Pak Sentences Four To Death For Honour Killing

Pak Sentences Four To Death For Honour Killing

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 06:33 AM IST
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Lahore : An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced to death the father, two brothers and former husband of a pregnant woman, who was stoned to death by them outside Lahore High Court in a case of ‘honour killing’.        Judge Haroon Latif awarded death penalty to Farzana Parveen’s father Muhammad Azeem, brother Muhammad Zahid, former husband Mazhar Iqbal and cousin Jumah Khan. A fine of Rs 1 Lakh has also been imposed on each of them.

Ghulam Ali, another cousin of her, has been awarded 10 years imprisonment. Farzana, 25, was killed on May 27 when her father, former husband, two brothers and some other relatives attacked her on Fane Road near the court with bricks.

She was going to the Lahore High Court along with her husband Muhammad Iqbal (pictured) to attend hearing in an abduction case.

Farzana, of Nankana Sahib district, some 80 kilometers from Lahore, was pregnant at that time.She died on the spot while Iqbal escaped unhurt.

The killing sparked a countrywide debate demanding strict laws and their implementation to check the ‘honour killing’.

–          M Zulqernain

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