As you recall from my Virtual Vigil post a while back, Zilla Huma Usman, a minister in the Pakastani governament was murdered as she stepped out of her car to attend a speaking Engagement. Mohammad Sarwar was taken into custody and he was quoted as saying that he killed her because she did not conform to the Islamic dress code for women and that women should not have positions of power.
It would seem that his guilt in the matter is pretty obvious. But the same man had confessed to the murder of 4 prostitutes some years ago but was released for "lack of evidence." So it was not at all obvious that justice was going to be done.
I'd set up my virtual vigil, a Google News Alert, to watch for news of the trial. I'd been a bit disappointed because after the initial flurry of reports about the incident, there was very little in the way of new about how and if the wheels of justice had been turning.
Today brought some good news. Press TV reports "Pakistani sentenced to death for killing lawmaker." So the wheels of justice actually moved fairly quickly on this case. I believe it was only about a month after the murder that he was convicted. I only hope the execution of justice is equally swift.
I have been very pleased with using the Google Alerts as my "virtual vigil." If I had not had that set up, I never would have heard of the results of the trial. It would have been very tough for me to monitor news sources every day to find breaking news of this story. I never heard of Press TV until it showed up on the news alert.
2 comments:
This is excellent news indeed! Thank you for posting it.
Finally. I wonder how much had to be done internally to get this to happen... I'm not usually a fan of dictators, and just because he gets positive spin here in the US, I don't assume he's one of the good ones, but I also keep up with women's rights and the freedom of the press. I tend to see strong stances on both as a sign of good government. Thus, Musharref rates good government despite the crazy people who have so much support around him.
Good to hear justice was done here
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