PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) has expressed serious concern over the slow pace of investigation into unearthing whether or not the girls shown in a mobile video in Kohistan had been killed.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday, the commission’s chairperson Neelum Toru said that it had been confirmed by prominent figures, including social activists and religious leaders, that the girls had been killed, last year.“We as an organisation working for women rights, request the provincial government to speed up the investigation so that the reality could be brought out.
“If the claims of social and religious activists are proven, then the culprits should be arrested and brought to justice,” the statement demanded.
Ms Toru said that as the incident had got massive coverage in media and the Supreme Court had also taken suo motu notice of it, the matter should have been settled by then.
“We request the authorities to take steps to prevent jirgas from delivering death sentences to people in petty cases.
Ms Toru said that the commission would also submit a request in this regard in the high court. She vowed that CSW would continue its struggle to protect rights of women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.