A teenage girl has been set on fire and burnt
alive by her mother on Wednesday after marrying
a man of her own choice in a string of so-called
'honour killings' and traditional beliefs.
alive by her mother on Wednesday after marrying
a man of her own choice in a string of so-called
'honour killings' and traditional beliefs.
16-year-old tenage girl, Zeenat Bibi, has been set
on fire and burnt alive by her mother, Perveen Bibi
on Wednesday in the eastern city of Lahore,
Pakistan, after marrying a man of her own choice,
in what police said to be the latest in a string of
so-called 'honour killings' in the country.
on fire and burnt alive by her mother, Perveen Bibi
on Wednesday in the eastern city of Lahore,
Pakistan, after marrying a man of her own choice,
in what police said to be the latest in a string of
so-called 'honour killings' in the country.
Haidar Ashraf, a senior police official told AFP,
“Perveen Bibi killed her daughter Zeenat Bibi by
burning her alive around 9:00 am on Wednesday,”
adding the teen had married a man named Hasan
on May 29.
Ashraf said Perveen and other family members had
confessed to the crime and that police had seized
kerosene oil from the scene.
Speaking with a local TV station, Geo News,
Zeenat's husband, Hasan, said that the pair had
eloped, but he had reluctantly allowed her to return
to her family home after they promised they would
hold a celebration and not harm her.
He said: “After living with me for four days
following our marriage, her family contacted us and
promised they would throw us a proper wedding
party after eight days then we could live together.
“Zeenat was unwilling to go back to her home and
told me that she would be killed by her family but
later agreed when one of her uncles guaranteed her
safety.
“After two days, she called me and said that her
family had gone back on their word and asked me
to come get her, but I told her to wait for the
promised eight days. Then, she was killed.”
It was gathered that the incident was the third of
such 'honour killing' in as many months. Last week,
19-year-old Maria Sadaqat was tortured and burned
by a group of people in a village close to the
holiday resort of Murree, outside the capital
Islamabad, for refusing a marriage proposal from
the son of a former colleague.
Another woman believed to be aged between 16
and 18 was drugged, strangled and her body burnt
on the orders of a village jirga (council) in
northwest Pakistan on April 29, allegedly for
helping a friend to elope with her lover.
