Two special courts set up in Kasur to hear child abuse cases

LAHORE: In a rare move, Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has established two special courts in Kasur to deal with the cases of child abuse to ensure speedy justice to victims.

While hearing a case pertaining to the rape and murder of Zainab in Kasur here on Monday, the chief justice said the courts will hear the criminal cases involving children on day-to-day basis.

The special courts have been established in the wake of the horrific rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Kasur.

The provincial police chief informed the court that as many as 108 cases of child-sexual-abuse were pending disposal in Kasur alone.

Zainab was abducted on January four from Kasur’s Kot Road area. Five days after her disappearance, she was found raped, dead and buried in a garbage dump on Jan 09.

The gory Kasur incident shattered the entire nation, triggering widespread public outrage with people from all walks of life demanding an exemplary punishment for the culprit.

Violent protests had erupted in the Kasur city following the incident, resulting in the death of two people in police firing outside DC office.

The incident blew the lid on the horrifying reality of how children in a brutalized society are vulnerable to sexual abuse.