Women paraded naked after ‘asking for girl’s hand in marriage’ for son
According to details, Jamila* Mai’s son Asim*had a love affair with Asma*, daughter of Bilal Arayin, who lived in their neighbourhood.
According to residents of the area, Asim had been beaten twice by Asma’s brother when he tried to meet her. The matter got resolved by locals every time. Recently, Asma requested Asim to send his parents to ask her hand in marriage.
When Jamila and her sister Rukhsana* Bibi took Asim’s proposal, Bilal who has connections with a feudal family became angry and locked them up in a room and called his friends. The men tore the women’s clothes and recorded videos of them. Then they tied the women to a motorcycle rickshaw and paraded them naked in the area.
Jamila said that the men told her that they will teach her a lesson about honour and the importance of the Arayin tribe in the area. “He said, you are a Baloch and will remain a Baloch and you do not deserve any honour and respect,” she added.
The women were paraded in the area of Adaa Liaquatabad and were brought to a local bus/wagon terminal to make their punishment public.
An eyewitness told The Express Tribune that the men kept on filming the women while parading them.
The men ran away, leaving the women naked on the road, when residents of the area started protesting against them. According to the residents, they could not do much as the men belonged to a feudal family.
Another eyewitness Muhammad Iqbal told The Express Tribune that the police was to blame because they were reluctant to take any official action against the men.
The police came to resolve the issue three hours after residents of the area protested and blocked the national highway by burning tyres. They raided Bilal’s house but he was not found and instead Abdul Ghaffar Arayin and his son Irfan Arayin were arrested.
An FIR has been lodged under Section 354-A, 148 and 149 in Khangarh Police Station against Abdul Ghaffar Arayin, Irfan Arayin, Irshad Arayin, Iqbal Arayin, Munir Hussain, Mureed Hussain and five other unknown criminals on the application of Jamila.
SHO Khangarh Police Station Kamal Mustafa told The Express Tribune that three teams have been constituted to arrest the accused.
The arrested men, talking to The Express Tribune, denied the marriage proposal story and said that they were told that the women had entered the house to rob them, so they decided to punish them.
Representative of Human Rights Commission in Muzaffargarh, Amjad Ali Amjad, demanded that the accused should be prosecuted in an anti-terrorism court and sections of terrorism should be added in the FIR. He added that the civil society and other political leaders should also join them in protests against the incident.
Sub Inspector Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool told The Express Tribune that the incident involved a property dispute instead of a marriage proposal. He added that Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) local leader Amir Karamat gave protection to the women after the incident and brought them to the police station for legal activity.
*Names have been changed to protect identity
COMMENTS (167)
And I would like to say something else... I cried when I heard the news about Mrs. Bhuto's assasination. Many of you may know that she was a guest of our country before her return. I heard (over the radio) her address an assembly at the university of chicago about freedom and I prayed that she return to your country to reestablish it's greatness. After hearing her I considered her such an eloquent voice for peace but... as is so often the case the voices for peace are the ones so soon snuffed out.
For islam to be enforced as 'law of the land' it is opened up to be abused even as catholicism was abused during what we in the west refer to as the middle (dark) ages. Any ideology can be misused by those intent to misuse it. Theocracies do not work because they result in class systems that oppress groups of people regardless of any legitamate adjudication.
Is what they did illegal in pakistan? If so then they did not get any authority to do such a thing from democracy. Such a statment demonstrates an ignorance of how democracy works. Many in this forum have rightly put the blame upon a government establishment whose job it is to enforce the law as established. Now a call to enforce shiria law by a caliphate still depends on an arm of enforcment. It is simply opportunism to use this crime to call for the reenactment of a theocratic law. A law by the way that is extreme in its oppressiveness. I could preach the invalidity of it but I'm not trying to inflame just reason.
Not right.
@Zalim Singh: Wow. And you think your nation is better? All the same, my friend. We're all the same. Don't forget, we were once one. This is what's been going on in this part of the world for centuries. oh and btw, take a look at this http://www.isst-india.org/PDF/Violence%20Against%20Women%20India.pdf now go pity your sorry nation.
@Farooq: Are you kidding me? Let's not share such stories? It's NOT a story. This HAPPENED! And people need to know. "There are two kinds of evil people in this world: those who commit evil acts and those who see evil but do nothing to stop it."
