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What am I going to do now?

How could this even happen?

Come on, pick up.

Pick up the damn phone, Bukhari.

Yes, Mr. Kamran?

Yes, Mr. Bukhari, did you see the interview?

Did you see what happened?

Did you see what Kiran did to me?

I'm completely alone now.

You have to do something, please.

You have to save me.

Mr. Kamran, you lost this case long before it ever reached the courtroom.

I think this is over.

I get it, Mr. Bukhari, but...

Hello?

Hello?

I won't lose that easily, Sehar.

I'm not going down without a fight, and I will not let you win.

What do I do?

What do I do now?

Just pick up the phone.

Ah, Khurrum. How are you?

Listen to me. No, no.

Just drop whatever's going on right now, and listen to me very carefully.

The 12 o'clock flight to Dubai, book it immediately.

I don't care how you do it.

Economy class, anything, just book it.

Yes, right now. Send me the ticket.

Yes, I'm leaving now.

Okay. Okay.

Okay.

Mureed!

Mureed!

Maqsood!

Farzana!

Farzana!

Mureed!

Mureed!

Maqsood!

Where is everyone?

Dilawar!

Dilawar!

Can't you hear me?

What's going on? Is everything alright?

Why is it so crowded?

Call someone at home. Make sure everything's alright.

You're right, I'll call Dad.

Hello? Sehar, my dear. Where are you?

Dad, I'm just outside,

but why is there such a huge crowd in front of the building?

What happened? Is everyone okay?

Everything's fine, my dear.

All these people have gathered here for you.

They've come to apologize to us and to stand by you.

The truth is out for everyone to see now, my dear.

Please forgive me, Sehar.

I'm sorry for every single word I said.

Today, you've proved that you were right, my dear.

Sister Sehar.

Mr. Moazzam is a very lucky man to have such a brave daughter like you.

The victory in court will be yours too, Sehar.

Saad, please forgive me, man.

I put you through so much pain.

I shouldn't have done that. Please forgive me.

It's okay.

And please, could you forgive me too?

Whatever I did or said was all my own foolishness.

I shouldn't have done it.

I hope you can forgive me.

For me, it's enough that

you have all realized that instead of supporting me,

you believed false news and misunderstood me.

Today, now that you're all gathered here,

I have one request for you all.

Raise your sons in a way that they don't turn out like Kamran,

and in the future, if this kind of atrocity happens to any woman,

stand with her.

Because a person is just as pure after being raped as they were before.

Rape is a heinous crime,

and every single person affected by it

deserves one thing and one thing only. Justice!

Not hatred.

For all of your love and for your support, thank you so much.

Thank you.

During the hearing of this case,

many questions were raised.

The court, society,

and the system were all heavily criticized.

Constructive criticism is vital for reforming the system.

The court agrees

that it is the judiciary's responsibility

to deliver justice to the most vulnerable members of society.

As a nation, this is our failure.

However, we must also accept

that this system won't change simply by passing laws

or announcing court verdicts,

not until every citizen of this nation considers themselves subject to the law,

with no one being above it.

Legal double standards are a reflection of the hypocrisy within our society,

and to eliminate them, we must all play our part.

As far as this case is concerned,

the court has concluded from the proceedings

that the main defendant, Kamran Haider,

has committed the heinous crime of rape

under Section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code.

Based on the evidence presented,

the circumstances, and the facts of the case,

the defendant's guilt has been proven beyond any doubt.

The court also finds that in this case,

the roles of the other defendants,

in addition to that of Kamran Haider, cannot be overlooked.

Before passing judgment on the main defendant, Kamran Haider,

this court will issue its ruling regarding his five employees

and Inspector Shafiq.

Mureed Anwar,

Maqsood Bhatti,

Shakoor Ahmed,

Dilawar Khan,

and Farzana Kulsoom did surrender to the police

in the final stages of the case

and subsequently confessed to the truth in court.

However, during the investigation and proceedings,

these defendants aided the defendant Kamran Haider

in covering up his crime.

Defendants Mureed, Maqsood, and Farzana

knowingly committed perjury in this court.

Therefore, the court finds

that these defendants are deserving of no leniency.

The defendant, Dilawar Khan, committed a dual offense.

He not only committed perjury before this court,

but was also complicit in concealing evidence

and covering up the crimes of the primary defendant, Kamran Haider.

The defendant, Shakoor Ahmed,

also aided Kamran Haider in concealing evidence.

The defendant, Inspector Shafiq,

not only committed perjury

but also obstructed justice by concealing facts during the investigation

and attempting to mislead this court with fabricated evidence.

The court has been informed

that the police department has initiated

its own proceedings against Inspector Shafiq.

However, in a case of this magnitude,

departmental action is simply insufficient.

Therefore, on the grounds of concealing evidence,

committing perjury,

and contempt of court,

this court orders proceedings against all defendants

and issues a notice under Section 194 of the Pakistan Penal Code.

Your Honor, my only crime is that I haven't committed one.

Furthermore, the defendant, Kamran Haider,

not only committed the heinous and unforgivable crime of rape,

but he also employed various tactics to evade capture,

repeatedly breaking the law in the process.

