Increase in Heinous Crimes in Society

[Mohammad Ilyas]

The rape and murder cases are being on high in Pakistani society. A few years back it was proudly proclaimed that honour killings have been forbidden and one involved in such a killing will be dealt with strict measure as that of a general killer. O.K, but Pakistan comprises of mostly emotional and fanatic type society because of lack of education and lack of moral values. Most educated in Pakistan are not actually educated but degree holders of education that is taken by one way or another. One when becomes sure that he will not be killed or arrested, comes out to the street and tries examining on all the evil that he possess in mind.
A wave of rapes mostly of minors and killing them has been on the way. The judicial system of Pakistan is poor and order of the state is so weak that it takes years for a witnessed and proved offence to be punished. Suspects and professional offenders are used to tackle with such crimes tactfully who hire outspoken lawyers and the system further gets prolonged. The government system instead of making the penalty strict further escalates the situation in the name of rights of genders and liberty. In western countries if there is liberty to genders then their rights are also defined according to their secular theory but this is a Muslim country and a girl roaming alone or with other boys falls prey to the offenders. When a crime occurs that is publicised and millions weep on and cry for justice. Ultimately, the process of justice is begun with utmost smartness that continues for such a long period that for months people remember the crime and slowly that gets out of mind. If the judicial system was run smoothly the offender is punished years after that and people ask each other which case was that and why one is punished. This fainting justice is making the rate of crimes higher and higher.
When a woman or a minor is raped or killed and the criminals confess then bring them out into a ground and give such a severe punishment forthwith that the spectators would feel the touch of horror throughout their life.
Chitral was a free state first up to the advent of British in 1895 and then annexation as a district in 1969. It was a poor state but its judicial system was strong and well defined that had made the state run strongly throughout the history in spite of all its meagre resources and poverty. An offender entering one's house could be killed by the housekeeper. Similarly, a rapist or adulterer when killed by the relatives on spot , then the relatives would be spared and in any case the people would report to the council of state and those would visit the spot and see the proof and decide it right there.
A story is narrated that once an old man from a village reported to the ruler that he had trees of apricot in his lawn and some young men intrude in daybreak and openly eat the fruit climbing on the trees and said, when I stop and shout on them, they make a joke of me. I am alone with my old wife and thus we are helpless against multiple strong men. The ruler(Mehtar) asked if he had a gun in home, he answered in negative. The ruler ordered him to be issued a gun from the state armoury and told him he cannot afford having armed guards for his apricots so the old man should himself once warn them and then shoot them. The next day the old man found men climbed on his apricots and enjoying them gossiping. He made a warning to them to climb down but they ridiculed and laughed. The old man then shot the one on the highest and by then all vanished. In that system no written applications or appeals would occur neither any witness bothered for months or years.
Moreover, the conditions laid to possess an arm license for a noble citizen are very hard in Pakistan while on the contrary the offenders possess heavy arms so that even least police parties face them in open.
Punishments of almost all crimes are well defined in Islam just as the Roman code ' Eye for an Eye and Tooth for a Tooth' and there is no need to even compile complex and thick books of that. A man was brought before Caliph Abu Bakr Siddiq Rz with the offence of a crime. Abu Bakr Rz asked about the nature of the crime. The officials said he was caught in a serious theft case. Abu Bakr Rz said then what is an issue there that you have brought before me, just cut off his hand. They told the Caliph that his hand had already been cut in previous theft case. Then the Caliph said, Okey, then cut off his head.
Unless our judicial system and government law enforcement system is not altered, the sequence of such crimes will prevail.

 

[GHALIB]

this is price of development , breaking of society , lowering of family values , selfishness , lack of ethical and moral education at home and school .

 

[Dubious]

The rape and murder cases are being on high in Pakistani society. A few years back it was proudly proclaimed that honour killings have been forbidden and one involved in such a killing will be dealt with strict measure as that of a general killer. O.K, but Pakistan comprises of mostly emotional and fanatic type society because of lack of education and lack of moral values. Most educated in Pakistan are not actually educated but degree holders of education that is taken by one way or another. One when becomes sure that he will not be killed or arrested, comes out to the street and tries examining on all the evil that he possess in mind.
A wave of rapes mostly of minors and killing them has been on the way. The judicial system of Pakistan is poor and order of the state is so weak that it takes years for a witnessed and proved offence to be punished. Suspects and professional offenders are used to tackle with such crimes tactfully who hire outspoken lawyers and the system further gets prolonged. The government system instead of making the penalty strict further escalates the situation in the name of rights of genders and liberty. In western countries if there is liberty to genders then their rights are also defined according to their secular theory but this is a Muslim country and a girl roaming alone or with other boys falls prey to the offenders. When a crime occurs that is publicised and millions weep on and cry for justice. Ultimately, the process of justice is begun with utmost smartness that continues for such a long period that for months people remember the crime and slowly that gets out of mind. If the judicial system was run smoothly the offender is punished years after that and people ask each other which case was that and why one is punished. This fainting justice is making the rate of crimes higher and higher.
When a woman or a minor is raped or killed and the criminals confess then bring them out into a ground and give such a severe punishment forthwith that the spectators would feel the touch of horror throughout their life.
Chitral was a free state first up to the advent of British in 1895 and then annexation as a district in 1969. It was a poor state but its judicial system was strong and well defined that had made the state run strongly throughout the history in spite of all its meagre resources and poverty. An offender entering one's house could be killed by the housekeeper. Similarly, a rapist or adulterer when killed by the relatives on spot , then the relatives would be spared and in any case the people would report to the council of state and those would visit the spot and see the proof and decide it right there.
A story is narrated that once an old man from a village reported to the ruler that he had trees of apricot in his lawn and some young men intrude in daybreak and openly eat the fruit climbing on the trees and said, when I stop and shout on them, they make a joke of me. I am alone with my old wife and thus we are helpless against multiple strong men. The ruler(Mehtar) asked if he had a gun in home, he answered in negative. The ruler ordered him to be issued a gun from the state armoury and told him he cannot afford having armed guards for his apricots so the old man should himself once warn them and then shoot them. The next day the old man found men climbed on his apricots and enjoying them gossiping. He made a warning to them to climb down but they ridiculed and laughed. The old man then shot the one on the highest and by then all vanished. In that system no written applications or appeals would occur neither any witness bothered for months or years.
Moreover, the conditions laid to possess an arm license for a noble citizen are very hard in Pakistan while on the contrary the offenders possess heavy arms so that even least police parties face them in open.
Punishments of almost all crimes are well defined in Islam just as the Roman code ' Eye for an Eye and Tooth for a Tooth' and there is no need to even compile complex and thick books of that. A man was brought before Caliph Abu Bakr Siddiq Rz with the offence of a crime. Abu Bakr Rz asked about the nature of the crime. The officials said he was caught in a serious theft case. Abu Bakr Rz said then what is an issue there that you have brought before me, just cut off his hand. They told the Caliph that his hand had already been cut in previous theft case. Then the Caliph said, Okey, then cut off his head.
Unless our judicial system and government law enforcement system is not altered, the sequence of such crimes will prevail.

This can be fixed with stricter laws, a serious police and juridical system and better education system..

In Japan, Scandinavia the schools spend first few years giving moral training to their children and teaching them respect and manners (something which Asian culture teaches you as culture or at home but now a days that is eroding quickly as culture is seen outdated - even the good stuff)...Maybe that system should be introduced into Pakistan where the 1st few years instead of carrying a bag that looks like a turtle's shell to school to actually learn to respect and some manners?!