A villager prepares roti (bread) in her mud house in the village Bhattian Jivery at Tharparkar June 25, 2008. Soaring food prices and shortages of staples mean about 77 million people of Pakistan's 160 million population are food insecure, a 28 percent increase over the past year, according to U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) estimates. The term food insecure means people are unable to get sufficient nutritious food to meet dietary needs. Picture taken June 25, 2008. To match feature PAKISTAN-HUNGER/ REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN) - RTX7TSP
Police said Parveen Bibi, who is a resident of Chak No 24-GB, filed a complaint with the Saddar Jaranwala police station, contending that her husband Abid Hussain tortured his daughter Allah Rakhi severely for taking a little long to serve food.
Father kills four-year-old daughter for ‘not covering her head’
Later, he took her out and threw her into Gogera Branch Canal. The police arrested Abid Hussain, who confessed to his crime.
Earlier this year, a court sentenced a man to death for killing his 12-year-old daughter in 2015 for not being able to make perfect bread. The suspects confessed they had thrashed the girl, who died of her injuries. The men admitted they dumped the body and filed a false case of kidnapping.
Man kills daughter for ‘honour’ in Lahore, goes scot-free after pardoning self
After hearing all arguments and examining evidence, the sessions judge announced the decision to award the death penalty to Khalid, who has also been fined Rs500,000.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 4th, 2016.
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