Taliban flogging Victim denies incident

Pakistan is shaken by the images of a 17-year-old girl being flogged in their own country, demonstrations were held against yet another indication of the Taliban rule swarming all over the country.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan wants the government to take action. Meanwhile, the young girl clearly terrified, now says she was not beaten at all.

The victim Chand Bibi from the Pakistan's Swat valley was flogged for allegedly stepping out with a man who was not her husband.

But possibly under pressure, she has now told an Islamic judge and officials that it never happened. She also refused to appear before the court.

Today the NWFP Chief Secretary's report too denied the incident in the court. However, chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhary who ordered the enquiry after seeing the images on news channels didn't buy it.

Officials have now been ordered to submit a daily report for the next 15 days. The incident also caused a furor within the country.

"We stand against extremism and Talibanisation and it is our issue, it is not an issue given to us by another country," said Shazia Marri, Information Minister, Sindh.

"It's a wakeup call for Pakistanis, to realise the Taliban are living amongst us, that they are here," said Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Documentary Film maker/Journalist.

Pakistan's fragile peace deal with the Taliban in the Swat valley is only a few months old but already showing cracks.

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[thallassocracy]

Footage of the flogging.

Hearsay of the denial.

How dumb do you need to be to miss the problem here?

[moddit]

Fucking backwards ass barbaric pigs. They try to flog anyone here they'll get the shit beat out of them.

[facelessdesire]

Finally as we've been saying for so long the video is proved to be FAKE. Now Pakistanis should file a case against the NGO that paid 5 lac rupees for making this video in an effort to malign Pakistan. Surprisingly, at the head of that NGO is Samar Minallah who happens to be the sister of Athar Minallah who in turn happens to be among the leaders of the so-called Lawyer's Movement.

I hope people would now start wondering where all these clues are leading to? Or perhaps, they won't as ALWAYS

[infamoussafg]

what is worse this or guantanimo.. this is only a punishment for breaking the law. id rather get this than one year in prison or even 1 month in prison. hindu could go eat shit

[iiNDiTC]

so if the english queen mary executed and tortured Christians during the protestant reformation we would generalize Catholics and worshippers of Christ as evil? Religion doesnt kill, doesnt rape women, and doesnt make institutions fail, only individuals do those things. for every radical element you see theres one in your own home land so stop bsing, usa has more serial killers/cannibals than any other country..think you guys wrote the books on ethics..invading a country,torturing ppl in gbay..

[1loveyoumama]

just eliminate all muslims, its so simple

[WelshFromTheWest]

evil muslims

[WelshFromTheWest]

religion of peace showing us that they are still barbaric savages

[TheSanityInspector]

"So, daughter; will you go on TV and say that the flogging video is a fake? Or shall we slit your throat to save our family's honor right now?"

[nosvaructu]

yeah it sucks, I wouldn't testify either. If they can flog her in public with people watching, they can cut off her head just as easy.