With these actions,

the defendant deliberately attempted to mislead both this court and the public.

This court, under Section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code,

sentences the defendant, Kamran Haider,

to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment.

Happy?

Yeah.

Will you do me a favor?

Of course.

Give this to Sehar.

What is this?

Once again, congratulations to all of you.

Thank you.

Now that we're connected, we have to stay in touch.

You're a part of our family now.

Please make sure to visit.

Oh, please don't worry about that.

Sehar and I are good friends now.

We'll be seeing plenty of each other.

You just be happy now.

You've shown incredible strength to make it to this day.

I couldn't have been this brave without your support.

This is for you.

Rohit and Kiran wanted to speak to you themselves,

but they couldn't bring themselves to do it.

So they asked me to talk to you.

What is this?

A job offer.

They want you to join KKR again.

Are they taking pity on me?

No.

They're trying to make things right.

How can I join KKR?

The same way you did before.

Your position is still open.

Muneeb has been fired,

and the FIA is taking action against him.

The rest of the company can't wait to have you back.

Think it over. Take your time.

You can let me know later.

Okay.

I'll think about it and let you know.

I should get going.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Mom, you all go on ahead. I'll be right with you.

Saad.

Saad.

Against all odds, you finally won.

I'm so proud of you, Sehar.

Thank you, Ali.

Thank you so much for standing by me through all this.

So, what have you decided for your future?

I've decided to forget everything that happened and move on with my life.

So, are you planning on moving on alone?

We'll see what life has in store, and who it brings my way.

I'll always remember that you stood by me in this battle.

You, too, should leave the past in the past and learn to move on in life.

Time waits for no one.

You must always remember,

seeing you happy is what makes me happy.

So, be happy.

Take care.

Viewers, the court has made its decision in the case of truth versus lies,

and Sehar Moazzam has finally gotten justice.

It just goes to show that no matter how big the lie is,

victory will always be on the side of truth, as it did today.

The culprit, no matter how powerful,

cannot escape the long arm of the law.

However difficult the journey,

victory must always go to the one who is on the path of truth.

But it’s also the state’s responsibility

to pave an easy path for them.

It’s the state’s responsibility to protect every citizen,

irrespective of whether they’re a man or woman,

rich or poor, strong or weak.

In the end, Sehar Moazzam’s case became the case of four women.

First, Sehar Moazzam herself,

who decided to fight against the injustice,

stood her ground,

kept on fighting, and in the end, she won.

Sehar was not scared and didn’t falter for a moment.

Neither threats nor temptations swayed her.

At last, no smear campaign could stop her either.

Sehar was right.

If she hadn’t decided to fight,

this battle would have never gotten this far.

The second woman is Manisha.

She stood by Sehar, even putting her own marriage on the line,

right until the very end.

She even compelled her husband to stand up for what’s right.

In our society,

finding an example like that is a rare thing indeed,

but Manisha is a living testament to it right before our very eyes.

The third woman is Beenish.

As a lawyer, she fought this case with complete integrity

and led Sehar to victory.

Beenish supported Sehar not only inside the courtroom

but outside of it as well.

And the fourth woman is Kiran.

She may have acted at the eleventh hour,

but she stood by the truth by presenting evidence against her own husband.

But as a man,

I am now addressing all of you.

The responsibility also lies with us men.

It lies with our entire society to change our mindset and our attitude.

A society where women are already hesitant to report cases of rape.

They already face victim-blaming.

“Why did you leave the house alone? Why did you get home so late?

Why were you dressed like that?

Were you wearing a scarf or not? Were you wearing a burqa?”

This victim-blaming becomes so intense

that the victim herself begins to wonder

if she was somehow at fault for being harassed or for being raped.

We have to stop thinking and saying that

the accusations are false because the men in our society deeply respect women.

People can lie, but the facts don’t.

From 2021 to 2024 alone,

174,000 incidents of violence against women were reported in our country,

and who knows how many more went unreported.

5,948 women were murdered.

8,799 women were physically assaulted.

2,304 women were victims of domestic violence.

127 women had acid thrown on them.

16,135 women were raped,

and 1,636 women were gang-raped.

Moreover, in most of these crimes, the perpetrator was not a stranger,

but someone the women knew, often a relative.

One woman wrote in her suicide note

that she was taking her own life due to the abuse

and mental torture from her husband and his family.

She died, but her husband and his family were acquitted.

While acquitting them, the judge raised a poignant question

that our country’s law lacks a robust legal framework against abetting suicide,

especially in cases of domestic violence,

even though our neighboring country has already enacted laws on this matter.

In domestic violence cases, only 1.3% of abusers were convicted.

Since there are no real consequences,

an average of 67 kidnappings,

19 rapes,

6 cases of domestic violence,

and 2 honor killings are reported every single day.

Yet, despite having 480 gender-based violence courts across the country,

a backlog of thousands of cases remains,

and only 0.5% of those cases end in a conviction.

If a woman refuses to speak to you, no means no.

If she refuses to meet you, no means no.

If she refuses intimacy, no means no.

You don’t get to move forward.

You stop, right there.

Because it is her life, her choice.

With the hope that all survivors like Sehar receive justice, I take my leave.

Goodbye.