death_place death_date nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
lahore 22 january 2010 pakistani 20 may 1997 shazia masih
 shazia masih house maid
shazia masih

shazia masih -lrb- may 20 , 1997 -- january 22 , 2010 -rrb- was a young girl from pakistan 's impoverished christian community .
near her 12th birthday , she was hired to work as a house maid in the home of the former president of the lahore bar association , chaudhry naeem .
after eight months of employment in naeem 's home , she was found dead with marks of torture on her body .
masih 's case was brought into the limelight by the cruel and unusual circumstances of her death .
the case initially garnered widespread media attention in pakistan and around the world .
allegations of rape , torture and inhuman treatment were leveled against naeem 's family based on the original autopsy report .
naeem and his family were charged with the murder .
however , they were acquitted at trial because the original autopsy report was not presented .
instead a different medical report was presented that said shazia died of a skin disease .
in addition , the police presented confusing and conflicting statements from witnesses at trial .
the lack of justice for shazia masih highlighted the plight of pakistan 's christian minority .
