Earlier this week, a district and sessions court in Islamabad had granted interim bail to Somia Asim, who stands as the primary suspect in the alleged abuse of Rizwana, a young housemaid in their household.
Videos from the incident are going viral on social media. In the videos, Shehryar Afridi looks visibly shaken and he also showed some of his injuries. His clothes were also torn during the scuffle.
The detention of five relatives of a US resident by Saudi Arabia in relation to a long-standing commercial dispute has once again brought to light the persistent issue of human rights violations in the kingdom.
The men are suspecting of selling secret information to Beijing that included manuals for warships and their weapons systems, as well as blueprints for a radar system and plans for a huge US military exercise.
The security forces would provide a further layer of protection for the tankers in addition to the warships and planes operating in the strategically vital area, through which around a fifth of the world's oil passes.
