Khadija Siddiqui’s attacker acquitted by Lahore High Court
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Govt ‘pressurising victim to pardon convict’
* Punjab governor Rafiq Rajwana has delivered a message through an influential personality, asking me to pardon Shah Hussain, claims Khadija Siddiqi
Ailia Zehra
April 8, 2018
LAHORE: The seven-year sentence of convicted law student Shah Hussain in stabbing case of fellow student Khadija Siddiqi has been reduced by a session’s court to five years. During the hearing last week, Additional District and Session Judge Ghulam Murtaza reduced Hussain’s prison term on grounds that he did not have ‘prior criminal history’.
In July last year, Hussain, who is the son of lawyer Tanveer Hashmi, was convicted by a trial court for repeatedly stabbing 23-year-old Siddiqui with the intention of killing her. Both Khadija and the convict had moved the appellant court following the verdict. Hussain had challenged the trial court’s decision, while Khadija’s counsel sought an increase in the punishment.
Meanwhile, the convict’s father along with some members of the local legal fraternity have allegedly been using their influence to manipulate the proceedings and pressurise the victim into reaching a compromise. Unlike most female victims of violence in Pakistan, Khadija had kept pursuing the case despite character assassination attacks by the accused party, during the course of the hearings. Hussain’s lawyers brought up pictures from Khadija’s personal life as evidence in the convict’s favour.
The trial court verdict that sentenced Hussain for seven years followed months of efforts by Khadija’s lawyers as well as civil society activists and media who brought the issue in the national spotlight. But as soon as the media shifted focus away from the case, Hussain’s lawyers once again started efforts to force Khadija for a compromise. According to Khadija, the appellant court’s judge was biased in favour of the convict because prominent lawyers were defending him in the case. “The judge called me to his chamber and asked why I was not ready for a compromise. He said that even murderers are pardoned by victims in bigger cases and that I should settle the matter by forgiving Shah Hussain,” she told Daily Times.
The session court judge also examined Khadija’s wounds at his chamber despite the fact that nature of the injuries was established earlier. “I removed my head scarf to show him the injuries and after looking at them, he asked what the fight between me and Shah Hussain was all about.”
Khadija further stated that the judge’s non-neutrality can be determined from the fact that he let two different lawyers present the same arguments in defence of the convict. “Senior lawyer Akram Qureshi took two months to complete his arguments after which my counsel Salman Safdar began his arguments. The convict then brought another lawyer, who instead of giving a rebuttal to Salman Safdar as he was supposed to be doing, started fresh arguments.”
Khadija also told Daily Times that an influential personality (who had previously been providing the victim with moral and financial support in the case), approached her with Governor Rafiq Rijwana’s message and said that the governor wanted her to pardon Shah Hussain and ‘let him go’ because the initial trial has already destroyed his future and he has gotten his lesson.
Meanwhile, Khadija’s counsel Hassan Niazi said sessions court in Pakistan were known to maintain status quo and give relief to lawyers with ‘face value’, which is why the judge has a soft corner for the convict. He added that the judge adopted a lenient tone towards Shah Hussain’s lawyers despite them not having any substantive arguments. “The convict’s counsel once again tried to show Khadija’s personal life pictures as evidence. The presence of these pictures and the convict’s side using them for validation of their argument prove the convict’s side harassed and intimidated the victim.”
“The practice of renowned lawyers protecting criminals in their ranks exists across the country, and Chief Justice Saqib Nisar should take notice of this abuse of power”, said activist Jibran Nasir, while talking to Daily Times. He said that it was a dilemma that the institutions acted only when the entire media and civil society focused their attention on a case, adding that media should have paid heed to the concerns raised by Khadija’s counsel during the hearing of the appellant court.
Khadija’s counsel say they would challenge the curtailment of the convict’s punishment in Lahore High Court (LHC) next week.
Published in Daily Times, April 8th 2018.
SOURCE:
DAILY TIMES
https://dailytimes.com.pk/225155/govt-pressurising-victim-to-pardon-convict/
* Punjab governor Rafiq Rajwana has delivered a message through an influential personality, asking me to pardon Shah Hussain, claims Khadija Siddiqi
Ailia Zehra
April 8, 2018
LAHORE: The seven-year sentence of convicted law student Shah Hussain in stabbing case of fellow student Khadija Siddiqi has been reduced by a session’s court to five years. During the hearing last week, Additional District and Session Judge Ghulam Murtaza reduced Hussain’s prison term on grounds that he did not have ‘prior criminal history’.
In July last year, Hussain, who is the son of lawyer Tanveer Hashmi, was convicted by a trial court for repeatedly stabbing 23-year-old Siddiqui with the intention of killing her. Both Khadija and the convict had moved the appellant court following the verdict. Hussain had challenged the trial court’s decision, while Khadija’s counsel sought an increase in the punishment.
Meanwhile, the convict’s father along with some members of the local legal fraternity have allegedly been using their influence to manipulate the proceedings and pressurise the victim into reaching a compromise. Unlike most female victims of violence in Pakistan, Khadija had kept pursuing the case despite character assassination attacks by the accused party, during the course of the hearings. Hussain’s lawyers brought up pictures from Khadija’s personal life as evidence in the convict’s favour.
