Till death do us part: Man butchers wife in court for seeking divorce

Shah Jamal resident Razia had been married to Manzoor for 14 years and had three children.


Express March 15, 2011
Till death do us part: Man butchers wife in court for seeking divorce

MULTAN:


A woman seeking a divorce was murdered by her husband in the civil court on Monday.


Shah Jamal resident Razia had been married to Manzoor for 14 years and had three children. Her family said that the couple often quarrelled and Manzoor had severely beaten her on numerous occasions. Three days ago, Razia decided to file a petition for divorce and left her husband’s house.

Razia filed an application for divorce in the court of civil Judge Rizwan Asif. As she approached the court for her hearing on Monday, Manzoor was waiting for her. Eye witnesses said they saw Manzoor slit Razia’s throat with a shaving razor.

Police officials then took Manzoor into custody.

District and Sessions Court issued a warning to SP Imran Jalil and Station House Officer Sadiq Rind for not reaching the scene promptly and for their failure to deploy policemen at the court.

Rind has lodged an FIR against Manzoor.

Manzoor told police that Razia had had illicit relations with a neighbour and deserved to be killed.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 15th, 2011.

COMMENTS (17)

some sense | 13 years ago | Reply @Abdul Basit You need to study the Holy Quran and Islam properly before making such ignorant statements about Islam. In fact Islam is a religion that has elevated Women's status. And Men are NOT ALLOWED in the Quran to 'beat' their wives. The maximum permission is to hit her lightly like with a hankerchief or a pen (and ONLY if she is at fault) . Divorce is allowed in Islam to women so that they can get rid of abusive husbands. A woman is entitled to inheritance in Islam and its also the duty of a Mahram man to take care of all her expenses (be it her Father, Brother, Husband or Son) There is a strict punsihment for abusive husbands in Islam. So just stop blaming Islam for your own ignorance and the ignorance of society that does not follow Islamic Principles. According to Shariah Law the punishment of this Man is to be killed by slitting his throat (the same way he killed his wife).
Abdul | 13 years ago | Reply I feeling there are many fake ids and fake names on internet to propogate against Islam and Muslims.
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