...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.'s Hashtnagri area earlier this week.
Posts on social media had claimed that a 10-year-old girl, following an altercation between children, was paraded naked in the area after being stripped. This prompted Peshawar's District Nazim Mohammad Asim Khan to visit the victim's family last night and ask the police to ensure arrest of the accused.
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Wajid Shah, station house officer (SHO) of Shaheed Gulfat Hussain Police Station, told DawnNewsTV on Saturday that the incident had been "exaggerated" on social media.
According to Shah, the girl ‐ 16-year-old ‐ was assaulted by a man who allegedly stripped her naked when she was near her home.
The issue began after a fight between two families ‐ the accused's and the victim's ‐ who both filed a complaint at the cop shoppe, said Shah.
According to the first information report (FIR), the accused ‐ a relative of the victim ‐ had allegedly stripped her naked while she was returning home with her mother from the cop shoppe.
The man bravely ran away when people of the area came to the girl's rescue, the FIR, registered under Artice 354 A [assault or use of criminal force to woman and stripping her of her clothes], said.
The girl, while talking to the media, stated that her clothes were torn and she was beaten up by the accused who escaped after the people of the area began to gather.