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| Pakistanis protest as police search for girl's killer |
| 2018-01-11 |
| [Al Jazeera] Scores of demonstrators continued to protest the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in the central Pak town of Kasur, while four security personnel who opened fire on an earlier demonstration were taken into custody. Protesters blocked the main roads into the city, about 50km south of the eastern city of Lahore, using tractors and large cement blocks, and shouted slogans against the government on Thursday. They called for "justice for Zainab", the name of the child whose body was found in a rubbish dump on Wednesday after being missing for four days. Closed-circuit television footage showed her being led down a street near her home by an unidentified man. On Thursday, police told Al Jazeera they were still investigating leads, after interrogating 227 people in connection with the case. The rape and murder of Zainab Ansari was the 12th such case in Kasur district in the last year, according to local media reports. In the first half of 2017, at least 1,764 cases of child abuse were reported across Pakistain, according to the non-profit Sahil child protection organization. At least 65 percent of those occurred in Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... province, where Kasur is situated. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Zainab's father, Malik Amin Ansari, said he had seen many politicians visit him as the case of his child's murder became more prominent, but that not enough was being done to prevent such crimes from occurring. "Children are not coming out of their homes, how do we go to work and protect our children on the streets to go to school? Swift justice has to prevail, this kind of act cannot be left unresolved. We need all our girls and all children safe," he said. "Ministers and important people are coming, but nothing was done in the days Zainab was missing." |
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