Female law student repeatedly raped by a lawyer in Islamabad
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ISLAMABAD: A female law student at Islamic International University (IIU) Islamabad had been allegedly raped by a lawyer.
She has made an appeal to the chief justice of Pakistan to provide her protection amid threats to her life, Tribune has reported.
She, in a video message which has gone viral on social media, claimed that Asad Hashmi, who is a lawyer in Islamabad, had allegedly raped her repeatedly at a flat located in Sector H-13 of federal capital.
Hashmi was booked for sexual assault of university student last month.
The student said Javed Hashmi, a professor at IIU who is uncle of the suspect, had threatened her to not pursue the rape case otherwise she would face dire consequences.
The IIU professor had allegedly threatened her against pursuing the case and identifying the accused in the court.
The hearing of the case will take place in Islamabad sessions court on Monday.
According to the alleged victim, she went to meet the lawyer at his residence to discuss a case where he repeatedly raped her.
