Rape a girl in Pakistan and move on.
The victim will not speak out against it for fear of earning ignominy and a social stigma that stays forever. She will curse her fate-not the rapist- and try to do the impossible i-e forget about it.
But kainat soomro did not forget what happened to her on Jan. 10, 2007 as a student of class eight. She was gang raped. Nor did she keep quiet. Kainat protested and clamoured for justice.
What happens next?
Well, welcome to Pakistan.
“Five fake FIRs of murder, theft and other crimes were registered against her and her family at different police stations to pressure them to withdraw the case and settle the dispute through a jirga”, says Kainat.
Moreover, “because she had refused to withdraw the case, they murdered her brother after kidnapping”
The complicity of Police in the crime should not be appalling to any Pakistani who lives in this Land of the Pure. What is shocking, however, is the naivety of kainat.
How could she even think of pursuing the perpetrators!
And how dare she violate the norms by breaking the silence!
Why did she not keep mum about it, gulping down the pill of patience like so many kainats along the length and breadth of this country do!?
Thus, she had to be taught a lesson and if she learns the hard way, so be it. Here falls her brother.
See, it’s simple.
In this fast moving world, you have fast food and that too while driving through. Similarly, rape and move on. And if some mad girl like kainat tries to block your way, you know how to still go through. Besides, you can always teach her a lesson.
Indeed! We are moving fast and making progress.
SHAME on us...
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