As per reports, rescue personnel have discovered the remains of three newborn infants in a garbage dump near Farooq Azam Mosque in Karachi’s North Nazimabad area.
According to the rescue officials, the three bodies, each placed inside separate bottles, were abandoned in a waste collection area near the mosque. The police arrived at the scene and subsequently relocated the bodies to the police station.
These infants, approximately one-month-old, were placed in a shopping bag and concealed beneath the trash. An unidentified individual also covered the bag with soil.
Prior to this incident, two premature infant bodies were located in the restroom of a private hospital in Karachi.
Authorities reported that hospital staff stumbled upon the premature babies’ remains in a trash bin inside the restroom.
The hospital, situated in North Nazimabad, disclosed that two women had visited the facility, with one of them undergoing a pregnancy ultrasound.
Upon receiving laboratory results confirming the presence of twins, both women entered the hospital restroom. They spent several hours there and eventually left in haste, according to hospital officials.
A case has been registered against the women at the Hyderi police station.
Controversial Proclamation by Kohistan Clerics: Restrictions on Women Working with NGOs Sparks Debate
Meanwhile, a group of clerics in Kohistan made a proclamation on Saturday, stating that women working with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) would not be allowed to interact with “na mahram” men in public. They specified that these women, depending on their marital status, must adhere to certain directives.
According to this announcement by a 12-member group of clerics, if a married woman was found in the company of a “na mahram” (men women are permitted to marry), she would be expelled from the area. If a woman is single, the man accompanying her must marry her.
However, the assistant commissioner of Kohistan’s Pattan area, Muhammad Bilal, dismissed this “announcement” and pledged that it would not be enforced.
On the other hand, a cleric who identified himself as Maulana Karimdad posted the same “decision” on his Facebook account and claimed that a local police station house officer had been informed about it.
Karimdad stated, “We cannot endorse non-religious activities in Kohistan, and these NGO women are in breach of our customs by participating in such activities. If they were to operate under religious laws, we would safeguard and support them, but transgressing our customs, which are not permitted by Sharia, cannot be tolerated.”
Maulana Fazal Wahab, another religious leader, asserted that this decision was unanimous among all the religious scholars (ulema) of Kohistan.
