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| Woman paraded naked in village north of Islamabad | |
| 2011-06-15 | |
[Dawn] A woman was forcibly paraded naked through a village after her sons were accused of sleeping with a married neighbour who became pregnant, police said Tuesday.
Enraged Salman and his brothers went to confront the suspects, who were identified only as Rashid and Kazim, but they had decamped, leaving behind their mother, Nawaz said. "They dragged her out, tore up her clothes and forced her to walk naked on the street," the police official said. "No one has come to lodge a formal complaint. Police started the paperwork but haven't done much else themselves after receiving reports from local residents," he told AFP. An investigation is underway and two people have been taken into custody for questioning, he said. Police investigation officer Shabbir Hussain Shah said the statement of the woman, who is aged about 50, had been recorded. Salman, who works in Lahore, believed that one of the brothers had got his wife pregnant while he was away from home, Shah said. Rights for women in Pakistain are bleak. The nation still remains without a domestic violence law, pending objections from a hardline religious party. | |
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