CM Maryam Nawaz has said that she personally asked the scooty girl, who was assaulted by a man on the road in Lahore, to slap him “as many times as he had slapped her.”
In a post on X, the chief minister said, “I spoke to the girl myself and told her that she should slap the man as many times as he had slapped her. But she said that, for her, it was enough that the government had made her feel protected, cared for, and assured that justice was on her side.”
I spoke to the girl myself and told her that she should slap the man as many times as he had slapped her. But she said that, for her, it was enough that the government had made her feel protected, cared for, and assured that justice was on her side.
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) October 24, 2026
The First Information Report (FIR) states that the man pulled the girl’s hair and verbally abused her. He then snatched her bag before throwing it on the ground.
The man also damaged a laptop worth Rs50,000 inside the bag. The girl also suffered facial injuries. Her nasal bone was reportedly affected during the attack.
Police identified the man as Ghulam Mustafa. Police traced him through his motorcycle’s registration number and arrested him last night.
The incident took place on Mozang Link Road, the CCTV footage of which went viral on social media.
CM Maryam Nawaz expressed sadness over the man’s release on bail
After his arrest, the court rejected the police’s request to send him on judicial remand on Saturday.
The court ordered the his release against surety bonds of Rs100,000.
In a post on X, the CM has expressed sadness over the man’s release.
SAD. https://t.co/Ff7CU3BbyF
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) October 24, 2026
