I was raped, starved and kept as a prisoner': How an Australian woman, 30, travelled to Pakistan to

[I.R.A]

Are we really discussing something printed in the daily Mail?

Nose piercing, selfies, shirtless picture of the man ........ all the images in the op tell a very different tale. There is lot more to this than what the article is selling.

 

[Trango Towers]

So this lady came voluntarily
Was caged and raped
Allowed her phone
Took pictures of the house etc

But why is the accused pic blurred?

More holes than swiss cheese

 

[sinait]

So this lady came voluntarily
Was cages and raped
Allowed her phone
Too pictures of the hosue etc

But why is the accused pic blurred?

More holes than swiss cheese

Most likely a case of a Golddigger being disappointed.
We should take a cue from the Australian government.

When she managed to contact the Australian commission in Pakistan she claimed she was met with a 'lacklustre' response and offered only limited advice.

She is NO Innocent Tourist but have a LAW DEGREE and successful at it.

Ms Hall, having completed a law degree at the University of Notre Dame and begun work in a prestige position.
Despite her burgeoning legal career and strong professional prospects.

A "Successful Lawyer" not familiar with consequences of overstaying her visa?

Ms Hall was disappointed by their 'lackluster' attitude from the consulate, saying she was told to seek safety, but she was scared to go to the police due to her visa overstay

Gold Digger

'He promised a grand amazing happy life, if I would ever consider him.
'He said he had five houses, he showed a purchase contract for a Spanish house he said we could live in and that I could decorate however I wanted - he even sent me pictures of the house.

Intoxicated by the promise of a beautiful life and seduced by the man of her dreams

Shameful that DailyMail sensationalize this case to tar Pakistan.
Not to be compared with innocent TOURISTs being Gang Raped in neighboring Rapistan.
.

 

[Maxpane]

its because we have lost our traditions yo respect women

 

[My-Analogous]

'I was raped, starved and kept as a prisoner': How an Australian woman, 30, travelled to Pakistan to meet the man of her dreams... only for him to lock her up, force Islam upon her and abuse her daily

• Lara Hall, 30, was groomed by Sajjad, who promised her love and admiration
• She decided to visit him in Lahore on the hope of having a wonderful life
• He kept her inside for months, raped her daily and made her scared to seek help
• She escaped with the help of a high-flying Pakistani business man and friends

An Australian woman who was lured to Pakistan by the false promise of a lavish life with the man of her dreams was instead locked up, beaten and used as a sex slave for months.


Lara Hall, 30, became the victim of a predatory online groomer who raped her repeatedly over several months and kept her locked up in squalor.


When she managed to contact the Australian commission in Pakistan she claimed she was met with a 'lacklustre' response and offered only limited advice.


Describing her 'living nightmare' to Daily Mail Australia, Ms Hall said she was groomed by a man called Sajjad, who promised her a lavish life in a Spanish-style villa in Lahore.

Lara Hall (pictured) 30, travelled to Pakistan to meet the man of her dreams... only for him to force her into Islam and treat her as a sex slave

Her nightmarish experiences all arose from a chance meeting in 2013.


Ms Hall, having completed a law degree at the University of Notre Dame and begun work in a prestige position, struck up a friendship on a train with a Pakistani woman called Rhianna in 2013.


She offered to teach her English and over time she became an honorary member of the woman's family who told her how much they adored her and often brought her little gifts.


'I didn't come from a functional family, so it was everything I was craving,' she said

Ms Hall thought Sajjad (pictured together in their home in 2018) was the man of her dreams

One night Ms Hall was on a Skype call to Rhianna's family in Pakistan, and made her first contact with Sajjad, who was a relative.


The pair connected on Facebook and talked intermittently over the next few years. Sajjad claimed he was also a lawyer and always appeared interested in her life and was eager to make her happy.


Sajjad's friendship came at a challenging time for Ms Hall, who had battled obsessive compulsive disorder and still felt the legacy of a difficult childhood.


Despite her burgeoning legal career and strong professional prospects, her troubles mounted to the point where she suffered a breakdown.

One night Ms Hall was on a Skype call to Rhianna's family in Pakistan, and made her first contact with Sajjad, who was a relative

'He came into my life at just the right time, when I was completely vulnerable.'


'He promised a grand amazing happy life, if I would ever consider him.


'He said he had five houses, he showed a purchase contract for a Spanish house he said we could live in and that I could decorate however I wanted - he even sent me pictures of the house.


