Pardon the pardon
Published in Daily Times on September 14, 2013
Sir: According to Gulf News, even though a Saudi woman pardoned her husband for
beating her on the shoulder and wanted to drop charges, the prosecutor went
ahead with the case and the judge sentenced the husband to 20 lashes. Pakistani
courts can therefore annul the deal in the recent Shahzeb murder case, where a
substantial amount of money is reported to have been paid to the victim’s
family for withdrawing the case against the convict. If it can be done in Saudi
Arabia, then why not in Pakistan?
SHAKIR LAKHANI
Karachi
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