A Saudi court sentenced a man to 20 lashes even after charges were dropped; why can't we sentence Shahzeb's killers?
KARACHI: According to a newspaper report, even though a Saudi woman pardoned her husband for beating her on the shoulder and wanted to drop charges, the prosecutor went ahead with the case and the judge sentenced the husband to 20 lashes. Why can’t Pakistani courts do the same in the Shahzeb Khan murder case, where a substantial amount of money is reported to have been paid to the victim’s family for withdrawing the case against the convict?
Shakir Lakhani
Published in The Express Tribune, September 15th, 2013.
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