Halima Rafiq

Halima Rafiq (Urdu: حلیمہ رفیق ‎; March 23, 1997 – July 13, 2014) was a Pakistani cricketer from Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. Rafiq accused Multan Cricket Club chairman Maulvi Muhammad Sultan Alam Ansari of sexual harassment during a cricket match in Multan Cricket Stadium, for which she was backed by her female teammates but was thereafter sued by Alam Ansari for ₨20 million.[1][2] She died after ingesting acid on July 13, 2014.

Halima Rafiq
Personal information
Born(1997-03-23)23 March 1997
Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Died13 July 2014(2014-07-13) (aged 17)
Multan, Punjab, Pakistan

Career

Sexual harassment allegations

Rafiq made a claim during a cricket match that she had been a victim of sexual harassment at the hands of her recruiters.[3][4] The alleged perpetrator was Maulvi Muhammad Sultan Alam Ansari, who is a 70-year-old lawyer, former judge, and member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from MPA elected from the PP-161 from Multan with Pakistan Muslim League (N) ticket.[5] She claimed that Alam Ansari, along with team selector Mohammad Javed, demanded sexual favours in return for nominating her for both the regional and national cricket teams.[6] Raifiq then stated she was since being threatened for highlighting the issue of sexual harassment in women's sports brought onto them by their recruiters. In 2013, Rafiq, Seema Javed, Hina Ghafoor, Kiran Irshad and Saba Ghafoor claimed that they were being pressed by the Multan Cricket Board.

Alam Ansari subsequently sued Rafiq for ₨20 million for making false accusations and attempted defamation. - [ ] Multan cricket women scandal concludes as false and motivated in District Court of Multan Pakistan where during hearing of 4 suits for damages filed by M Soltan Alam against the concerned women and the TV Channels, the Defendants with their Lawyers made statements conceding that M Soltan Alam is a through gentleman and they tendered unconditional apologies for the inconvenience caused to him in this regard (wrong reporting of the alleged women harassment on TV their-channels.) - [ ] Copies of Court proceedings, statements and orders are attached here under.

- [ ] The Inquiry Committee of Pakistan Cricket Board ( PCB ) also declared the allegations of the women cricketers as false motivated and concocted ones and by imposed various punishments on the said complainant women. - [ ] Thus the story of women cricketers ends with punishments to the women who had lodged the said allegations before the media of Pakistan.

Death

On Sunday July 13, 2014 Halima Rafiq committed suicide by ingesting acid.[7] Muhammad Rafiq, father of Halima, accused Multan Cricket Board officials (including Alam Ansari) of sexually harassing teenage female players during Cricket camp training.[8][9] Rashid Rafiq, brother of Halima, accused Nishtar Hospital for negligence since emergency room doctors did not pump her stomach of the acid and instead released her after 2 hours in the hospital.[10][11]

See also

References
  1. "Cricketer commits suicide after sexual harassment". Archived from the original on 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Court summons TV channel owner in defamation case
  3. "Cricketer commits suicide after sexual harassment". Archived from the original on 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  4. Court summons TV channel owner in defamation case
  5. MULTAN (PP-160 to PP-169)
  6. Family tells of Pakistan teen cricketer's 'suicide' after sex-pest row
  7. Woman Cricketer Halima Rafiq commits suicide
  8. Teen Female Cricketer Dies Under Mysterious Circumstances
  9. Teenage cricketer Halima Rafique dies under mysterious circumstances
  10. Cricketer Haleema Rafique's kin blame death on doctors
  11. Under threat: Haleema’s family moves court plea to register FIR
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