Pakistan:
A British woman who is accused of ordering the murder of her husband and is currently on death row in Pakistan claims she was beaten by the authorities every day in an effort to force her to confess.
Yasmin Kausar 64 claimed that I was held at a police station for two weeks, where I was hit every day. They tried to get me to confess but I refused to say something that wasn't true.
Bradford resident Kausar has expressed her relief at being granted bail. She was released in June after spending since April 4 in a Pakistani prison.She was held after the charred remains of her 23-year-old husband were discovered in a car at a garbage dump in Rawalpindi, Punjab.The 65-year-old Mohammad Farooq was allegedly killed by a 23-year-old man who worked for his family and was allegedly hired by Kausar.
A British real estate company with hotels in Leeds and Pakistan employed Farooq as its director. After the passing of his younger brother his wife subsequently moved in with him in the countryside. Her lawyer later submitted a bail application while adamantly defending her innocence but the sessions court in Rawalpindi rejected it. However after an appeal was filed with the Lahore High Court Justice Muhammad Tariq Nadeem granted bail.
In his ruling the judge drew attention to weaknesses in the prosecution's case against bail including the lack of any direct evidence linking Kausar to the alleged crime.
Following her release from prison last month Kausar has been residing with family members in Pakistan including her cancer-stricken daughter Saima who travelled there from the UK to support her.
The trial for Alleged Women will begin next week. Speaking for the first time since her release from prison, she expressed her hope to be found not guilty.
Mr. Farooq was allegedly strangled at his family's home, according to Pakistani police, who then drove the body to a landfill about 27 miles away and set the car on fire. His burned child was discovered on April 1 at the Morgah dump close to Islamabad.
Police believe Abdul Waheed, a 22-year-old mechanic employed by the family, and Kausar were having an affair. Abdul Waheed allegedly wanted to flee to the UK with the older woman. He was taken into custody along with Abdul Idrees, 24. According to local media, police claim that the group plotted to kill Kausar's late husband.
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