Three persons, including a heavily pregnant woman and her husband have been killed for marrying without their family’s consent in two separate cases, the latest incidents of “honour killing” in Pakist
Three persons, including a heavily pregnant woman and her husband have been killed for marrying without their family’s consent in two separate cases, the latest incidents of “honour killing” in Pakistan days after another pregnant woman was killed by her mother.
In the first incident, Christian parents of a woman Nasreen Shahzadi, 25, allegedly stabbed her to death on Saturday for converting to Islam after marrying a Muslim man, Irfan Rehmani, in the country’s eastern Punjab province’s Layyah district, some 350 kms from Lahore.
Shahzadi eloped with Rehmani three months ago and contracted court marriage, a police official said. Her father Emanuel Masih talked to her over phone and told her that he and his wife had pardoned her, he said.
“The parents also invited the couple to their house. Shahzadi visited the house of her parents on Saturday where they stabbed her to death and dumped her body in a field,” the official said.
A murder case was registered against the couple and their son but no arrests were made so far.
In a separate incident, Muhammad Shakil, 30, and his heavily pregnant wife Aqsa, 26, were shot dead for “honour” by Aqsa’s brother who recently returned from Saudi Arabia.
The couple, married for four years and lived in Thikriwala village in the province, was killed for marrying without the family’s consent.
