She is bashing the PML[N] and this is pretty much why she made the statement, without realizing the fact that her party members Rahman Malik and Salman Taseer did the same photoshoot… As for her statement, let’s see what the judicial inquiry reveals.
Firdous Awan says Sialkot boys were criminals
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 By Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: More controversy has engulfed the barbaric killing of two brothers in Sialkot as now a federal minister says that the two victims of mob rage were not that innocent as being portrayed by the media.
Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Federal Minister for Population Welfare who also hails from Sialkot and this particular incident occurred in her own constituency, while talking to The News disclosed that she had met over five dozen villagers who were present when the incident took place and everyone had the same tale that these two boys were caught red-handed robbing the milk-seller brothers of whom one died the same day while the two sustained bullet injuries.
She said that all the politicians who visited Sialkot came for photo sessions only and condoled with the family of the two brothers but no one condoled with the family of Bilal, young innocent milk-seller who was killed by these two boys.
The federal minister said that the Supreme Court had constituted a commission to probe the incident so she would not directly give her own assessment. She, however, said that the recovered items from the boys included Rs65,000 cash; 17 National Identity Cards of various people; three different number plates of motor bikes and over hundred bullets.
Firdous said that the father of the two boys did not speak for three days after the death of his only two sons and on 18th August the uncle of the boys, Amjad Butt had to file the FIR with the police station. “His silence for three days is also meaningful,” the minister held saying the father was even reluctant to receive the dead bodies.
“Forty-eight people have submitted their affidavits saying they were looted by the same two brothers who were being portrayed as innocent by the media,” said Firdous Awan complaining that the media ran one-way traffic without highlighting the other side of the incident.
“I condoled with both the families and would appeal to the chief minister and Mian Nawaz Sharif not to play politics with the dead bodies and they should also visit the house of Bilal who was killed the same day in the morning when those two brothers were killed.”
She said that the visitors told her whosoever recognized the boys, he/she threw shoes at the dead bodies of the two brothers saying he/she was looted by these two boys.
“Police say that these boys used to rob the people on Saturdays and Sundays and on the same road because the main bazaar was nearby and the villagers carried cash to the market and were the soft targets,” said Firdous adding: “The DPO thanked the people who killed the boys saying that these youths had given tough time to the police.”
While explaining the incident Firdous said that the villagers had arrested the boys on the spot and brought them in the office of Rescue 1122 and it was announced in the mosques of village Butter that dacoits had been arrested so the whole village gathered in front of Rescue 1122 office. In the meantime a call from the hospital saying that the boy attacked by these two youths had died made the mob furious.
She said that in no way the brutal killing of those two boys could be termed a right act but one had to see why the mob acted so brutally.
Firdous said that she met an old lady who showed her torn ears saying that the two boys had snatched her gold earrings a week before their murder and when they were killed she also threw shoes at them after recognizing that they were the same who had looted her.
It is worth mentioning here that the Police Station Saddar, Sialkot confirmed that bullets and number plates and other things were recovered from these boys.
Zarar Butt, the uncle of the ill-fated boys told this correspondent that his nephews were innocent and only one incident of fighting had come to his knowledge with the boys of village, where they were killed and the brawl took place on a cricket match.
One eyewitness belonging to a government department had come to fore saying that the two young boys were innocent. Muhammad Shaukat, In charge Rescue 1122 station where this gruesome incident happened and who watched the whole incident, said that the two boys were innocent and it seemed that the opponents, who later transformed into a crazy mob, had been waiting for long to teach them a lesson.
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They were criminals or not, its immaterial here. There is no justification of how they were brutally killed by people out of justice system in presence of Police.
Firdos Asshiq is not the only one calling them criminal. Jang also had a feature news on the incident casting doubts that those kids were not as innocent as painted by media. So criminal or not will be decided by courts/commission but people who took part in killing them, should be punished.
As far as photo-shoot is concerned, only diff b/w Rehman malik's and Sharif Brothers photo shot is that Malik visited the house of the kids and offered his condolence to family (and have a photo-shot) while Sharif Brothers summoned whole grieving family to Khowaja Asif's house to have the photo-shot. King sharifs have balls to summon whole family passing through worst time so they can offer condolence - What a shame.
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As far as photo-shoot is concerned, only diff b/w Rehman malik's and Sharif Brothers photo shot is that Malik visited the house of the kids and offered his condolence (and have a photo-shot) while Sharif Brothers summoned whole grieving family to Khowaja Asif's how to have the photo-shot
Yar yeh nuqta tu Altaf hussain ney uthaya tha haha... Atleast they (now this includes Rahman Malik) visited the family, unlike this majj Firdos Awan. She could have used the exercise if nothing.
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^I knew this was going to happen. The family will get no justice in Pakistan. The boys must have witnessed something really terrible that they were ordered to be eliminated this way.
I guess that Fardous Lady doesn't have any problem with all that violence, since she's violent herself. Isn't she the one who threw a glass on a person that she didn't agree with at a talk show?
