In reply to SC: Police submit report into Farzana’s murder

CJP has taken suo motu notice of the alleged honour killing outside the LHC premises.

ISLAMABAD:

Punjab police have submitted a detailed report in the Supreme Court regarding the alleged honour killing of a 25-year-old woman outside the Lahore High Court (LHC). Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani had asked the IGP to submit report, after taking a suo motu notice of the incident.

Submitting a report, the Punjab police told the top court that according to the medical report, Farzana received two injuries — one to her head and other to her leg. The police also revealed that during the scuffle, one unknown accused fired a shot which hit Farzana near her ankle after which sub inspector Muhammad Arif snatched the pistol from the assailant hence no further shots were fired.

“The father of the victim, Muhammad Azeem, hit Farzana with a brick while her brother Zahid and cousin Mazhar Iqbal also hit her. Farzana expired on the spot before the arrival of police,” says the report that is submitted in the Supreme Court by Provincial Police Officer (PPO) Punjab Khan Baig. The copy of report is available with The Express Tribune.

Earlier, the CJP on May 30 took suo motu notice of the alleged honour killing of Farzana outside the LHC premises on May 27.

The Punjab police have nominated six known and 15 unknown accused in this murder case and section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 has also been added in the report submitted to SC.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 7^th, 2014.