UPPER DIR: Police said on Thursday that one of the men involved in the murder of a female rights activist and her daughter last Friday had been arrested. District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Ayub told a press conference that Ali Zer, one of the five men involved in the murder Zubaida Begum (40) and her 17-year-old daughter Shumaila, was arrested. âWe are also close to arresting the other men behind the double murder,â he added. Zubaida Begum and her daughter were killed because of her (Zubaidaâs) association with a non-government organisation (NGO). Zubeida Begum was a member of the Aurat Foundation and was actively campaigning for womenâs rights in Upper Dir, which is the stronghold of the Jamaat-e-Islami. Ali Zer had told police that he had been âincitedâ at a local mosque to kill the woman as she was âinvolved in immoral thingsâ, the DPO added. âA man at the mosque taunted him and told him that if he was brave enough, he should stop his relative from doing âimmoralâ deeds,â he said.
Zubaida was shot more than a dozen times at her house on July 1 while her daughter died in a hospital in Peshawar last Monday. âInvestigators have concluded that five people were involved in the murder,â the DPO said, adding that the car used in the double murder had been found, which led to Ali Zerâs arrest.
| Here's a suggestion that no one in Pakland will ever take: the guy was incited to bump off two women at his friendly neighborhood mosque. Send a government hard boy to the mosque and after he takes his shoes off, performs his ablutions, and whatever the hell else they do, have him shoot the holy man right through the turban. See how long it'll be before the next incitement. Rinse, repeat as necessary. |