LAHORE – Earlier, the court released the attempted murderer after hearing who had stabbed 23 times in neck to a law student Khadija Siddiqui.
People were in shock by the court decision and many stars also showed their support and demanded justice through their social media accounts.
Khadija was stabbed by her own class fellow Shah Husain in Lahore in May 2016 in retaliation for her refusal of his advances. While he was sentenced to five years in prison for attempted murder, the sentence was overturned and Husain walked free.
However, the trending tag #JusticeforKhadija did make it possible for justice to prevail.
Her attacker has been sent to jail in a turn of events where he will be completing his sentence and will not see the outside world for years to come.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted the appeal of Khadija Siddiqui ─ a law student who was stabbed 23 times in Lahore in 2016 ─ and overturned the Lahore High Court’s 2018 acquittal of Shah Hussain, ordering his immediate arrest.
“Today is a victory for all women,” said Siddiqui while speaking outside the court after her appeal was accepted. “Today for every woman, a precedent has been set that by raising your voice you will be victorious in the battle against truth. The truth can never be hidden, it always comes to light. And today’s decision has proven that if you misuse your power, you will reap what you sow as has happened today.”
Social media is ecstatic.
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