Those Muslims!
"Infant Pakistani boy is cleared of trying to murder; Case highlights judicial disarray" by Munir Ahmed | Associated Press April 13, 2014
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani judge dismissed an attempted murder case Saturday that police lodged against a 9-month-old boy, ending a bizarre case that drew new criticism of the country’s troubled criminal justice system.
The family of Mohammad Musa had kept the boy in hiding after authorities pressed charges accusing him of trying to kill police officers after a neighborhood brawl in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore.
Judge Rafaqat Ali Qamar dropped the case against the boy during a hearing in which police announced they would no longer pursue the charges, defense lawyer Irfan Tarar said.
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The case stems from a Jan. 31 incident when power company officials went into the boy’s neighborhood to disconnect illegal power lines allowing people to get electricity to their homes without paying for it. Such pilferage is common in Pakistan and attempts to disconnect customers can be met with violence.
That's because most Pakistanis only get about four hours of power a day.
Police said in this case, neighbors threw stones at energy company officials and their officers.
The boy’s grandfather, Malik Muhammed Yaseen, earlier said neighborhood women attacked the police with batons only after officers mistreated residents.
That altercation sparked police to open an attempted murder investigation into 30 people in the neighborhood, including the father of the baby and his unnamed son, police officer Atif Zulfiqar said earlier this week.
Yaseen said police came to his house multiple times looking for the son. He said the family told police that the youngster was less than a year old, but officers demanded they take him to court.
The boy received bail and wept as police took his fingerprints.
The case highlighted the country’s dysfunctional criminal justice system, where even children are not immune. Pakistan’s police, widely criticized as improperly trained and ill equipped, is routinely accused of torturing suspects and extorting people for bribes.
If it is good enough for AmeriKa, then out's good enough for the world.
Flaws in the country’s legal system and poor police investigations often see criminals and terrorists released, while militants routinely target officers in their attacks.
The boy’s parents could not be reached for comment after the judge’s decision, but Tarar said the toddler’s family was very happy.
‘‘After today’s court order, the 9-month boy is free to live anywhere,’’ he said....
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Also see: Teen who foiled plot to be honored by Pakistan
Mothers not treated so well:
"Pakistani woman shot for marrying without father’s OK" by Munir Ahmed | Associated Press June 08, 2014
ISLAMABAD — The assault Wednesday, the latest in a series of such attacks on women in the Muslim-majority country, came days after a 25-year-old woman was stoned to death by her family for marrying a man they did not approve of, one of hundreds of so-called ‘‘honor killings’’ carried out every year in Pakistan against women accused of bringing shame to their conservative families through sexual transgressions.
The fatal stoning last month cast a harsh light on violence against women in Pakistan, where human rights activists say perpetrators are often acquitted or given light sentences.
Worse than dropping a drone missile or two on their villages?
Under Pakistani law, those charged with killing women can see their criminal case dropped if family members of the deceased forgive them or accept so-called ‘‘blood money.’’
Also see: They Don't Want Your Blood Money
What is wrong with Muslims?!
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Related:
Pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death by family
4 more arrested in ‘honor killing’ in Pakistan
New details that have emerged have suggested that money was also a major factor in her death.
