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.
