone!!" all of my facts are researched from my cousin and so i can tell you im not lying. after researching we also found that what i heard was real. but instead of it being the mother..it was the father.
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