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Zainab rape and murder case: News anchor summoned by Pakistan Supreme Court
Updated On: 27 January, 2018 01:26 PM IST | Lahore | ANI
A TV news anchor had recently been summoned by the Pakistan Supreme Court after the former said in his show that the accused in the rape and murder case of a minor girl, Zainab


Pakistani policemen escort the suspect accused of raping and murdering a young girl as they leave an anti-terrorist court in Lahore on January 24, 2018. Pakistani police on January 23 arrested the key suspect accused of raping and murdering a young girl in a case that enraged the country and stoked fears a serial killer was preying on children in the city of Kasur. The killing of six-year-old Zainab Fatima Ameen -- the 12th child found raped and murdered in Kasur within a two-kilometre radius in the last two years -- sparked riots, with thousands swarming police stations and setting fire to politicians' homes, accusing authorities of inaction. Pic/AFP
A TV news anchor had recently been summoned by the Pakistan Supreme Court after the former said in his show that the accused in the rape and murder case of a minor girl, Zainab, was a member of a pornography gang, which also includes a Punjab minister. According to news daily, the Dawn, anchor Shahid Masood was summoned on Thursday to shed more light on the revelations he had made during a late night show in connection with the rape and murder case of six-year-old Zainab Amin and other children in Kasur city.
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