Last year in Pakistan, more than 3,832 cases of child abuse were reported, with 2,327 cases of child sexual abuse alone. Will the latest murder of a 10-year-old girl bring any change?
On the afternoon of May 15, in a suburban area of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, 10-year-old Farishta, whose name means ‘angel’, went out to play.
The Pakistani police came under severe criticism as details about the manner in which the preliminary investigation was carried out emerged. According to Nabi the autopsy was performed late, leaving the body in the morgue for hours. It was only when public pressure showed no signs of ebbing, they proceeded with the autopsy.
Between January and April 2019, around 11 children have been killed in cases of child abuse, according to the Jinnah Institute, a think tank. The Supreme Court, prompted by the public outcry, compelled the authorities to take action — which they delivered by managing to arrest the perpetrator with a DNA match a couple of weeks after the incident.
She regretted that even after the horrific incident of Zainab’s rape and murder, “we have witnessed the apathy, inaction and silence towards Farishta, that too from our law enforcement agencies”. But laws seldom work in Pakistan. Despite passing a robust law against acid attacks in 2011, and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s Oscar winning documentary on the issue a year later, around 400 incidents of acid attacks are still reported annually in Pakistan, according to rights organisations. At the end of the day, it is up to the police to not only register cases with the correct information but to ensure watertight investigation.
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