{"id":233346,"date":"2019-09-05T14:01:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T09:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=233346"},"modified":"2019-09-05T14:01:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T09:01:23","slug":"activist-nazo-shinwari-life-is-in-extreme-danger-but-the-authorities-are-asleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/activist-nazo-shinwari-life-is-in-extreme-danger-but-the-authorities-are-asleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Activist Nazo Shinwari&#8217;s Life Is In Extreme Danger But the Authorities Are Asleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While government reports assert a boost in public safety over the past years, one Pakistani journalist, Nazo Shinwari is in hiding, trying to survive the assailants that killed her parents.<\/p>\n<p>Nazo, along with her brother Shershah, have been in hiding and begging authorities to take action but to no avail. The siblings are even aware of who the culprits are. Their step-brothers and uncle are behind this.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/female-turkish-tourist-gets-stopped-by-mullah-and-forced-to-recite-kalma-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Female Turkish Tourist Gets Stopped By Mullah And Forced to Recite Kalma [Video]<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The Case of Nazo Shinwari<\/h3>\n<p>Their tragedy started when someone came to their door on March, 28th. When their father Mobeen Khan answered the door, he was shot and killed. The murderers fled the scene but that was not the end of it.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after a fake FIR was launched against their mother, Sumaira Safdar in Peshawar. This left her no choice but to go to Peshawar to appear in court. That&#8217;s when she too was shot and killed along with the driver. Then the brother Shershah was almost killed at a police station.<\/p>\n<p>Nazo Shinwari penned a letter to the Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari soon afterward.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">someone anyone who can publicize this i need your help. My step brothers and uncles family killed my parents plz help. Now theyre after me and my brother please save us. Pakistani govt needs to help us our lives are in danger <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImranKhanPTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ImranKhanPTI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nighatdad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nighatdad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndianFeminism?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IndianFeminism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nytimes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mNcyHHvP9w\">pic.twitter.com\/mNcyHHvP9w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nazo Shinwari (@nazoshinwari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nazoshinwari\/status\/1167351513997557760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nazo&#8217;s mother had also penned many letters to authorities from the SHO to as far up as the Prime Minister following the murder of Mobeen Khan. Sumaira was openly threatened by her step-sons and brother-in-law that she too would be killed like her husband.<\/p>\n<p>While Nazo&#8217;s plea on Twitter did garner a whole lot of attention from public figures, the authorities are yet to take action.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is an FII writer from Pakistan. If any Pakistani civil society org or someone in the government can help, please do get in touch with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nazoshinwari?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nazoshinwari<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oHfWm5M5zx\">https:\/\/t.co\/oHfWm5M5zx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Feminism in India (@FeminismInIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FeminismInIndia\/status\/1167419609617596416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArmeenaRK\/status\/1167489936397873152<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShireenMazari1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShireenMazari1<\/a>. Plz c this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4CAY9HgX2o\">https:\/\/t.co\/4CAY9HgX2o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliZafarsays\/status\/1167679499984670720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Appeal for help!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nazoshinwari?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nazoshinwari<\/a> appeals to authorities to save her and her brother from her uncles and step brother who have already murdered both her parents. She is hiding in her own country while the killers roam free on bail &#8211; Part 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShireenMazari1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShireenMazari1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImranKhanPTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ImranKhanPTI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rc9v2f9qEE\">pic.twitter.com\/rc9v2f9qEE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; M. Jibran Nasir \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@MJibranNasir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MJibranNasir\/status\/1168245323346694145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Part 2 of Appeal by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nazoshinwari?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nazoshinwari<\/a>. She hiding fearing for her life as both her parents were killed by her relatives over property <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShireenMazari1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShireenMazari1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImranKhanPTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ImranKhanPTI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Xadeejournalist?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Xadeejournalist<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shazbkhanzdaGEO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@shazbkhanzdaGEO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GFarooqi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GFarooqi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asmashirazi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@asmashirazi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oHc3f4VfNr\">pic.twitter.com\/oHc3f4VfNr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; M. Jibran Nasir \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@MJibranNasir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MJibranNasir\/status\/1168246318097207298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Soon afterward she was invited to Mubasher Lucman&#8217;s television show to narrate her story.