PAKISTAN: COUPLE SENTENCED TO LIFE AND DEATH FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING, FILMING 45 GIRLS
January 28, 2021: A local court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on 25 January 2021 sentenced a couple to life and death for kidnapping, sexually assaulting, blackmailing and also recording inappropriate videos of dozens of girls. Additional District and Sessions Judge Jahangir Gondal awarded death sentence to Qasim Jahangir over rape and recording inappropriate videos while also announcing three-year imprisonment and a total of Rs2.5 million fine. Convict’s wife Kiran Jahangir has been sentenced to life along with a fine of one million rupees. The couple confessed to the sexual assault of 45 girls, taking their photographs and making inappropriate videos of at least 10 victims. (Sources: Tribune, 25/01/2021)
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