Viral video: Rights minister takes notice of maid thrashing
Dr Shireen Mazari took prompt action over physical assault by housework's employer
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ISLAMABAD:
Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen M Mazari took prompt notice of a video gone viral over social media depicting a woman physically assaulting a girl maid here on Friday.
While taking notice of a video surfaced on social media in which a woman mercilessly abusing and hitting a juvenile maid, the minister inquired about the identification of the woman and sought people's help to identify a woman involved in child abuse, said a press release.
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Mazari said she would need information about the location and also identity of the woman who was seen beating a juvenile housemaid so that she could take action against her. A video surfaced on social media of a woman slapping and beating an underage maid for making excess tea.
The child maid torture case of young Tayyaba at the hands of the wife a judge in 2016 had shaken the conscience of the Pakistani society prompting a suo-moto action by the Supreme Court.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 8th, 2018.
Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen M Mazari took prompt notice of a video gone viral over social media depicting a woman physically assaulting a girl maid here on Friday.
While taking notice of a video surfaced on social media in which a woman mercilessly abusing and hitting a juvenile maid, the minister inquired about the identification of the woman and sought people's help to identify a woman involved in child abuse, said a press release.
Four people shot dead in attack on ambulance in Shikarpur
Mazari said she would need information about the location and also identity of the woman who was seen beating a juvenile housemaid so that she could take action against her. A video surfaced on social media of a woman slapping and beating an underage maid for making excess tea.
The child maid torture case of young Tayyaba at the hands of the wife a judge in 2016 had shaken the conscience of the Pakistani society prompting a suo-moto action by the Supreme Court.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 8th, 2018.