Rights Watch | September 28th 2020

--Two men arrested for molesting a minor boy in Rawalpindi --Sheikhupura man shoots wife and throws body in the canal --Jirga fined man for having an affair

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Boy molested in Rawalpindi

Two people were arrested for allegedly molesting a boy at Kalar Syedan locality in Rawalpindi. The boy’s mother told police a woman also made a video while three men assaulted her son, a laborer, at a house.

Man dumps wife’s body in the canal

A man has been accused of dumping the dead body of his wife in a canal after shooting her in Narang Mandi tehsil of Sheikhupura. Residents said Abid shot his wife Muqaddas after an argument and threw her body in the canal.

Jirga fines man Rs1.5m for ‘affair’

A jirga in Kandhkot-Kashmore has ordered a man to pay a fine of Rs 1.5 million after being found guilty of an extramarital affair.

The head of the jirga, Saeed Ahmed Bajkani, asked Nasrullah of the Magsi community to pay compensation to the family of a woman from the Bakjrani community with whom he had a relationship.