Nearly a month after Noor Mukadam’s brutal murder, 5 employees as well as the owner of notorious Therapy Works, Tahir Zahoor, have been detained by the police.
Jaffers’ Gardener has also been arrested. On Sunday, a local court granted one-day physical remand of the detainees including the owner of Therapy Works in connection with the Noor Mukadam murder case.
The road might have been bumpy but it can be safely said that Noor Mukadam case is progressing swiftly. Perhaps for the first time people are hopeful for justice and credit of it goes to both social and electronic media.
No doubt, social media has played a critical role in keeping Noor’s case in the spotlight. There are certain accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram which post about Noor on daily basis. Many YouTube channels are covering every single update of Noor’s case. But when it comes to ethics, these channels severely suffer from its scantiness.
From accusing Noor of being in a “Living-in” relationship with Zahir Jaffer to using extremely insensitive and fabricated thumbnails on their content, certain YouTube channels have lost sense of ethics in their quest of views. The titles on some of the thumbnails are not only made-up but also ghastly enough to do more harm than good.
Such unethical reporting is only damaging Noor’s case and increasing the suffering of her family members who are still going through the trauma of her gruesome murder. Before they cause more damage, these YouTube reporters should acquire some professional and ethical training at least.
On the other hand Khadija Siddiqui, an advocate who was stabbed 23 times in 2016, escaped yet another attack in Lahore. On Saturday night, an unidentified men opened fire outside her residence and bullets hit the windshield and hood of her car. Fortunately enough, Khadija and her family remained safe.
Thanks to early release of her attacker, Khadija’s life remains in danger. Shah Hussain, the man who stabbed Siddiqui, was released from jail last month, one and a half years early, because of his “good behavior.” In her handwritten complaint to the police, Siddiqui wrote her life was in danger and asked police to take action.
Khadija faces threats on her life just because she raised her voice against violence directed at her. She wasn’t silenced before and won’t be silenced now. But Shah Hussain remains the real question here. Are the authorities helping him achieve what he couldn’t in his first attempt?
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