Justice demanded: ‘Panchayat victims’ life in danger
Bachaya said the panchayat had ordered him to relocate.
DERA GHAZI KHAN:
The relatives of a 75-year-old man who was declared guilty of having illicit relations with a woman by a panchayat six months ago staged a protest demonstration in front of the district police officer’s office on Thursday.
Allah Bachaya, a resident of Darkhwast Jamal Khan, said that a panchayat had fined him Rs1 million. He said it had also ordered that his alleged ‘partner’, a mother of three children, be sold. Bachaya said the panchayat had also ordered him to relocate. He said his life was in danger as he had refused to move.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 6th, 2013.
The relatives of a 75-year-old man who was declared guilty of having illicit relations with a woman by a panchayat six months ago staged a protest demonstration in front of the district police officer’s office on Thursday.
Allah Bachaya, a resident of Darkhwast Jamal Khan, said that a panchayat had fined him Rs1 million. He said it had also ordered that his alleged ‘partner’, a mother of three children, be sold. Bachaya said the panchayat had also ordered him to relocate. He said his life was in danger as he had refused to move.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 6th, 2013.