Murder: Man stabs daughter

FAISALABAD: Raza Abad police registered a murder case against a man for killing his daughter after she contracted a marriage of her own free will. According to police officials, Zafarabad resident Zohra Bibi submitted an application with the police stating that her daughter had been killed because she had married against the will of her father Abdul Ghaffar. The complainant submitted with the police station states that Iram was stabbed 13 times and her body was thrown in a bin outside the house. Hospital officials conducted an autopsy and police officials are searching for the accused, Ghaffar.



Published in The Express Tribune, September 10^th, 2011.