Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar held the hearing of the case at the Lahore registry and admonished the police officers for their failure to arrest the killer of the victim. “An unspeakable crime has been committed against an innocent girl,” Nisar said and ordered the Inspector General of Police to arrest the culprit in the case within 72 hours. Zainab had gone missing while going for tuition near her house in Kasur city, some 50 kilometres from Lahore, on January 5. Autopsy report had confirmed that the girl was subjected to rape, torture and was then strangled to death. A police officer told the Chief Justice that the DNA tests of 800 suspects had been conducted.

Source: Indian Express January 21, 2018 11:26 UTC