LAHORE – A 9-year old girl was raped and killed near Lohari Gate area of Lahore on Thursday.
The minor, Ayesha was rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors confirmed her death.
The girl was living with her aunt and uncle as her mother was in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah.
Police after registering the case have arrested her custodians before launching investigation.
Ayesha’s rape-murder has brought back memories of that horrible episode in January when the body of 6-year-old child, Zainab Ansari, was found in a rubbish dump in Kasur district of Punjab.
She had gone missing five days before her death. Her parents were away for Umrah and she was being taken care by her relatives.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/minor-girls-killing-after-rape-in-kasur-sparks-countrywide-anger/
The case, the most heinous in a string of similar child murders in the city of Kasur, had sparked outrage and protests in the country — in which two people were killed — while #JusticeforZainab became a rallying cry for an end to violence against children.
On 23 January, 24-year-old Imran Ali was arrested through a DNA match. He was sentenced to death in February for Zainab’s rape and murder.
Ali, who was executed in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat prison in October this year, was also convicted for similar crimes against six more girls.
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Statistics gathered by a child rights NGO, Sahil, show that as many as 2,300 cases of crimes against children were reported during the first six months of the current year alone. In 57 of these cases, children were killed after being raped.
