had been raped by her employers.
employer's son. Some by Maqsood's father.
As a result of the rape, Safia became pregnant but she hid the matter from her father. who came to know of it only a few mon ths later. He then solicited the help of village officials police register case of rape (zina bil jabr but these people refused to help him. Only after the child was born and died. did Safia's father manage to register a case of rape The court acquitted the accused men for 'lack of eviaence because me cul rent law in Pakistan requires four adult male eyewitnesses to prove rape. However, since Safia, and unmarried girl, had borne a child, this was treated as evidence of her committed billery. She consent (zina bil raza). did not gel the benefit of doubt which the men had got, because her having borne a child was used against her. . Thus the court converted the case of rape consent. found Safia gull. to a case adultery by a number of women's ON 6 AUGUST, women's organisations in Lahore held an emergency meeting to protest against the court award of 15 lashes to a blind girl Safia who Safia, a young blind girl, worked as a domestic servant for a week. Then she returned home and told her mother she had been raped by Magsood, her days later when Satia's mother was not at home, Maqsood's mother came and again took her to the house where she was raped organisations, including Action Forum, Punjab Women Lawvers Association, Tehriki Khwateen, Pakistan Muslim League Wing, All Pakistan Union Federation Women's Wing, Women's Wing, and also by Many Inalvidual woulch (from Karachi Daily News)