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‘Justice delayed is justice denied’: Twitter rings loud with calls for justice for Sarah Inam

‘Justice delayed is justice denied’: Twitter rings loud with calls for justice for Sarah Inam

Mahira Khan, Mawra Hocane and others online are speaking up against gender-based violence after Sarah, the daughter-in-law of journalist Ayaz Amir, was killed in Islamabad.
26 Sep, 2022

Twitter is resounding with calls for justice once again after news broke of another Pakistani woman being brutally murdered. Actors Mahira Khan and Mawra Hocane are but a few of the many, many voices calling for justice for Sarah Inam.

On Friday, the police arrested journalist Ayaz Amir’s son Shahnawaz for allegedly killing his wife Sarah Inam, 37, a day after she arrived from Dubai where she had been working.

The story sounds all too familiar and enraged netizens have pointed out that when men like Zahir Jaffer, who was convicted of murdering Noor Mukadam last year, have not been punished adequately, more Zahir Jaffers emerge. They have taken to Twitter to express their shock, grief and anger, demanding justice.

“How long before we get any sort of justice for any woman who has been killed at the hands of rage and privilege,” questioned Khan. “Another hashtag. Another long wait for justice. Justice delayed is justice denied.”

Hocane pointed out that this is just an addition to all the women we have not received justice, including Noor Mukadam. “Here’s another appeal for justice for Sarah. Heart broken, may Allah give patience to their families to deal with such gut wrenching tragedies!” she added.

A Twitter user directed the attention to women’s “rightful rage” when it comes to standing up against the way they are treated in this country.

Another spoke about how the blame always falls on the women’s shoulders at the cost of their lives.

This user had an answer for all those who are questioning why the deceased chose to marry this man at all. Aside from the fact that people don’t come with warning labels or with their red flags out plastered on their faces, there is also an insane amount of pressure for women to marry young or else the suitor would be whoever takes you.

Content creator Momin Saqib called for stricter legislation for the perpetrators of such crimes and hoped there are never any more hashtags of this nature.

Lawyer and activist Nighat Dad summarised the “inherent equality” in our society through this quote.

Netizens are hoping that justice will not be delayed this time like many others.

We will echo what so many people are saying online — how many hashtags and victims of violence will it take for us to wake up as a nation and do something?

Comments

M. Emad Sep 26, 2022 12:28pm
'Sarah Inam case' is a sub- judice matter in the Court.
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ENGR Hamid Shafiq Sep 26, 2022 12:38pm
These are so call celebrities only raise voices for upper class women but these people raise any single voice for poor women and girls who daily died in voilance at home and work places
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Mahnoor Malik Sep 26, 2022 01:24pm
Dozens of women are killed on a monthly basis in Pakistan. But these celebrities make sure to beat the drum of Justice for any good looking instragram face only. Afterall who will share the dark brown skinned paindoo village girls as they are not attractive enough to be shared on Instragram pics.
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Mahnoor Malik Sep 26, 2022 01:28pm
@ENGR Hamid Shafiq Sir they are not good looking. Celebrity logic is simple. if (Victim = "Google Looking"): print("Justice") else: print("Remain Silent")
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Imran Sep 26, 2022 01:47pm
The root of this justice problem stems from years of corruption throughout our institutions on almost every level to the point where nothing functions properly and results are manufactured depending on class & money.
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hammad Sep 26, 2022 01:51pm
you celebrities just dance in award shows don't worry about rest.
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Lul Khan Sep 26, 2022 02:24pm
Mahira & Mawra. 2 upptiy celebs who do not realize how justice works in this country.
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secular Sep 26, 2022 02:33pm
I have heard that Mr. Ayaz Amir has also married for three times. If a person have multiple wives it will be very difficult to have normal mindset of the children of that person.
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Sep 26, 2022 03:17pm
Justice? What justice?
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Pakistani1 Sep 26, 2022 04:42pm
Sarah and all our women should be treated with respect and dignity. I support that. Speedy justice is needed to send a strong message to all the so called strong men who take brutal action.
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Pakistani1 Sep 26, 2022 04:42pm
I am wondering that what happened to Zahir Jaffar who was sentenced in February 2022? Has the sentencing been carried out?
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Art Sep 26, 2022 06:34pm
There’s no justice in society, judiciary is just an extortion mafia! Time for people of Pakistan to uproot their extortion centres!
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Faiza Sep 26, 2022 09:43pm
All because she is canadian citizen. All Pakistani lives or all human lives are precious. Do the same for all.
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Multani Sep 26, 2022 10:31pm
Indians are known to kill their wives, are we we trying to catch up or is it just media hype.
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time_travel Sep 26, 2022 11:43pm
@Mahnoor Malik, Agree
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Democracy Sep 27, 2022 12:06am
What about minority women?
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Dr. Rafiq Khan Sep 27, 2022 01:04am
The suspect is claiming self defense. Pakistan should invest in its law enforcement and judicial apparatus so that all domestic violence victims receive justice and the perpetrators go through a due process.
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Aam aadami Sep 27, 2022 02:54am
What about all the murders that were linked to the cases of the ruling party? No one speaks up for them .. total hypocrisy.
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Zidan Sep 27, 2022 06:22am
Did you ever think it was rather strange to make every crime a 'All Men against All Women' thing?
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A Pakistani Sep 27, 2022 07:18am
The murder of an innocent person is the murder of the whole humanity .
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A Pakistani Sep 27, 2022 07:20am
@ENGR Hamid Shafiq that’s not true ! Every woman raised voices for Zainab also !
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ST Sep 27, 2022 08:16am
These celeberities are just attention seekers, either through words or through hum awards. And that's it. Nothing practical.
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Waqas S Shaikh Sep 27, 2022 08:36am
@ENGR Hamid Shafiq I agree but this crime should be punished to deter the victimization of innocent girls. This is not time to argue about poor or rich. Justice must be demanded and done.
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