Mawra Hocane calls Pakistan a 'playground for murderers' as celebs demand justice for Sara Inam.

Pakistani citizens and public figures are once again taking to their social media handles to condemn the rampant violence against women in the country as another gruesome murder of an Abu Dhabi resident takes place. Sara Inam, daughter-in-law of senior journalist Ayaz Amir and wife of Shahnawaz Amir, was murdered in Islamabad's Chak Shehzad suburb, the police had informed.

The 37-year-old was living at a farmhouse in the area where she was found dead on Friday morning. Sara was reportedly murdered with a dumbbell and her husband is the prime suspect in the case.

News of her brutal murder has left celebrities and Twitter dumbfounded, with many expressing their grief and anger on the micro-blogging site. #JusticeForSarah has been trending on the platform as Sara's friends and colleagues demand justice for the Pakistani-Canadian national. Shahnawaz is currently in police custody and as per officials, it was revealed on Sunday that he tried 'tampering with the evidence.'

Now, many are comparing Sara's case to that of Qandeel Baloch and Noor Mukadam's, asking why it must always take a dead woman to become a top social media trend - which is eventually forgotten - for society to realize women in abusive marriages, households and relationships need a way out, instead of being shamed for attempting to escape death.

'Another woman brutally murdered. Another hashtag asking for justice,' tweeted Usman Mukhtar. 'How long till women feel safe to leave violent situations and marriages? How long till they receive support before they're killed? How long till we stop asking what she must have done to cause this? #JusticeForSarah,' he asked.

Mawra Hocane calls PakistanTV host and actor Ahsan Khan opined on his Instagram Story, 'If only Zahir Jaffer was hanged and punished, perhaps, we wouldn't have another Zahir Jaffer on the lose.' In February, Jaffer was handed down the death penalty for the murder of Noor Mukadam, however, the sentence is yet to be carried out.

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