These people are inferior

[vc1111]

Eye-for-eye in Pakistan acid case


A court in Pakistan has sentenced a man to be blinded by acid after he carried out a similar attack on his fiancée.
The court in the town of Bahawalpur, Punjab province, sentenced Mohammad Sajid under the Islamic Qisas law that matches crime and punishment.

Sajid blinded and mutilated his fiancee after her parents called off the couple's engagement.

Rights groups have criticised the sentence and observers say it is unlikely to be carried out.

The judge passed the sentence in an anti-terrorism court using a law enforced in 1979 during the rule of the dictator General Zia ul-Haq.

"Acid drops will be thrown into his eyes in line with the Islamic laws," Mohammad Shahid, a court official told the Reuters news agency.

The law allows for a like-for-like punishment unless clemency is agreed by the victim's family.

Higher courts


Sajid had admitted the attack, which he carried out in revenge for his fiancee's family breaking their promise.

Rights activists condemned the ruling.

"It is not a punishment but revenge," said Rashid Rehman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

Acid attacks on women are not unusual in Pakistan, particularly in feudal and tribal areas.

Rights activists say more than 70 incidents have been reported in Punjab this year.

The sentence can be appealed and Qisas rulings are often altered by higher courts.

[akbound]

I wonder who is "crying" for the victims rights?

[burniegoeasily]

I wonder who is "crying" for the victims rights?

Amen Akbound.

[stuckinthereeds]

I guess its an "eye for an eye"...no pun intended....well i guess it is

[thelastboyscout]

"It is not a punishment but revenge," said Rashid Rehman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

i didn't realize that pakistan had a human rights commission

[fng]

All forms of punishment are in essence revenge.

[thelastboyscout]

very true....... i guess you do have an iq over 80. maybe it's just your political stance that forces me to believe you are mentally challenged

[fng]

Me no understand goodly, perhaps you am can train me in ways... Oh grasshopper... bwa hhahhahahah.


Silly boy.

[fng]

Lets take this scenario to another level. Do you honestly believe that anyone in this country would give a rats arse if Fastow, Lay etc. were stripped of absolutely everything they owned and thown out in the street ?

NO, and the reason being is that they did it to others.

Revenge is outstanding, unfortunately the only people that get "revenged" are the average crap head on the street like you and me. Other than that, you fly.

[vc1111]

Throwing acid into the eyes of another.

That could be interpreted as a sign of problems with the romance.