LAHORE: The Government of Punjab (GoP) has on Saturday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari’s allegation of government bodies charging parents of Kasur rape victim to conduct DNA tests.
Mazari, in a tweet, alleged that GoP has asked parents of a minor girl, who was raped and murdered in Kasur earlier this month, to pay for DNA examinations. “Punjab government’s callousness again shown as parents of Zainab asked to pay for DNA tests,” the PTI leader said in a twitter message.
GoP official twitter account, however, rejected Mazari’s claim saying that the information shared is ‘totally rubbish, false and fabricated’, while also taking a jibe at the PTI MNA for ‘lying’.
In another tweet in response to Mazari’s allegation, GoP assured that all provinces, including PTI-administered Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), benefit from services of Punjab Forensic Science Agency.
Shireen Mazari alleges GoP of charging parents of Kasur rape victim to conduct DNA tests
Punjab govt’s callousness again shown as parents of Zainab asked to pay for DNA tests. Shameful. In such criminal cases DNA tests shd not only be part of SOPs but responsibility of the govt/state.
— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) January 20, 2018
Government of Punjab official twitter account responds to the claim
Totally rubbish, false, fabricated & misleading information shared by PTI MNA. Looks there is no limit to lying for some people. https://t.co/FaPGWh90BM
— Govt Of The Punjab (@GovtOfPunjab) January 20, 2018
Please be informed that all the provinces including KP are benefiting from the state of the art Punjab Forensic Science Agency in resolution of intricate cases leading to greater rate of conviction and prosecution. This is how Punjab is serving the whole of #Pakistan.
— Govt Of The Punjab (@GovtOfPunjab) January 20, 2018
