Pakistan’s Supreme Court has asked the police to look into allegations that a 10-year-old girl working as a maid was tortured by her employers, an influential judge and his wife.
The case has shocked many in Pakistan after disturbing photographs of the girl, purporting to show her badly beaten and bruised, circulated on social media.
Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday requested police also check reports the girl’s parents told a local court they have “forgiven” the judge and his wife and reached a settlement with them.
Children in Pakistan often work as servants in homes of wealthier people and in shops and are frequently subjected to violence.
19 injured in bombing
A Pakistani police official says a roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying police in the country’s northwest, wounding four officers and 15 passers-by.
Local police official Mohammad Nawaz said Wednesday’s attack took place in the city of Dera Ismail Khan, a gateway to Pakistan’s troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing. Pakistan’s Army has carried out several operations against local and foreign militants in the country’s tribal regions in recent years.
The army says it has cleared over 90 percent of the region from insurgents, who once had a strong presence there.

Source: Arab News