Arrested for ordering rape

FOURTEEN members of a Pakistani village council have been arrested for ordering the rape of a teenage girl as punishment for a rape committed by her brother, police said.

The incident occurred this month in the central city of Multan, investigators said.

“A jirga (village council) had ordered the rape of a 16year-old girl as punishment, as her brother had raped a 12year-old,” said Allah Baksh, a local police official.

Such councils are illegal and have been under fire for their controversial decisions, especially regarding women.