'I remember asking him if he would ever lie to me and he said 'no' - he was very attractive and seductive.


'I was seduced by the promise of this amazing life with him. My life in Sydney was so s**t at the time, so I thought maybe I would give it a go.


'He would always say 'I'll fill all your blank spaces'. It was one of his favourite sayings. And I'd known his family here for a long time.'

He even showed Ms Hall a purchase contract for the Spanish house which he had doctored


Sajjad was also in contact with Lara's family. Over Facebook he struck up a friendship with Ms Hall's twin, Amy. He sent her Nan emails promising he would keep her safe. He offered protection and comfort - the security Lara had always craved.


Amy was over the moon for her sister.


'He was very compassionate, empathetic, always there to listen, issuing grandiose promises -like a friend, a very trustworthy person,' Amy said.


In early 2018 Sajjad invited Ms Hall to his brother's wedding in Pakistan. She saw it as the perfect chance to see if their online romance could turn into real life love.


Intoxicated by the promise of a beautiful life and seduced by the man of her dreams, Ms Hall took the plunge and on April 23 last year she flew the 18 hours to Lahore.

In early 2018 Sajjad (pictured) invited Ms Hall to his brother's wedding in Pakistan

Ms Hall saw it as the perfect chance to see if their online romance could turn into real life love

'The house was certainly not like anything in the pictures, I was taken back when I arrived,' Ms Hall said.


'There were twenty people living in five bedrooms. He said they were just there for the wedding. It was filthy.


'But he was being so nice, I still thought he was a dream come true.'


Over the next few weeks Sajjad admitted that he had fabricated the Spanish villa and that he was not the man he had claimed to be.


'All feelings of love died. Then the abuse started,' she said.


'Sajjad raped me and his brother attempted to rape me on multiple occasions. I was a kept woman, I was denied feminine hygiene products and had to bleed freely, I was starved over long periods of time - on one occasion up to 14 hours.'


Ms Hall says she was shocked when she got top the house (pictured) as it was nothing like what was promised

Ms Hall said that twenty people were living in five rooms and the house (pictured) was in squalor

Ms Hall said that it was 'filthy'with open plumbing and trash everywhere (pictured is the house she lived in in Pakistan)


The house (pictured) also had broken tiles and rubbish was strewn everywhere

There were piles of rubbish throughout the rooms which were never cleaned up

Ms Hall continuously refused his marriage proposals, and her refusal to convert to Islam only enraged Sajjad further.


'I was made to present myself naked after a shower. One time I had a bit of shampoo still in my hair after showering and Sajjad grabbed me, telling me I was an idiot and slammed my head into the basin .


'I was once made to lay naked in the bed with my legs open to 'air out my vagina'.


'One time I was ill he thought it was 'hilarious' - as I was vomiting - to come up and try to rape me while I was hurling.


'I had come all the way to Pakistan to be a prisoner.'


Ms Hall's 30-day visa had expired, and Sajjad claimed he had contacts working on a renewal but told her in the meantime she couldn't leave the house or she risked arrest.

After Ms Hall's visa expired Sajjad promised her he would renew it - while also claiming that she had to stay inside the house until he did otherwise the police would arrest her

She managed to contact the Australian consulate and High Commission, thinking her reports of sexual assault would trigger an urgent response.


She was disappointed by their 'lacklustre' attitude, saying she was told to seek safety, but she was scared to go to the police due to her visa overstay and for speaking out against a local man.


A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that it provided consular assistance to an Australian woman last year but would not divulge details due to 'privacy obligations'.


So Ms Hall planned her own escape.


She reached out to Dr Kaiser Rafiq, chief executive of the elite AFOHS club, a prestigious members-only club for armed forces officers, diplomats and prominent business personalities.

Ms Hall was disappointed by their 'lackluster' attitude from the consulate, saying she was told to seek safety, but she was scared to go to the police due to her visa overstay (pictured are screenshots of her correspondence with the consulate)

Ms Hall reached out to Dr Kaiser Rafiq, chief executive of the elite AFOHS club, a prestigious members-only club for armed forces officers, diplomats and prominent business personalities

'She approached me via Facebook and these social media channels are usually not real, so after doing some due diligence that she is a girl in need of help, I realized the situation that she is staying at a house somewhat against her will,' Dr Rafiq told Daily Mail Australia.


