Landlord chops off minor’s arms

25/07/2014

GUJRAT(Pakistan)
A 10-year-old boy from Chak Bhola village was left grievously injured on Thursday when his arms were chopped off, reported a private TV channel.
The son of an influential landowner allegedly pushed the minor onto a machine in the village on the outskirts of Gujrat over a minor altercation, which left his limbs severed from his body.
The boy was shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Gujrat for treatment.
On the other hand, the police claimed to have arrested the 24-year-old suspect and started investigation into the incident.

Pakistan ranked at the bottom in South Asia in UN Human Development Report 2014

25/07/2014

Tokyo- Pakistan retained its last year's position at number 146 in the category of 'low development countries' in the UN Human Development Report (HDR)  2014 'Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Enhancing Resilience' released at the UN University Headquarters today. The country's human development index (HDI), a measure derived from life expectancy, education levels and incomes, did not grow when compared with 2013. Pakistan, an atomic power and population of around 180 million, is thus ranked at bottom in the South Asian region as even small countries like
Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal are ahead of it in human development. India is ranked at 135, among the 'medium development' countries like Egypt, South Africa, Mongolia, Philippines and Indonesia. Among other South Asian countries Bhutan and Bangladesh too figure in this category. Pakistan (ranked 146) and Nepal (145) are in the 'low development' category, while Sri Lanka (73) is in the 'high development' category. The HDR covers 187 countries across the world and is published annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In the current report, the
top five countries ranked in terms of the HDI are Norway, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands and the US. The bottom five in this ranking are Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Chad and Sierra Leone. The HDR notes that over 200 million people are affected by natural disasters
and 45 million, the largest number in 18 years, were displaced by conflicts at the end of 2012. These factors also contributed to denting the improvement in human development.

Woman ‘poisoned to death’ by in-laws

25/07/2014

LAHORE

A married woman was allegedly poisoned to death by her in-laws in Wahdat Colony area on Thursday.

The deceased was identified as Shazia, wife of Nasir Masih, of Clifton Colony. Shazia hailed from Youhanabad and contracted love marriage with Nasir Masih a few years back. Nasir told the police that Shazia had died of some medical complications while Shazia’s parents claimed that she was poisoned to death. Police shifted the body to morgue for autopsy. No case was registered till filing of this report.

WOMAN DROWNS: A 50-year-old woman drowned in Ravi River. Police said the woman yet to be identified was washing clothes on the bank of the river when she fell into it and drowned. Police shifted the body to morgue.

SHOT DEAD: A man was shot dead in Baghbanpura area. Police said two brothers Khalid Bhatti and Sheraz Bhatti of Darogawala had an old property dispute. On the day of incident, both Khalid and Sheraz came to the place of Hussain Gujar who had arranged their meeting for reconciliation. Meanwhile, Khalid Bhatti got infuriated and opened fire. As a result, Hussain Gujar died while his son and three nephews received injuries. Police have registered a case and sent the body to morgue.

18 OUTLAWS ARRESTED: Sadar Division Investigation police arrested 18 criminals involved in robberies, car thefts and other crimes. Police claimed to have recovered cattle, vehicles and other valuables worth Rs 700,000 from their possession. Sattukatla Investigation police arrested Babar and Ghulam Mustafa and recovered five cars. A special team of Sadar Division Investigation police arrested 16 robbers and recovered 13 bikes, a tractor, a rickshaw, cattle and illicit weapons.

Balochistan: Girl killed in name of ‘honour’

DERA MURAD JAMALI: A girl was shot dead allegedly by her father in the name of ‘honour’ in Akhundani village in Jhal Magsi district on Thursday.
According to Levies sources, Mohammad Omar opened fire at his daughter and fled. The girl suffered serious bullet wounds and died.
No details were immediately available about the matter that led to the girl’s death. The Levies Force have registered a case against Mohammad Omar.

