Protests were held in several Pakistani cities for a second day on Saturday over the handling of an investigation into the gang rape of a mother travelling together with her children on a highway.
This is because the Police said they were launching a manhunt for the suspects.
The woman, who the Police say is in her early 30s, was driving late on Tuesday night outside the eastern city of Lahore together with her two children when her vehicle ran out of fuel.
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She phoned the Police for help, but before they arrived two men took her and her children out of the vehicle at gunpoint and raped her beside the highway. Inam Ghani, Inspector-General of Punjab Province, where the incident happened , told reporters on Saturday night that the Police had identified the 2 suspects through DNA tracing.
“I am hopeful very soon we'll reach them and arrest them,’’ he said.
But the protesters aren't satisfied and involved the sacking of the lead police investigator assigned to the case, Omar Sheikh.
Sheikh has repeatedly acknowledged what he felt were mistakes made by the victim, like she should have taken a special , busier, highway, not travelled in the dark , and made sure her vehicle had enough fuel.
He also said she seemed to be under the impression Pakistan was as safe for ladies as France, “her country of residence”.
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Requests for comment to the French Embassy in Islamabad went unanswered.
In Islamabad, several hundred protesters gathered, some waved French flags, et al. held signs saying “hang the rapists”.
Hundreds, mostly women, also gathered in Lahore, Karachi and even the conservative north-western city of Peshawar.
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