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Yar yeh nuqta tu Altaf hussain ney uthaya tha haha... Atleast they (now this includes Rahman Malik) visited the family, unlike this majj Firdos Awan. She could have used the exercise if nothing.
Laugh as much as you want to but your badshah leaders have balls to summon whole grieving family for a photo-shot to Khowaja Asif's home and you dont have courage to accept and denounce it.
Anyways, I personally think that be it Rehman Malik or be it Sharifs. they should not put family through this. If they want to condole, they should do it quietly without publicizing it
and finally as far as Firdoos AShiq Awan goes, she is one hell of a jahil aurat. I take her jokes as serious as Umer Shareef's
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Laugh as much as you want to but your badshah leaders have balls to summon whole grieving family for a photo-shot to Khowaja Asif's home and you dont have courage to accept and denounce it.
Anyways, I personally think that be it Rehman Malik or be it Sharifs. they should not put family through this. If they want to condole, they should do it quietly without publicizing it
I am laughing at 'you' because your 'bayan' reminded me of your leader Altaf bhai when he was attacking the Sharif's yesterday... and in case you didnt notice, the family for days kept asking the Shahbaz Sharif to visit them. It's because when THEY visit places, things happen.
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I suspect a major cover-up is underway to save the police and the killers. This is the same Firdous Ashiq Awan who a day ago was sitting in the victim's house during a live show with Dr. Shahid Masood and very much on the victim's side.
One must remember that nearly ALL police officials whether a DPO or a low-ranking SHO are appointed based on 'sifarish' and strong political connections. Hence it makes sense that the some politician or the other would try to save the police.
If there really was evidence against the two brothers, it would've come out a long time ago. 10 days is plenty of time for the police to plant evidence and concoct any story they like. If the two kids were robbers, people would've found guns, the stolen material etc. on them right away. And it makes no sense at all that they would be carrying 17 ID cards with them at the time of the robbery! I think village people/killers are coming up with made-up stories to save their own skins and cover up the crime. The old lady who claimed to recognize the boys as robbers when they were dead and threw shoes at them... well how could anyone recognize the dead bodies when their heads had been bashed in, eyes gouged, and face swollen by the beating? Even the family members would've had trouble recognizing the boys.
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If they were daku: Police should have arrested them, and registered a case.
If they were not daku: Police should have arrested people involved in the torture.
There is no way police officials should get away with it.
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I suspect a major cover-up is underway to save the police and the killers. This is the same Firdous Ashiq Awan who a day ago was sitting in the victim's house during a live show with Dr. Shahid Masood and very much on the victim's side. One must remember that nearly ALL police officials whether a DPO or a low-ranking SHO are appointed based on 'sifarish' and strong political connections. Hence it makes sense that the some politician or the other would try to save the police. If there really was evidence against the two brothers, it would've come out a long time ago. 10 days is plenty of time for the police to plant evidence and concoct any story they like. If the two kids were robbers, people would've found guns, the stolen material etc. on them right away. And it makes no sense at all that they would be carrying 17 ID cards with them at the time of the robbery! I think village people/killers are coming up with made-up stories to save their own skins and cover up the crime. The old lady who claimed to recognize the boys as robbers when they were dead and threw shoes at them... well how could anyone recognize the dead bodies when their heads had been bashed in, eyes gouged, and face swollen by the beating? Even the family members would've had trouble recognizing the boys.
I am of the same views .. Infact , I am suspecting this Coverup all the more , with the fact that since the politicians visited the family, no movement has happened. No statement from anyone and infact some from among them are changing their biyan so ruthlessly !
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Its in the best interest of police to throw as much dirt on the two as possible, so that people loose sympathy for them and police can get away with it.
I find it hard to beleive that the two were dacoits. And the things that Firdaus Ashiq Awan says like everyone who saw them said, ohh they looted us also......ridiculous. There might be some truth to other theory that they had fight with the other party over cricket match, looks more beleivable. But lets see what comes up in judicial inquiry.
Rather i am amazed at how quickly the inquiry has finished, a criminal investigation is not just interviewing people, its also about collecting evidence. Has the bullets recovered from other deceased Bilal identified to have come from any particular weapon. Has the origins of weapon been traced?
Unfortunately in Pakistan often the inquiries are influenced by class and cast.
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Haroon Rasheed, in his Urdu column in daily Jang today, is saying that the enquiry will reveal that the 2 brothers had a fight with the local kids and had opened fire .
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Punjab's famous** honorable** Law & Home minister Rana Sanaullah is saying this continuously from last week.
I have already been saying that nothing will happen to the criminals.
Our all institutions are converted into the clubs of criminals.
Only reason , Corruption.
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Punjab's famous** honorable** Law & Home minister Rana Sanaullah is saying this continuously from last week.
I have already been saying that nothing will happen to the criminals.
Our all institutions are converted into the clubs of criminals.
Only reason , Corruption.
Can you post a link where the honorable law minister has said that the two boys were decoits? No ifs or buts, links would do.
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She is speaking BULL. I am so sick of PPP. They were not Decoits! They were innocent children who did not deserve to be brutally MURDERED. Stupid Pakistan. I don’t know what’s going on!
