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It is an anomaly that Choudhry, having moved to a culture that prides itself on ensuring free will for citizens, forced his daughter to marry a man of his own choice — violating her basic human rights. Prior to marriage, he had his daughter held by relatives against her will. Soon after the 2013 murder of the two innocent people in Pakistan, Choudhry was arrested in the US. However, what about the people who committed the murder on Pakistani territory? Have our own law-enforcement agencies done anything to apprehend the culprits? May there be mercy for those who cross the paths of such people because they continue to carry with them the medieval ideology of killing in the name of ‘honour’, possibly seeing no wrong in murder. We can only hope that Pakistani authorities follow in the footsteps of Brooklyn prosecutors and put the murderers behind bars. Furthermore, Choudhry’s example should be remembered by overseas Pakistanis who remain stuck in backward mentalities.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 11th, 2015.
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