Who says it is a Muslim society, it's a mullah society zia ul haw society.@M Shahbaz Akhtar:
Where there is no rule of law and justices, such beast and evil things and incidents took place. Shame on those who called themselves men.
Shame,shame on the law enforcement agencies of this country.One after another incident proves how morally corrupt this nation is.I won't be surprised if the policemen don't take an action should this happen(God forbid) to their Maa Behn.Paisa for them is more important after all.
@ammar: you're a fool. The one and only. Shame is that this happened in the first place, not that it is being reported.
@Farooq: You really think hiding stories like this is the solution, so people keep suffering in silence while the people who commit acts like this just get away with it? We should protect the victims, not the ones who do things like these, only then will Pakistan be truly saved.
Since this seems to be becoming part of the Pakistan culture and a regular practise, It time the Local Govt leaders should take the lead and do the same in the name of adopted Culture, so the poor don't feel so bad .If you can't fight them join them. We have nude beaches in the West, why not have a nude village in the East.
Actually I can see Pakistan coming to an end. What a nightmare while it lasted.
Doomed Nation. They do not fear God !! The men who did this deserve 80 lashes and at least 5 years each.
Bilal & Co. should be treated in similar manner!!
Pakistan Zindabad !!! And why do such stuff always come up from Southern and Central Punjab region??
the cops showed up a good three hours later... wow.
`sadly everyone in Pakistan is subject to some kind of abuse... be it: women hindus christians shiites ahmedis khwaja-saahibs children etc.
the only people that appear to be safe are the people in power, or the GHIEIRATmand MEN that commit such crimes.
@kaalchakra: "Are these people Muslim? Absolutely not. No Muslim will do such a heinous act."
A Muslim remains a Muslim even after he/she commoits a crime. According to Sharia and Quran what is the punishment for a Muslim who says some other Muslims are not Muslims just because they paraded a Muslim woman naked thru the City Street.
@Muhammad: Nothing happened when 1 Baloch woman was dragged naked thru streets to the police station. Musharaf government's assassination. of Bloch leader Bugti and governments involvement in missing Baloch people shows how much respect Pakistani leaders have for Baloch people.
@Farooq: This is not some thing new. Sexual abuse by police and powerful people in Pakistan. is a common thing. Most poor women get thier clothes taken off in the police station, in this case they did it at their home.
Point to be noted here is that stripping a woman naked in public is an offsense which has a death penalty in Pakistan.
@manmohan.: " This happens every day in India . Enjoy guys " Another fool, give us a link of source of your information. I'm not saying that it don't happen at all.
@Farooq: " For God sake.Lets not share such stories and of humiliate Pakistan in front of the world " If you are that much concerned why don't you and the likes of you go and do some thing so this kind of things don't happen again, so as not to bring HUMILIATION on Pakistan Looks like you are a person who DON'T like to hear the truth. I hope you read comments of other good muslims ,against your comments. Shame on you and the likes of you.
No my fried it is your and my job to make sure that this dose not happen in our home, if we don't then it is our fault@Amer:
Islam is blamed because thisnis being done by muslims if you think this is against Islam then raise your voices against such acts and not against some lawn adverts.@aslam:
Pakistani`s are not a nation they are groups and crowd.The state is totaly failed.their should be officialy announced to finish this country from the map of the world.And people can migrate in other countries to claim stateless person status.Because thier are no basic rights of human to live peacefully.
"honour and the importance of the Arayin tribe in the area" Really?? It says a lot about Arayin pple and their definition of respect.. idiots
This goes out to everyone who want PURE ISLAM in Pakistan - no matter what you do, you can never disconnect the culture from the people. In this case you cannot take Hinduism out of the people even if they have been Muslim for generations!
Castes? What does it got to do with Islam or Muslims? It is a cultural subtext with which we have to live thanks to our history.
@Vikram: Nothing justifies crimes against women in any country but you make it sound like this is only happening in Pakistan. Have you tried typing your country's name into youtube and see what happens?
It is indeed very sad incidence of dishonoring women. Why we are like this? What's wrong with us? Why we proud on race, color, religion or wealth "Sub Mitii May Mil Jain Gay". This shows backwardness and lack of education. Well we deserve this cuz none of us ever protest against Govt's act of allocating minimum funds to Education and Health Sectors in National Budget cuz we are more busy in watching Meera/ Veena or criticising Amrika (while at the same time trying to get its Visa). Yes we are hypocrites and we proud on this. Shame on us
We are not able to even call ourselves "Human". Investigation should be done and CJ should do something to give punishment not only to culprits but also to Police and the stupid crowd who except of helping women started burning tires and blocking roads.
