Child abuse case: Civil society condemns ‘resolution’

The Child Rights Movement and a large number of civil society activists, organisations and networks from all over Pakistan protested and issued “strongest condemnation of the torture of a minor girl employed by a serving judge of the lower judiciary, and also the so-called ‘resolution’ of the court case against the accused and his spouse”. In a press release, they said the case has yet again highlighted the glaring ills of Pakistani society, its laws, and the justice administration system. “We had not forgotten the Kasur children’s video atrocity and are now confronted with a member of the subordinate judiciary accused of breaking several laws of the land walking away scot-free, after reaching a so-called ‘compromise’” with the child’s parents. There is a miscarriage of justice each time the compromise and forgiveness loophole in the law is exploited, as in this case, mostly against the poor and downtrodden by the rich and powerful in Pakistan.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 6^th, 2017.