Published in Dawn on February 12, 1987
Something is rotten in the Islamic republic of Pakistan. Where else can a policeman own 600 acres of cultivable land, run a bus service, undergo a course at the Police Training School in Shahdadpur, and be in Karachi at the same time without being noticed by his superiors? Where else but in this Islamic Republic can a cop turn "mentally crimiinal to such an extent that he did not that he did not require any reason to commit a murder?"
The Tarannum Aziz case is still fresh in our minds, when all the accused confessed under torture but later denied the murder charge. One of the self-confessed accused was even acquitted. Will the Masoom sisters' mystery end in a similar manner, with the accused claiming that he was forced to confess? And why was he not produced before the press?
How many more policemen like him roam the streets of Karachi, and how many policemen are subjected to periodic psychiatric tests to determine if they are "mentally criminal"? Please answer, Mr. L.G.P.
Shakir Lakhani
Karachi
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