New Delhi: The rape and murder of eight-year-old Zainab a week ago in Pakistan's Kasur has left a nation shocked and angry. Amid protests on the streets and on social media, a Pakistani anchor has touched hearts with an unusual gesture.
Last evening, Kiran Naz of Pakistan's Samaa TV presented the news with her little daughter sitting on her lap, conveying a parent's grief.
"Today I am not Kiran Naz. Today I am a mother. That's why I am sitting with my daughter," Ms Naz said in her brief introduction before the channel's 7pm news bulletin on Wednesday.
"I have nothing else to talk about today, except Zainab," she said at the end of a nearly two-minute-long clip.
The video was shared on Twitter by Samaa TV's Omar R Quraishi:
Zainab was kidnapped on January 4. Five days later, her body was found in a garbage pile, a Pakistani police official told AFP. The girl's parents, who had been in Saudi Arabia, flew back to Pakistan on Wednesday and told reporters in Islamabad they would not bury their daughter until her killer was arrested.
On social media, people are using the hashtag #JusticeforZainab to express their anger.
Last evening, Kiran Naz of Pakistan's Samaa TV presented the news with her little daughter sitting on her lap, conveying a parent's grief.
"Today I am not Kiran Naz. Today I am a mother. That's why I am sitting with my daughter," Ms Naz said in her brief introduction before the channel's 7pm news bulletin on Wednesday.
"I have nothing else to talk about today, except Zainab," she said at the end of a nearly two-minute-long clip.
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The video was shared on Twitter by Samaa TV's Omar R Quraishi:
Zainab was kidnapped on January 4. Five days later, her body was found in a garbage pile, a Pakistani police official told AFP. The girl's parents, who had been in Saudi Arabia, flew back to Pakistan on Wednesday and told reporters in Islamabad they would not bury their daughter until her killer was arrested.
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On social media, people are using the hashtag #JusticeforZainab to express their anger.
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