Karachi, Pakistan): A Pakistani homosexual, an active organizer of a campaign to prevent the demolition of working-class settlements and markets in Karachi, was allegedly kidnapped a day before a climate change march to be held here. She has been raped. Organizers of the ‘People’s Climate March’ under the banner of the Karachi Bachao Tehreek (KBT) in the city said in a statement on Sunday that some people who had come to know about the march kidnapped an organizer of this march on Saturday and asked him to do so. raped.
KBT said in a tweet that the incident took place when the gay activist was returning to her home in Najimabad after attending an organizational meeting a day before the march. After kidnapping the victim, she was raped. KBT alleged that the police was involved in violence against the victim. Shehzadi Rai, the ‘violence case manager’ at the Gender Interactive Alliance (GIA), told the media that the KBT worker was “very scared and did not want to file a complaint.”
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According to a tweet from Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah’s office, Shah has taken cognizance of the matter and ordered the Inspector General of Police to investigate the matter and submit a report. The Human Rights Ministry also took cognizance of the incident and said that its gay rights experts are in touch with the victim’s parents.