| 1. Zainab Ansari, a 7-year-old girl, resided in Kasur district, Punjab Province, Pakistan. |
| 2. Her body was discovered on 9 January 2018, near her home in eastern Kasur, on a garbage pile. |
| 3. Numerous protests occurred countrywide following the heinous rape and murder of Zainab. |
| 4. Local authorities reported that Zainab was the 12th child found raped and murdered in Kasur within a year. |
| 5. She went missing on 4 January 2018, while coming back from a Quranic studies class to her aunt’s residence. |
| 6. Zainab's parents were away on a trip to Saudi Arabia during the time of her abduction, rape, and killing. |
| 7. The police publicized CCTV footage showing Zainab walking with an unidentified man down the street. |
| 8. An autopsy confirmed she was raped, sodomised, tortured, and strangled to death. |
| 9. Her murderer, 24-year-old Imran Ali, was a serial killer responsible for at least seven previous rapes and murders of prepubescent girls. |
| 10. Imran Ali was sentenced to death on four counts, one life term, and fines on 17 February 2018 by an anti-terrorism court in Lahore. |
| 11. Imran Ali was executed by hanging on 17 October 2018. |
| 12. Her case led to the Zainab Alert Bill, Pakistan's first national child safety law, mandating life imprisonment for child abuse and prompt investigations. |