I heard/ read about many similar kind of cases but unfortunetly NOTHING happend to actual culprits. I wish and pray that this time we break our "RASAM of Saving Criminals" and punish those men who dared to dishonor innocent women.
Jo "Aurat" Maa hai, Baiti hai, Bewi hai uss kay sath aiisa kyu??? Inn ko kuch sharam na aii
LAND REFORMS!! Remove all feudels..bring justice!! I have started hating myself to live in such a society..its all filthy.
Horrible and heinous act! They must be brought to justice immediately. I cant believe that we live in 21st developed century. They all are barbarians. I strongly condemn the act.Parading women naked seems to have become a usual act. There are news now and then of such reprehensible crime. We must put an end to this... media, judiciary, civil society. Shameful and obnoxious.
Whats the use of BURQA when you parade women naked?
Get rid of all fuedals if you want to save Pakistan. Pakistan is economically finished and there will be nonpakistan in the next few years if we don't change our ways and govt
For everyone's information, according to Pakistan Penal Code, desecrating a woman by taking her clothes off in public is a capital crime, punishable by death. I hope, if found guilty these guys are executed.
I feel sorry for these women. This incident is disgraceful for humanity as a whole and not just Pakistan.
If the Worthy Chief Justice has some free time from his busy schedule of firing PMs, will he take the suo moto???
i hope this does not further aggravate the balochistan crisis:(
Wonder what Asma Jahangir, the so called champion of human rights, will have to say about this?
ooh THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN. Credit goes to extreme mullas as they are polluting the masses.
Islamization policies of General Zia are bringing fruit. Pakistan is increasingly becoming the most dangerous nation for minorities.
@Saad: who brings the govt and the mullahs to power? Isnt our society and culture to blame?
"very bad and sad incident are we muslim first or Arain tribe???"
@Tamoor: neither. we are humans first. let us not forget that. everything else follows from there.
And we say this is ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN.. Shame on these guys, I wonder why CJ had not yet taken Suo Moto action against this animals...
The criminals should be paraded naked too, tit for tat!
this is the true face of Pakistan. Democracy is a civic blanket drawn over what is essentially a jungal-raj. That day is not far away when the entire nation will break up into pieces along ethnic and sectarian lines. As it is I am very confused what it means to be a muslim in pakistan.
Let us fix this mess first before talking about nuclear power or challenging other countries.
What has happened is nothing new. In an illiterate feudal society these things happen. Take it for granted. Even if the culprits are apprehended the Police will drop charges, Nothing will happen if they have feudal backing and backing of Notes.
Vote for Imran Khan if you want enlightenment in Pakistan. Otherwise stick with the parties you have been voting for in the past and see if they fulfill their FALSE promises this time around
Where are the Muftis with their futwas?
I am shocked by the mention of Islamic sharia as the cure of all evils, including this one. It is more like the cause rather than the cure. How is it that thinking that evolved in a backward medieval Arab society known for the ill treatment of women be a beacon for the future? Beats common sense.
Welcome to the ignorant, backward nation – the Islamic Republic of PAK!strong text
Can anyone tell me where the chest-thumping mullahs are? Why aren’t they out there preaching on how the pious should behave? Or issuing a fatwa to condemn the accusers?
Let’s see, it is because there was no foreigners involved in this crime, no drones, no Indian connection, no American connection, right?
PAKs are pathetic!
@naeem khan Manhattan.Ks: Brother, not trying to protect any religion... any religion or philosophy, if it is truly great, doesn't need protection by me or you. My only point was that values, culture and religion of a society are very broad entities and shouldn't be linked to specific incidents. Pakistan's culture is also about Sufi saints, Eidhi's charities and billions of zakat money given to poor every year... should we condemn all that because of a certain incident? By the way I would be equally critical if someone takes the recent shooting incidents in USA and blames the entire secular foundation of USA because of them... or if someone uses some violent incident in India to blame the entire Hindu religion. Sweeping generalizations are simply not logical.
....are 'keen' and concerned on so-called obscenity and vulgarity visible on TV screens only; everything is justified on streets and roads
@Farooq:
Pakistan honestly doesn't have any respect in front of any country. Let these pricks we exposed, so much for having strict 'Islamic' laws in the country. And for people asking where is law enforcement agencies, please don't rely on them, ours is one of the most in-competent in the world.
