Pakistan woman raped after Panchayat orders

Islamabad: A Pakistani woman was allegedly gangraped by four men on the orders of a Panchayat (village council) in Muzaffargarh district in revenge for ‘dishonouring’ their family. Bachal Mai, 47, of Lundi Pitafi village, near Jatoi, was allegedly brutalised because her husband’s younger brother Bilal had reportedly developed illicit relations with a girl.

Police said Bilal and his brother, also Bachal Mai’s husband, were earlier taken into custody for sexually assaulting the girl on the complaint of her father Noor Mohammed. Four of the attackers took her to a room where they allegedly raped her.