Taliban survivor Malala, in Nigeria, pledges to help free girls

14/07/2014

ABUJA (Reuters) - Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, pledged while on a trip to Nigeria to help free a group of schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants.On Sunday, Malala met parents of the more than 200 girls who were kidnapped by the militant group Boko Haram from a school in the northeastern village of Chibok in April.

Boko Haram, inspired by the Taliban, say they are fighting to establish an Islamic state in religiously mixed Nigeria. The group, whose name means "Western education is sinful", has killed thousands and abducted hundreds since launching an uprising in 2009.

Some of the parents broke down in tears as Malala spoke at a hotel in the capital Abuja on Sunday.

"I can see those girls as my sisters ... and I'm going to speak up for them until they are released," said Malala, who was due to meet President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday, her 17th birthday.

"I'm going to participate actively in the 'Bring back our girls' campaign, to make sure that they return safely and they continue their education."The girls' abduction drew unprecedented international attention to the war in Nigeria's northeast and the growing security risk that Boko Haram poses to Nigeria, Africa's leading energy producer.

A #BringBackOurGirls Twitter campaign supported by Michelle Obama and Angelina Jolie heaped pressure on authorities to act, and Jonathan pledged to save the girls, drawing promises of Western help to do so.

"I can feel ... the circumstances under which you are suffering," Malala said. "It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger. My birthday wish this year is ... bring back our girls now, and alive."

ABUJA PROTEST

Several weeks on, the hostages have not been freed and media interest has waned. Around 200 Nigerians gathered in the Unity Fountain park in central Abuja on Sunday to call on authorities to explain what they are doing to get the girls out.

"Nobody has told us anything about where the girls could be, what they are doing to try to rescue them. In three months, we've heard nothing," said Haruna Fetima, one of the parents at the gathering. "We live in Chibok, and we haven't seen any soldiers or police in the area since the attack."

Boko Haram, now considered the main security threat to Nigeria, is growing bolder. Police said on Saturday they had uncovered a plot to bomb the Abuja transport network using suicide bombers and devices concealed in luggage at major bus stations.

Pakistani Taliban militants shot Malala for her passionate advocacy of women's right to education. She survived after being airlifted to Britain for treatment, and has since become a symbol of defiance against the militants operating in the tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

She has won the European Union's prestigious human rights award and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize last year.

Some see Nigeria's local #BringBackOurGirls campaign as a rare, albeit small, piece of civil activism in a nation famous for its shoulder-shrugging indifference in the face of atrocities or bad governance.

"The negative side of our resilience ... is that things that would compel other citizens to demand accountability, demand answers, wouldn't move the Nigerian," said Oby Ezekwesili, a chartered accountant who has spearheaded the campaign to get the girls freed.

"That has been broken ... People are saying 'We can't leave 219 girls and just get on with our lives'."

Ten-year-old 'raped for revenge on orders of village chief in India'

Yahoo7 and Agencies July 11, 2014, 1:23 pm 

A ten-year-old girl has been raped at the orders of a village chief in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, after her husband beat up a man who tried to molest the child’s mother, it has been reported.

 

It is the latest shocking sex crime to hit India and further highlights the country’s severe problem of violence against women, says The Times of India.

Police have said that the rape followed a confrontation where an intoxicated 25-year-old man entered the victim’s house and tried to molest the child’s mother before her husband apprehended the attacker and threw him out of the house.

The following morning, the attacker complained of being assaulted to the chief of the Bokaro district village, police say. An assembly of elders was then convene to determine the husband’s punishment for his violence. The families of the victims and attackers alike were then summoned to a meeting where the village chief allegedly ruled that the attacker rape the ten-year-old girl to avenge his beating.

The man is then alleged to have dragged the girl into bushes and raped the girl to the chorus of her mother’s cries. An hour later the mother retrieved her daughter from the bushes where she lay blood-soaked.

Despite the horrific nature of this incident it is merely one in an estimated 25,000 yearly rape cases which are reported in India.