LONDON: The sister of a Karachi teenager assassinated by the son of a powerful feudal and industrial family has said that her family and people closely associated with the case have been put under "tremendous pressure" by the defendants and their powerful supporters.
Shahzeb Khan's sister Parishay Khan, who now lives in London, broke her silence for the first time in an exclusive interview with The News here and said that her brother Shahzeb Khan's case highlights how the justice can be manipulated in Pakistani courts. She revealed that the main accused of the murder case are attempting to manipulate the justice system in their favour - by allegedly using their wealth and political influence.
Various tactics have been used by the accused party to divert people from the main objective of the case, she told The News. Rumours regarding a settlement between both the parties have also been spread to malign us and to distort the facts, a distressed Parishay Khan said. She alleged that the powerful Jatoi family are "misleading people by stating that it is a fight against 'Sindhis' whereas it is simply a murder case".
"It has nothing to do with the caste of the murderer. It's only about the brutal and heartless killing of my loving brother whose life was cut short by arrogant people who have no regard for the rule of law and who believe that the justice can be purchased and denied," she said.
It has been over six months that the case has been running but "we are struggling to get justice for my brother and to get his murderers convicted".
