Motorway gang-rape case: Elon Musk asks West to learn from Pakistan’s judicial system
Key takeaways
- Add ARY News on Google AAResize Tech billionaire Elon Musk has drawn global attention as he reacted to a recent ruling by the Lahore High Court in 2020 motorway gang-rape case.
- The victim was traveling with her children when armed attackers broke into her car, robbed her, and assaulted her.
- Following the incident, an Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced two men, Abid Malhi and Shafqat Ali, to death in 2021 after finding them guilty of gang rape, kidnapping, robbery, and terrorism-related charges.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Tech billionaire Elon Musk has drawn global attention as he reacted to a recent ruling by the Lahore High Court in 2020 motorway gang-rape case.
The case – one of Pakistan’s most widely condemned criminal incidents in recent years – involved the assault of a French-Pakistani woman who was attacked after her vehicle became stranded on the Lahore-Sialkot Motorway in September 2020. The victim was traveling with her children when armed attackers broke into her car, robbed her, and assaulted her.
Following the incident, an Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced two men, Abid Malhi and Shafqat Ali, to death in 2021 after finding them guilty of gang rape, kidnapping, robbery, and terrorism-related charges. Their convictions were later challenged in the Lahore High Court.