ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan has confirmed that the murderer of ten-year-old girl Farishta has been arrested.
In a series of tweet, “she thanked Almighty Allah for the arrest of Farisha’s murder and added that this is Naya Pakistan”.
اللہ تعالی کا شکر ادا کرتے ہیں کہ معصوم فرشتہ کا قاتل قانون کی گرفت میں ہے۔یہ ہے عمران خان کی قیادت میں نیا پاکستان جہاں قانون کا یکساں اطلاق ،فوری عمل داری اور اداروں کا استحکام یقینی بنایا جا رہا ہے۔
— Firdous Ashiq Awan (@Dr_FirdousPTI) June 24, 2019
“Awan said that giving exemplary punishment to the culprit of such detestable acts give new life to the society and help avert such incidents in future”.
She also thanked and appreciated Islamabad police’s for arresting the culprit of the despicable incident.
اسلام آباد پولیس کو شاباش دیتےہیں جس کی محنت اور پیشہ وارانہ مہارت کے نتیجے میں گھناؤنے جرم کا مرتکب گرفتار ہے۔ پولیس اسی جذبے سے خدمات جاری رکھے تاکہ عوام کے ان پر اعتماد اور احساس تحفظ میں مذید اضافہ ہو۔
— Firdous Ashiq Awan (@Dr_FirdousPTI) June 24, 2019
It must be noted that the body of Farishta was found from the federal capital’s Shahzad Town, who had gone missing on May 15.
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According to police, the girl was killed after being allegedly raped, with her body thrown in the forest afterward.
On Saturday, in a major breakthrough, Deputy Inspector General (Operations) Islamabad Waqar Uddin had claimed to have arrested main accused in Farishta killing case.