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.
[3] Allegations of rape, torture and inhuman treatment were leveled against Naeem's family based on the original autopsy report.
[5] Due to abject poverty, her mother agreed for Shazia to work as a maid in the home of a Lahore-based wealthy lawyer, Chaudhry Naeem.
Neighbors have alleged that Chaudhry Naeem's family physically beat the 12-year-old girl for petty lapses.
[2][6] On Friday, 22 January 2010, Shazia's step-father, Bashir Masih, received a call from Chaudhry Naeem reporting that she had fallen down the stairs.
Doctors at Jinnah Hospital initially told her parents and the media that Shazia was dead on arrival, and that she may have died about four days earlier based on the state of the body.
Shazia's killer had broken her jaw, ribs and right arm, and she bore signs of blunt force trauma on her sensitive parts,[6] including kidneys, neck and forehead.
Bashir Masih also reported in his statement to the police that Naeem offered him PKR 30,000 to stay silent and accept Shazia's body for burial.
Following a media outcry, the police arrested Chaudhry Naeem, his son Yasir, sister-in-law and daughter-in-law.