Another ‘honor killing’ bid in Pakistan but victim survives
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A PAKISTANI woman who survived an attack by relatives who tried to kill her for marrying for love said yesterday that she feared for her life and appealed for protection.
Saba Maqsood, 18, survived being shot and thrown in a canal by her family on Thursday, weeks after the “honor killing” of another woman in Pakistan drew worldwide condemnation.
Maqsood angered her family by marrying the man of her choice a few days ago in the Punjabi city of Gujranwala — an act of defiance in a conservative part of Pakistan where women are expected to agree to arranged marriages.
“Even though police provided me with security, I fear that my family will try to kill me and my husband,” Maqsood, still weak after being shot twice in the cheek and right hand, said from her hospital bed. “I appeal to the chief minister and authorities to take serious notice of this attack on me and take necessary action for our security.”
Police said Maqsood was attacked and shot by her father, uncle, brother and aunt, and thrown into the waterway in the city of Hafizabad in Punjab province on Thursday.
Her relatives quickly fled the scene, but after minutes in the water Maqsood regained consciousness and managed to struggle to the bank, where two passers-by helped her.
Last month, a woman called Farzana Iqbal was attacked and killed by suspected family members because she had married the man she loved.
The case drew intense global attention, including United Nations condemnation, partly because it happened in broad daylight in the center of Lahore, Pakistan’s cultural capital.
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