The father of a Pakistani girl who was allegedly kidnapped, raped and forced to marry a middle-aged man who kept her chained up for five months has slammed the country’s authorities for doing nothing to save his daughter.
Farah Shaheen was just 12 years old when she was abducted last June by a man who ran the business below her family’s home in Faisalabad, Pakistan’s third-most populous city.
Her brother, Afzaal Masih told Asia News International he and their uncle, Kashif Masih, heard his sister crying on June 25 and raced to help, but they were too late.
The pair saw Farah being dragged off by Muhammad Zahid, the business owner, and another man, Khizr Ahmed Ali (Hayat), into a car.
When Farah’s father, Asif Masih, begged authorities to help, he said they refused.
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