Pakistan

ATC indicts five over bludgeoning of Farzana Parveen

Parveen was battered to death outside LHC by more than two dozen attackers armed with bricks, including relatives.

Afp July 05, 2014

LAHORE: An Anti-terrorism court (ATC) Saturday indicted five men, including the father and two brothers, for the brutal murder of Farzana Parveen who was bludgeoned to death for marrying against their wishes.

Parveen was battered to death outside LHC in May by more than two dozen attackers armed with bricks, including numerous relatives.

"The court today indicted the father, two brothers, one cousin and ex-husband of the victim for murder, torture and terrorism," Mian Zulfiqar, the police officer investigator on the case, told AFP.

Witnesses have been called to record their statements before the court on Monday, he added.

The killing sparked outrage because of its brazen and brutal nature and claims that police did nothing to save Parveen, who was three months' pregnant.

The United States branded the incident "heinous" and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif demanded immediate action to catch the killers.

Husband of the murdered woman, Mohammad Iqbal admitted he had strangled his first wife out of love for Parveen.

He was spared jail for his first wife's murder because his sons persuaded her family to pardon him under the blood-money laws.

COMMENTS (3)

cmann | 10 years ago | Reply

@sameer: Practice is where it is practiced.And the world knows where it is practiced,and sanctioned by the clergy and society and ignored by the judiciary.And do you think the mother has any say in this,and the men would have allowed her to go against them?

sameer | 10 years ago | Reply very good judgement. But what about the mother?? is she alive?? if so, why didn't she call the police when her family decided to kill her daughter?? if she didn't even try, then she is a terrorist and criminal too. shoot her first. but i congratulate Pakistan society and establishment for this death punishment for the lady's family. the logic in south asia culture is, if the lady's father had been attacked or killed by some outsider, the lady's brothers would have cried "murder"... but when the father wanted to kill his daughter for some stupid thing called "khandan ki izzat", the brothers helped their father in killing their sister, and they were waiting for society to congratulate them for their crime... this in reality is indian culture, still existent in pakistan too. how did the hindu and jewish practice of "honor killing" and "stoning to death for adultery" become part of Muslim Pakistan?? who is a father, brother, uncle, neighbourhood vegetable seller to poke their nose into the private life of a lady? those people who claim they are muslim but practice "honor killing" are being fake-muslim... munafiq. identify such people by clothes, words and actions. and eradicate them. you know who they are... the tablighi jamaatis, ttp, deobandis, and their political supporters. o Pakistan... go back to the Pakistan of Iqbal, Jinnah, Faiz, Shahnawaz Bhutto and Musharraf. - a south-asian, and muslim, and socialist, and citizen of humanity.

VIEW MORE COMMENTS

Replying to X