The Dr Shazia Case
By Syed Muhammad Raza
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

As a Pakistani national working as a Network Administrator in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, I was shocked to read Dr. Shazia Khalid's interview in an Urdu newspaper. She said that there was no one in Pakistan to put his hand on her head and instead people were teasing her after her sad experience. One month has passed and to date she is waiting for justice! Believe me, after reading her interview I could not sleep and her words kept ringing in my mind all night: no one is there to help her, to get her justice, to give her protection in her own country! Is Pakistan an Islamic country? Really? We have so many religious groups and militants who readily die to save our sisters in Kashmir, Afghanistan, etc. but so far there is not a single fatwa issued by a Mufti against the criminals who were involved in the shameful rape of Dr Shazia. The MMA and other maulvis never hesitate to apply pressure on the Government for such trivial issues as the religion column in passports but their silence on the issue is incomprehensible. The MMA, Jihadi groups and other Islamic militants have no agenda for the country's local problems.

They did not launch any campaign or rally to provide justice to the respectable lady doctor and other innocent female victims of rape. They are collecting money for Jihad to protect Kashmiri and other Muslim sisters but no one is working to provide justice to the innocent female victims of man chauvinism in Pakistan. They just want to raise their own flag but not the Pakistani flag. I wish to request President Musharraf and Mr. Shaukat Aziz to please do something about such issues in Pakistan. Also, I want to inform Dr. Shazia that she is not alone and all Pakistanis are not heartless. At least there are a few who feel her pain and agony. The decision of the court may or may not be in her favor but as a brother when I visit Madina and Makkah this weekend I will present her case in the Darbar of Hazrat Muhammad PBUH and Bibi Fatima Zahra. I am sure Almighty Allah will grant her justice.
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