Karachi was left reeling once again on Wednesday as news emerged of a child being raped and killed in the city’s Qayyumabad area.
According to the FIR registered on the complaint of the girl’s father, the child was taken out by a relative to buy something to eat. When they returned, she was unconscious and taken to a private hospital and then to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where she died.
The relative — a 17-year-old boy who lived with the family — was arrested on Wednesday on charges of allegedly raping and murdering the child.
Among those calling for justice and accountability was actor Sanam Baloch, who said the news was “devastating” and that “justice must be served”.
Baloch said that being a mother herself, she “can’t even imagine the trauma this family must be going through”. She said the safety of the nation’s children was paramount.