One night after Sajjad threatened to 'delete' her, Ms Hall barricaded herself in a bedroom and worked up the courage to call the police.


When they arrived on the doorstep Sajjad begged her to tell them she was fine but Dr Rafiq got on the line and she was escorted to the local station.


She was released into the care of Dr Rafiq and spent two weeks at the AFOHS club, rubbing shoulders with Pakistani's elite military and government community.


Dr Rafiq said he offered to help partly because he did not want her leaving a completely bad image of the Pakistani people.

One night after Sajjad (pictured here in their home) threatened to 'delete' her, Ms Hall barricaded herself in a bedroom and worked up the courage to call the police

Ms Hall with Wilson Chowdry, the head of the British Pakistani Christian Association charity

'I find her extremely genius and positive person,' he said. 'But I was disappointed and somewhat angry at her for coming to a totally strange country and strange people whom she met only through internet.


'Our youth must learn that the internet is not a safe place and we must not believe fantasies which someone portrays on internet,' he said.


After two weeks Ms Hall moved out to stay with another friend she had made online, Rafi, who offered her safe housing.


Concerned about how she overstayed her visa, Ms Hall and Rafi flew to Islamabad where the Ministry of Interior has its headquarters. At first she was threatened with detention for overstaying her visa but after some pleading she was given a $US400 fine and instructed to leave within 10 days.

After two weeks at the compound Ms Hall (pictured here during her time at university) moved out to stay with another friend she had made online, Rafi, who offered her safe housing

With not enough money to feed herself, let alone purchase an international flight, Ms Hall says she again tried to reach out to the Australia embassy.


'I begged my embassy and asked if I can take safe harbour and they said no, I said 'I'm a victim of abuse' I was just met again with lacklustre replies.'


With nowhere else to turn, Ms Hall set up a GoFundMe and reached out to the British Pakistani Christian Association.


Wilson Chowdry, the head of the organisation, answered her pleas. The organisation paid her fines and organised safe passage out of the country and back home to Australia, while upbraiding the Australian government for its feeble response.


'The Australian Consulate and High Commission failed to provide any assistance and seemed not to take her plight seriously and this often placed Lara in a further set of difficult and dangerous circumstances,' Mr Chowdry said.

With nowhere else to turn, Ms Hall set up a GoFundMe and reached out to the British Pakistani Christian Association charity (pictured with her twin sister, Amy)


Ms Hall and her twin sister Amy, at home in Australia when they were young

'Consular officials seem incapable of understanding her mental condition and may even have misinterpreted her OCD and assumed she was a prank caller, despite her frequent explanations and pleas. Worse still their offered advice was wholly inadequate and caused Lara grievous despair.'


Ms Hall said Mr Chowdry was the man who got her home, and was now working with the BPCA on cases similar to her own.


'I'm not a Christian, I'm an agnostic. But Wilson helped me get out of the country. He was a big part in me getting out.'


Ms Hall was glad to have emerged from her hellish experience in Pakistan but remained troubled by the Australian government's relative inaction.


'Why did the government let me down? I'm speaking out because no other Australian should be left behind. No one should be left.'


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...promises-lavish-life.html?ito=social-facebook

I found many loop holes in this story. She can't contact persons via phone but can via facebook? a social media. How can a person use social media if she don't have access? There are many other things which make this story injured. Some one is cooking and need further investigation.

 

[HAIDER]

Why do white western girls always fall for those fraudulent desi scumbags

For comfortable life..away from daily hardship. Greed.

 

[Saleet]

'I was raped, starved and kept as a prisoner': How an Australian woman, 30, travelled to Pakistan to meet the man of her dreams... only for him to lock her up, force Islam upon her and abuse her daily

• Lara Hall, 30, was groomed by Sajjad, who promised her love and admiration
• She decided to visit him in Lahore on the hope of having a wonderful life
• He kept her inside for months, raped her daily and made her scared to seek help
• She escaped with the help of a high-flying Pakistani business man and friends

An Australian woman who was lured to Pakistan by the false promise of a lavish life with the man of her dreams was instead locked up, beaten and used as a sex slave for months.


Lara Hall, 30, became the victim of a predatory online groomer who raped her repeatedly over several months and kept her locked up in squalor.


When she managed to contact the Australian commission in Pakistan she claimed she was met with a 'lacklustre' response and offered only limited advice.


