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PAKISTANS PUT PADLOCKS ON THEIR DAUGHTERS’ GRAVES TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING RAPED

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The social environment created by   Pakistan   has given rise to a sexually charged and disrespected society, where some people have resorted to locking their daughters’ graves to protect them from sexual violence, India Today is reporting. Following an alleged rape in 2013, a girl’s body was found outside a graveyard in Qila Didar Singh, Gujranwala. Harris Sultan Tweet Following this, Shahbaz Sharif, the then-chief minister of Punjab, took notice of the incident and ordered an immediate investigation, according to Express News. Also, Zainab, the fifteen-year-old daughter of Muhammad Munir, died of cancer the day before and was buried on Tuesday night by her family. Residents discovered her corpse outside.

JUST IN: NEC suspends fuel subsidy removal

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The National Economic Council, on Thursday, in Abuja, said it has agreed that petrol subsidy should “not be removed” as earlier planned for June 2023. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after the valedictory Council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Ahmed said the Council agreed on the need for continued discussions on the issue adding that the FG, together with states and representatives of the incoming administration, require more preparatory work. She said, “Council agreed that the timing of the removal of fuel subsidy should not be now. But that we should continue with all of the preparatory works that need to be done and that this preparatory has to be done in consultation with the states and other key stakeholders including representatives of the incoming administration. “Council agreed that the fuel subsidy must