Tag: Usman Mirza
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Usman Mirza, four others sentenced to life in prison in couple harassment case
An Islamabad district and sessions court has sentenced Usman Mirza and four others to life imprisonment in the case of harassment and assaulting of a couple in Islamabad. The four accomplices include Mohib Bangash, Adaras Qayyum Butt, Hafiz Ataur Rehman and Farhan Shaheen. Meanwhile, Umar Bilal and Rehan Hassan Mughal were acquitted. Judge Atta Rabbani…
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Usman Mirza Case: Court rejects acquittal plea of co-accused
A court in Islamabad on Monday rejected the acquittal plea filed by Umar Bilal, a co-suspect, in the couple harassment case. Umar Bilal filed an application seeking his acquittal, after the female victim in the case retracted her statement. The verdict was announced by Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Atta Rabbani. The court observed…
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Usman Mirza Case: Victims appear in front of court
The victims of the Usman Mirza case have appeared again on Wednesday in front of the court after being absent from the last hearing held on January 18. The Additional District and Sessions Judge Atta Rabbani resumed the hearing today in which the female victim revealed that she was being forced to pursue the case.…
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Usman Mirza Case: Court issues non-bailable arrest warrant against victims
A district and session court in Islamabad has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant on Tuesday against the victim couple in the Usman Mirza harassment case after they did not appear in the court hearing. Judge Mohammad Ata Rabbani expressed anger over the absence of the couple in court. On this account, the non-bailable arrest warrant was…
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State will prosecute Usman Mirza case despite victims refusal to give statement
Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Justice Barrister Maleeka Bokhari in a tweet has said that the State will pursue prosecution in the Usman Mirza case. “The State will pursue prosecution in the Usman Mirza case irrespective of recent developments relating to victim’s testimony. Irrefutable video & forensic evidence on record- anyone harrassing & stripping a…
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Usman Mirza Case: ‘probability’ victim couple took money for settlement, SSP
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Investigation Attaur Rehman, while talking to Journalist Rauf Klasra, has talked about the Usman Mirza couple harassment case in details. He told Klasra the video of the couple being harassed by Usman Mirza was sent to “Punjab Forensic Science” to check its authenticity, and the “Punjab Forensic Science Agency” confirmed…
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Follow up: What happened in the Usman Mirza case?
Usman Mirza is prime suspect in couple harassment case. A video of Usman Mirza and his friends went viral on social media in which they were torturing and assaulting a couple in Islamabad. Moreover, the accused persons continued blackmailing the couple after filming the couple in which they were forced to have sexual intercourse at…
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Usman Mirza Case: Couple refuses to recognise accused persons, reportedly took one crore in deal
Journalist Rauf Klasra, in a tweet has said that the victim couple in the Usman Mirza case have refused to recognise the accused persons. He further said that police has said the couple have taken “1 crore and have reached a settlement.” Usman Mirza, the prime accused in the couple harassment case, was arrested on…
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Data: One year of rape cases in Pakistan
Pakistan has been plagued by episodes of rape and abuse over the years that it has now become common to the extent that people have started normalising such acts. Back in 2002, Mukhtaran Mai’s gang-rape was one of the most horrifying gang-rape incidents that were reported. Another major incident that took place in 2014 was the Layyah…
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Usman Mirza threatened to gang-rape victim if she did not have sex with her friend
The police has submitted a challan in the the Islamabad couple harassment case. The challan submitted at an Islamabad sessions court states that there are seven accused in the crime. In addition to Usman, the others are Farhan Shaheen, Hafiz Ataur Rehman, Adaras Qayyum Butt, Rehan Hassan Mughal, Umar Bilal and Mohib Bangash. The woman’s…