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Man arrested for murdering NGO worker, her daughter | |
2005-07-08 | |
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.
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Posted by:Fred |
#1 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. After he walked out, I wonder if they all started doing big "L" things with their arms? |
Posted by: tu3031 2005-07-08 16:04 |