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Zainab Ansari (Pakistan Rape Victim) Age, Death Cause, Biography, Family, Facts & More

Zainab Ansari

Bio
Full NameZainab Amin Ansari
ProfessionStudent
Physical Stats & More
Eye ColourHazel Brown
Hair ColourBlack
Personal Life
Date of BirthYear, 2010
Birth PlaceKasur District, Punjab Province, Pakistan
Date of Death9 January 2018
Place of DeathKasur District, Punjab Province, Pakistan
Age (at the time of death)7 Years
Death CauseMurder (after Gang Rape)
NationalityPakistani
HometownKasur District, Punjab Province, Pakistan
SchoolNot Known
Educational QualificationNot Known
FamilyFather- Muhammad Amin Ansari
Zainab Ansari Father Ameen Ansari
Mother- Name Not Known
Brother- Not Known
Sister- Not Known
ReligionIslam

Zainab Ansari

Some Lesser Known Facts About Zainab Ansari

  • Zainab Ansari was a 7-year-old girl from Kasur district in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.
  • On 9 January 2018, her body was found dumped on a garbage pile near her home in the eastern part of Kasur.
  • Massive protests erupted all over Pakistan after the brutal rape and murder of Zainab.

  • According to a local police official, Zainab was the 12th child to have been found raped and murdered in Kasur over the past year.
  • On 4 January 2018, Zainab disappeared while returning from a Quranic studies class to her aunt’s house.
  • Zainab’s parents were on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia when she was kidnapped, raped, and murdered.
  • Police released a CCTV footage of Zainab walking down the street holding the hand of an unidentified man.
  • The news of Zainab’s brutal rape and murder escalated a world over shock. Soon, a campaign #JusticeForZainab on social media started doing rounds.

    Justice For Zainab

    Justice For Zainab

  • Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Malala Yousafzai, in her tweet, condemned the incident and extended her support to the #JusticeForZainab campaign.

    Malala Tweet on Zainab

    Malala Tweet on Zainab

  • On 10 January 2018, the funeral prayer of Zainab took place amid the widespread grief.
  • On 11 January 2018, a Pakistani anchor of Samaa TV, Kiran Naz, brought her daughter on-air to protest rape and murder of Zainab.

  • A serial killer, identified as Mohammad Imran, was arrested two weeks after he threw Zainab’s body into a garbage dump in the city of Kasur in Punjab province. After his arrest, Imran confessed the crimes that he had committed and was convicted by a court. Later, his death sentence was upheld by other courts.
  • On 16 October 2018, Mohammad Imran (the serial killer) was executed in the presence of a victim’s father at a Pakistani prison.