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/UsamaKhilji\/status\/1167521686377418752<\/p>\n<h3>A Family Feud<\/h3>\n<p>The problem here was that Sumaira Safdar was Mobeen Khan&#8217;s second wife. To add to that, he had given her property as her Haq Mehr. Signing over property to a woman did not sit well with Nazo&#8217;s step-brothers and uncle.<\/p>\n<p>Although they had received their fair share, they wanted Sumaira Safdar&#8217;s property as well.<\/p>\n<p>Coming back to Nazo&#8217;s appeal, the Rawalpindi police reached out to help her, but she and her brother are still in hiding and trust no one.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RwpPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RwpPolice<\/a> is helping me and the CPO has reached out to me. Pray they succeed in giving me justice. But i still need this to go all the way to the top because these goons dont even respect the law or police.<\/p>\n<p>I am still in hiding and they are still roaming free on bail.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nazo Shinwari (@nazoshinwari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nazoshinwari\/status\/1168399540539580416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Matters should&#8217;ve improved at this point but apparently, they got worse. The FIR registered in her parents&#8217; case did not even name the murderers.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights activist and lawyer Hassan Niazi named the people responsible for murdering Nazo&#8217;s family members.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These men killed mother &amp; father of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nazoshinwari?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nazoshinwari<\/a> -father killed in Pindi and FIR registered without naming these goons.Then later same guys killed the mother in Peshawar after 4 months after she was coming out of court. Mother had fake FIR by kpk police to trap her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsSaveNazo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LetsSaveNazo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DvcEwaLvu6\">pic.twitter.com\/DvcEwaLvu6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hassaan Niazi (@HniaziISF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HniaziISF\/status\/1168154192462176257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To add to that the Kyber Pakhtunkhwa police were in cahoots with the murderers and facilitated them in the murder of Nazo&#8217;s mother.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just went through Nazo Shinwari Case. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KP_Police1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KP_Police1<\/a> knew that mother will be murdered.They knew the FIR against her mother was fake and she was named so they could kill her while going to or from court.This naya kpk Police is becoming embarrassment. It\u2019s high time CM takes notice<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hassaan Niazi (@HniaziISF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HniaziISF\/status\/1168882047580090369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Soon after the TV interview was aired, Mubasher Lucman also began receiving threats. The murderers are believed to be powerful enough to take down a famed journalist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The killers just threathened 1 of my friends who was helping me that \u201cif he keeps helping me he will meet the same fate as nazo\u201d they also told him they know where he works. <\/p>\n<p>They also tried to scare <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mubasherlucman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mubasherlucman<\/a> away<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peaceforchange?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@peaceforchange<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RwpPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RwpPolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KP_Police1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KP_Police1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialDGISPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OfficialDGISPR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uyrznfASpu\">pic.twitter.com\/uyrznfASpu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nazo Shinwari (@nazoshinwari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nazoshinwari\/status\/1169321239229415425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Waqar Zaka predicted that Nazo Shinwari will not make it out of this alive. Nazo has expressed this fear numerous times, stating she will die just like her parents and the murderers will get away with all this.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I know you don\u2019t have time to help others so I made a short video explaining why <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nazoshinwari?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nazoshinwari<\/a> will be killed in few days. Detail story on this link <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/88W6V8JlPO\">https:\/\/t.co\/88W6V8JlPO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImranKhanPTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ImranKhanPTI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nJ8cCIlD0J\">pic.twitter.com\/nJ8cCIlD0J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Waqar Zaka (@ZakaWaqar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZakaWaqar\/status\/1168897829454192641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That wouldn&#8217;t be a new occurrence as Nazo Shinwari&#8217;s step-brothers and uncle are politically affluent. If God forbid, Nazo is killed, it will just be another case like the murder of Fahad Shinwari, Afzal Kohistani.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/thecentrummedia\/status\/1169161681160871936<\/p>\n<p>We hope the authorities are doing something about this, because right now it seems nothing of that sort has been happening. This isn&#8217;t really the Naya Pakistan that people voted for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While government reports assert a boost in public safety over the past years, one Pakistani journalist, Nazo Shinwari is in hiding, trying to survive the assailants that killed her parents. Nazo, along with her brother Shershah, have been in hiding and begging authorities to take action but to no avail. The siblings are even aware of who the culprits are. 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