I am astonished that a rising politician like Imran has no statement to make on such a henious crime by the police & feudal lords. I thought he was a straight speaking leader !
It only shows that we have not evoved as humans yet. In Anthropoligic terms we are mor primates than humans. we will need few more thousand of years to turn into homosapiens.
this happens every day in India. Enjoy guys.
@Farooq: why? If you don't acknowledge it, it will remain the same. If we are so ashamed of these actions.....change them....don't deny they happen.
Oh please! Why drag religion into this? Are these people Muslim? Absolutely not. No Muslim will do such a heinous act. Even after 65 years, Pakistan is paying for old kaffirism and jahilya of locals.
There is something very, very strange about this whole affair. Traditionally Baloch are high caste landlords in Punjab while Arains are low caste peasants. This news story just doesn't make in any sense.
This abuse against women by subjecting them to humiliating naked parading is becoming common now in Pak, the same way honour killings and other abuses have.
There's an earlier story of police officers being 'suspended' for naked parading an alleged couple having an affair.
Another earlier story of naked parading a woman in a village over some disagreement or imagined slight, and some other stories of parading naked rape victims years earlier.
Clearly there are some sadistic and/or mentally disturbed men in Pak who seem to take pleasure in such sexual punishments. Sadly, outrage is barely registered against them by rest of society.
Another example of very irresponsible reporting just to sensationalize Mr Owais jaffri report,
"Jamila said that the men told her that they will teach her a lesson about honour and the importance of the Arayin tribe in the area. “He said, you are a Baloch and will remain a Baloch and you do not deserve any honour and respect,” she added."
You have no idea what you have written Mr Jaffri cause you do not know the social chemistry of Baluch tribes, this para can ignite massacre in Pakistan. So plz be responsible.
@Farooq: I your Pakistan can't protect it's citizens, if your Pakistanis can't get over their racism then the best cure to the disease is "death to Pakistan"!
@Zalim Singh:
As an Indian, I find your comment off-topic, extremely disturbing, inhumane, and immoral.
India has extraordinary problems assuring minimum civil rights to its female citizens, who cannot even go to a police station to record complaints without fear of rape. Can you send your wife or sister to any police station in India, Mr. Singh?
Also, as an Indian, I have nothing but goodwill for Pakistanis as they struggle to function day to day, just as any any average Indian with small income and no influence in society. The problems faced are exactly equivalent, the complete negation and absence of basic civil rights and lack of governance. It is really not amusing when you yourself are at the short end of the stick and are responsible for the welfare of your family and children.
It is good that papers like ET are taking up the cudgels for the underdog, because this is the only hope they have of securing any justice---- this public naming and shaming. Those who think Pakistan is being humiliated are completely mistaken. Rather, people of any sensibility applaud such reporting by newspapers. They understand abuses exist in any society, and are not unique to that society, and feel very proud when any group of that society act with righteousness and honesty to fight against injustice.
So Farooq is completely wrong. It is the hypocrisy and the desire to perpetuate injustice that gives Pakistan and Pakistanis like HIM a bad name. Not when there is a determination to fight whatever is wrong, because we all recognize we are in the same boat. So, kudos to ET. Please keep up the good work, and ignore the fools. God bless Pakistan, and may the country become stronger and better with each passing day.
@Ansari: you say it has nothing to do with Islam, yet you talk about Islamic caliphate, are you too confused??
@True Muslim Paki: LOL, become humans first then talk about implementing religion and other things. Religion is for humans not animals. This is not due to sharia not being implemented, more to do with us having completely lost humanity.
@Farooq: It appears you have never been outside Pakistan. I was born in Pakistan and now live in UK. Let me assure you that while I have lived in UK I have visited USA, India, Africa and several European countries. When I compare them to Pakistan I am embarrassed that Pakistan exists on the global map. It is because of people like you that Pakistan will never take responsibility. This story is the most disgusting I have ever heard and I have my doubts whether the culprits will ever be punished. Had this crime been something to do with blasbhemy then the culprits would have been shot by now. Will Pakistan exist in 20 years time in present format? I can assure you it will be history by then.
This is staggering, totally. How cold-hearted and merciless we have become. Clearly reflects how much illiterate we are and due to such corrupt people future of Pak looks bleak. May Allah show us the right path.