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KARACHI: Pakistani actor, producer and television host, Faysal Quraishi has urged people to support rape survivors as rape is a stigma for perpetrators, not the victims.
On a social media website Twitter, the actor said: “In light of recent news regarding a couple that kidnapped young girls, raped and recorded this heinous act – only one came forward and 45 didn’t for fear of society and stigma.”
He added, “Our society should adopt a right approach, and they should dishearten perpetrators of the scandal while support should for the victims.”
“Humari society apna qibla sahi karay, stigma perpetrator kay liye and victim kay liye support honi chaiyae.”
In light of recent news regarding a couple that kidnapped young girls, raped and recorded this heinous act -only 1 came forward and 45 didnt for fear of society and stigma.Humari society apna qibla sahi karay,stigma perpetrator kay liyae and victim kay liyae support honi chaiyae
— Faysal Quraishi (@faysalquraishi) January 26, 2021
Earlier, a local court had convicted a couple from Rawalpindi for luring girls and filming their rape to blackmail.
A court in Rawalpindi awarded a death sentence to Qasim Jahangir over rape and recording explicit videos. Jahangir was also given a three-year prison sentence in addition to a life sentence and ordered to pay a fine of Rs2.5 million. His wife Kiran Mahmood had also been sentenced to life.
The couple was tracked and arrested following a complaint lodged by a girl with the CPO Rawalpindi in 2019.
راولپنڈی پولیس کی اہم کامیابی، طالبہ کے اغواء، زیادتی اور ویڈیو بنانے کے مقدمہ میں ملوث ملزمان میاں بیوی کو معزز عدالت نے جرم ثابت ہونے سزا سنا دی۔ مجرم قاسم جہانگیرکو سزائے موت، عمرقید، 03سال قید اور جرمانہ جبکہ مجرمہ کرن محمود کو عمرقید، 03سال قید اور جرمانے کی سزا سنائی گئی۔ pic.twitter.com/mtmYWLlBd6
— Rawalpindi Police (@RwpPolice) January 25, 2021