A Pakistani mother on Wednesday burnt her 16-year-old daughter alive for marrying a man of her own choice, before shouting on the street to neighbours that she had killed the teen for bringing shame on her family.
It was the third “honour killing” in Pakistan in as many months, and a rare example of the crime being carried out by a woman.
Different ethnicitiesZeenat Bibi (16) was set on fire by her mother Perveen Bibi in Lahore a little more than a week after the couple had acquired their marriage licence, police said. “Perveen Bibi killed her daughter Zeenat Bibi by burning her alive around 9:00 am on Wednesday,” Haidar Ashraf, a senior police official told AFP, adding the teen had married a man named Hasan Khan on May 29. Mr. Khan’s ethnicity — he is an ethnic Pashtun, while Zeenat was a Punjabi — was the main cause of the family’s disapproval, according to the woman’s family.
Zeenat’s husband Mr. Khan told local TV station Geo News 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. — AFP