The trial court verdict that sentenced Hussain for seven years followed months of efforts by Khadija’s lawyers as well as civil society activists and media who brought the issue in the national spotlight. But as soon as the media shifted focus away from the case, Hussain’s lawyers once again started efforts to force Khadija for a compromise. According to Khadija, the appellant court’s judge was biased in favour of the convict because prominent lawyers were defending him in the case. “The judge called me to his chamber and asked why I was not ready for a compromise. He said that even murderers are pardoned by victims in bigger cases and that I should settle the matter by forgiving Shah Hussain,” she told Daily Times.
The session court judge also examined Khadija’s wounds at his chamber despite the fact that nature of the injuries was established earlier. “I removed my head scarf to show him the injuries and after looking at them, he asked what the fight between me and Shah Hussain was all about.”
Khadija further stated that the judge’s non-neutrality can be determined from the fact that he let two different lawyers present the same arguments in defence of the convict. “Senior lawyer Akram Qureshi took two months to complete his arguments after which my counsel Salman Safdar began his arguments. The convict then brought another lawyer, who instead of giving a rebuttal to Salman Safdar as he was supposed to be doing, started fresh arguments.”
Khadija also told Daily Times that an influential personality (who had previously been providing the victim with moral and financial support in the case), approached her with Governor Rafiq Rijwana’s message and said that the governor wanted her to pardon Shah Hussain and ‘let him go’ because the initial trial has already destroyed his future and he has gotten his lesson.
Meanwhile, Khadija’s counsel Hassan Niazi said sessions court in Pakistan were known to maintain status quo and give relief to lawyers with ‘face value’, which is why the judge has a soft corner for the convict. He added that the judge adopted a lenient tone towards Shah Hussain’s lawyers despite them not having any substantive arguments. “The convict’s counsel once again tried to show Khadija’s personal life pictures as evidence. The presence of these pictures and the convict’s side using them for validation of their argument prove the convict’s side harassed and intimidated the victim.”
“The practice of renowned lawyers protecting criminals in their ranks exists across the country, and Chief Justice Saqib Nisar should take notice of this abuse of power”, said activist Jibran Nasir, while talking to Daily Times. He said that it was a dilemma that the institutions acted only when the entire media and civil society focused their attention on a case, adding that media should have paid heed to the concerns raised by Khadija’s counsel during the hearing of the appellant court.
Khadija’s counsel say they would challenge the curtailment of the convict’s punishment in Lahore High Court (LHC) next week.
Published in Daily Times, April 8th 2018.
SOURCE:
DAILY TIMES
https://dailytimes.com.pk/225155/govt-pressurising-victim-to-pardon-convict/
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Police investigation, evidence collection, circumstantial evidence, forensic reports.....all available for sale...since His father is lawyer himself... further corrupt judiciary.....
We need to take down two mafias ...Doctors and lawyers......
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The fck. Convict in this case stabbed her 24 times , ruined her life left her memory scarred for the rest of her life and a sessions judge calls her in the chambers saying “ yeh tu chota sa case hai yahan tu baray baray murders par compromise ho jata hai “ sad state of affairs and justice i hope this happens to sessions judges son lets see how compromising will he gets
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Which govt. are we blaming here?
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This article is from April 8, 2018. Punjab governor Rafiq Rajwana was pressurizing her along with the judge hearing this case.
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This is what other countries have complained about Pakistan for years: that Pakistan is in denial about evidence, whether it be for Pakistani support of terrorism or its document-less citizens begging asylum in Europe, it's only "evidence" if the accused accepts it as such...
Caveat: I haven't read the short order, anyone got a link to it?
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What about those Police officers who were released by Jury after shooting unarmed Black guys ? Or the whatabouttism only stop at Pakistan and Pakistan only. So What is the evidence of Pakistan support of terrorism ? Just Like American Denies the Rubbish accusations of Russia and Syria that it supports Syrian rebels. So Should we take those denials with pinch of salt as well ?
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https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pak...-lhc-acquittal-to-khadija-siddiquis-attacker/
Now pay those 4 cents to that slain American outta your daily post counts as ordered by the grand Americano jury
This^^^
The truth hurts.
Most of us Pakistanis can not even get out of this hell hole because of how corrupt it is.
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CJ has taken notice of this case and the culprit is again in trouble.
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I am ashamed of the courts. We should be and scheme the lawyers and judges on social media. Target their families and expose their addresses. If the people can't be safe neither should the criminal lawyers and judges
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Yep. Everyone can see the root of the corruption in the hostile replies to my post: point out corruption and they try to accuse you of being just as bad, or worse, and insist upon their right to act upon such.
No wonder the Bangladeshis wanted to leave. The ruling Punjabi-Sindhi axis neither admits error nor yields power.
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just like iraq had weapon of mass destruction you have to take their word
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problem is lack of consequences
everyone will be crupt if they can get away with it
do you think the judge who did this will even be fined, let alone lose his job or be jailed...no..its not the first time
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