#JusticeforZahra, a case of domestic abuse

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Lahore, 8th July: #JusticeforZahra is trending on Twitter today, which is very shocking news of the day. What is this hashtag about? Baaghi TV reveals the inside story.

According to a report of Baaghi TV, recently sad news has surfaced on social media, of a case of domestic violence that has come into the light.

A woman residing in Rawalpindi was yet again a victim of domestic violence by her husband. How many times do we wake up and read such stories?

Such incidences have been a part of our daily life, we listen to/read them and ignore them as they are not concerning us.

Such incidences are becoming increasingly common, but it is high time that they should be put to an end and women should be given due respect and rights. This is an era where every human being asks for their right, so why can’t women speak up for themselves?

A woman by the name of Sadaf Zahra has been reportedly murdered by her husband, the reason being regular abuse and cheating on part of the husband.

Zahra was an educated woman, who had gotten married three years before to Ali Salman. She had a daughter from her husband a year back.

How cruel the fact is that the one person whom she loved and got married to finally at the age of 37, could be the reason behind the end of her life too?

Zahra married Ali Salman without knowing what kind of a person he was. Initially, he proved to be loving and a caring husband, but after some time he started cheating on her. It is reported that he was having affairs with few other women in Islamabad and used to blackmail them on a frequent basis.

People have expressed their anger and fury on the so-called journalist:

 

Ali Salman who is reportedly a journalist and a columnist, an educated man in his own way, has proved to be yet another illiterate, uncivilized person who has no regard for womenfolk. Although he was advocating women’s rights, what’s the use of all the facade when he was practicing domestic abuse with his own wife?

When Zahra caught him cheating, she advised him to stop his immoral habits, but he went on committing them. According to sources, he then started to beat his wife frequently.

The unfortunate part is that Zahra being an educated and well aware woman, couldn’t raise her voice against her dominant husband. Maybe he was threatening her?

It is also reported that a while back she started a thread on Twitter about domestic violence and quoted her own life incident as a case with her close friend. Little did anyone know that it was her own tragic life story. The sad part is she neither confided to her family nor her close friends.

 

According to sources close to Zahra’s family, the cause of her death by her post-mortem report has been told that she was first strangled then hanged from the ceiling to make it look like a case of suicide on her part. This incident took place a week back.

When Zahra’s family members were informed by the cruel husband about her death, they rushed to see her and what a shock they had to go through.

Her post mortem report revealed that she had several cuts and bruises on her body and was strangled but she did not hang herself from the ceiling. As she was already dead before being hanged and neither her eyes nor her tongue was protruding out.

Now the hashtag #JusticeForZahra is trending on Twitter and people are raising their voice to put an end to the domestic violence and justice be prevailed. Zahra’s husband Ali Salman should be hanged just like the way he did to his wife.

An FIR has been filed against this brutal man according to which he has been charged with murder under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code.

It is time that we speak up against abuse and serve hard punishments to the perpetrators so that people should think twice before committing such horrendous crimes.

What a shame to have a heartbreaking story trending on social media once more! Baaghi TV urges the Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari, to look into this matter so that no more Zahra’s have to suffer at the hands of abusive, exploitative men. So that no more children have to grow up in a cruel world in the absence of their mother. May Sadaf Zahra’s soul rest in peace. Ameen.

Stay tuned to Baaghi TV for more updates!

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