Describing her 'living nightmare' to Daily Mail Australia, Ms Hall said she was groomed by a man called Sajjad, who promised her a lavish life in a Spanish-style villa in Lahore.





Lara Hall (pictured) 30, travelled to Pakistan to meet the man of her dreams... only for him to force her into Islam and treat her as a sex slave

Her nightmarish experiences all arose from a chance meeting in 2013.


Ms Hall, having completed a law degree at the University of Notre Dame and begun work in a prestige position, struck up a friendship on a train with a Pakistani woman called Rhianna in 2013.


She offered to teach her English and over time she became an honorary member of the woman's family who told her how much they adored her and often brought her little gifts.


'I didn't come from a functional family, so it was everything I was craving,' she said





Ms Hall thought Sajjad (pictured together in their home in 2018) was the man of her dreams




https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...promises-lavish-life.html?ito=social-facebook

This can happen when you are more impressed with someone's financial status rather than character.

 

[Reichsmarschall]

For comfortable life..away from daily hardship. Greed.

Comfortable life in Pakistan?
You must be kidding me

 

[fitpOsitive]

I can understand.

everyone has a cock in this fight Thats why a Woman suffered

You always take me wrong. I didn't mean that.

 

[Zibago]

Never ever Trust anyone so suddenly on people on Social Media

She also did so many things wrong
She didn't informed the Police for so many days
She came all the way to Pakistan alone
She didn't confirmed about him before coming to Pakistan
When she and her family made first contact on Skype didn't she see the house then? And didn't even bother to ask him to show his house? Etc etc

Sad incident arrest that a**hole as well

Never trust anyone period that man brought shame to us hope he is locked up in the darkest cell

 

[Cookie Monster]

if you mean the last sentence you typed you will start cleaning your own internal house.
I am sure tons of pakistani females get abused by their spouses. you are a male dominated society.
I am sure both society and cops look the other way.


on a side note we have not heard the guy's story



the stupidity of falling in love over the internet should be made clear. the cavalry cannot rescue every lady in distress in foreign lands.

Right...that was indeed stupidity to trust/love someone over the internet...and then travel to another country to meet this person where u don't know anyone and don't speak the language.

However should we(the rest of the ppl...collectively as a society) just chalk it up to stupidity? Or should we intervene(despite her stupidity)?
The answer is that we should definitely intervene bcuz under no circumstances should a predator like that be allowed to get away with such heinous crimes. It is indeed resource intensive but we(be it Australian government, Pakistani government, or whoever is able to help) must come to the rescue of the victims and punish criminals.

 

[El Sidd]

Nose piercing, selfies, shirtless picture of the man ........ all the images in the op tell a very different tale. There is lot more to this than what the article is selling.

its the daily Mail

the average Reader of this tabloid is your Soccer Hooligan paranoid that their women are going Islam.

its a cultural conservative tabloid

 

[Yaseen1]

it is fault of girl also she should agree to man what way of life she adopt after marriage.Many women in west promise to become Muslim after marriage and adopt Islamic way of life but after marriage cheat men so they had to face this reaction if they want to fool our men and ask lot of money from them although I think this woman is fabricating this story to defame Pakistan and may be agent of foreign agencies

 

[Dubious]

if you mean the last sentence you typed you will start cleaning your own internal house.
I am sure tons of pakistani females get abused by their spouses. you are a male dominated society.
I am sure both society and cops look the other way.


on a side note we have not heard the guy's story

I am not sure if you are slightly drunk or something, oh well it is the weekend! The article HAPPENS to be of my "internal house".

As for cleaning it/ my society- People from MY society are on this VERY thread calling the act disgraceful! Barely 1-2 have looked the other way. May I suggest you to practice what you preach

 

[nahtanbob]

I am not sure if you are slightly drunk or something, oh well it is the weekend! The article HAPPENS to be of my "internal house".

As for cleaning it/ my society- People from MY society are on this VERY thread calling the act disgraceful! Barely 1-2 have looked the other way. May I suggest you to practice what you preach

Let us be honest here. the victim is Australian white lady. the reporting newspaper is british tabloid.
the good samatarian in the article helped the Australian lady because he did not want pakistan to get a bad name.

honestly how many pakistani women get the kind of help the australian lady got ?

are the people on this forum who were mad at the culprit representative of pakistani society at large ?

before we got worked up about this story I am skeptical about this whole thing. i really like to hear the guy's version if he has anything to tell.