When the frustration comes to the point that the father has to end his life to save his daughter, the state has failed its citizens with great failure. Such an extreme action was recently taken in Dera Ismail Khan. Adil, a poor barber, tolerant harassment, extortion of Rs 700,000, and final atrocities: his 11-year-old daughter was stripped as a van-‘company’ for alleged dialogue between her nephew and another girl. This crushing injustice forced him to use poison, and except for a heartbreaking audio testimony, which indicates an individual on our failed institutions. Vinnie is not just a brutal ‘customs’ – this is a crime. Child marriage laws make underage marriage guilty, and anti -women’s methods (Criminal Law Amendment) Act, 2011 prevention, making women as compensation for resolving disputes is illegal. Nevertheless, outside the court settlements and tribes ‘justice’ are underway, and the state’s writ is meaningless. When can the authorities be allowed to work as a judge, jury and executive in another way? The fact is that the police action only came when a person’s suicide state talks about failing to protect his citizens.
This incident reflects a disturbing pattern where women are normalized for the controversial sense of ‘morality’ of society. In another case, a woman and her newborn son were shot dead in the Act, which is believed to have killed ‘Honor’ because he had married voluntarily. Vanny represent the arrests after the incident, while the necessary, very little, very late. The state must eliminate all panchayats that follow such orders, establish active police surveillance in weak areas, and all the people involved in such ‘decisions’ will have to take legal action. Instead of just responding to the tragedies, the KP government should set up a special unit to identify and prevent the vein. Educational campaigns are essential, but without any implementation. More work must be done. No father should end his life to save his daughter in the nation of law.
Dawn, appeared on March 12, 2025
