the home belongs to shahjahan, a local politician from the ruling party.an, a local politician from the ruling party. she, though, was never accused of any wrongdoing. also living there was her daughter fauzia. both women deny abusing akhtar and say he died from an infection. but akhtar‘s 12—year—old sister also worked there. she said she and her brother were regularly beaten by the politician's daughter. the police registered a case against fauzia for killing akhtar and assaulting his sister lastjuly. the postmortem on akhtar‘s body revealed he had been beaten repeatedly with a blunt instrument. 25 injuries. the lawyer who represented his father claims the evidence was clear—cut. he agreed to take on the case for free, as long as akhtar‘s father promised to pursue a trial and not take an out—of—court settlement. before the trial had even really started, akhter‘s father announced he no longer wanted to pursue the case. most criminal cases in pakistan aren't filed by the state but by the victims or theirfamilies. that means they have the right to drop the c