Dawn burial for victim of ‘honor’ killing
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A 16-year-old girl murdered by her mother for marrying the man of her choice was buried before dawn yesterday by her in-laws, as activists and politicians condemned Pakistan’s latest gruesome “honor” killing.
Zeenat Bibi was set on fire on Wednesday in Lahore. None of her relatives sought to claim her body, police said, leaving her new husband’s family to bury her charred remains in a graveyard near the city.
Police station chief Sheikh Hammad Akhtar said the husband, 20-year-old Hasan Khan, had launched a complaint against his bride’s mother, Perveen Bibi, who is in police custody.
Perveen is said to have run into the street after the murder, beating her chest and shouting: “People! I have killed my daughter for misbehaving and giving our family a bad name.”
Zeenat’s family home was closed and locked yesterday.
Neighbor Muhammed Asghar said the family had left, adding: “Why have they gone when everybody is coming to share their grief?”
Hundreds of women are killed in Pakistan each year for so-called “honor,” but it is rare to hear of such atrocities being carried out by women.
Khan said the couple had eloped, but he had reluctantly allowed Zeenat to return to her family home after promises she would not be harmed.
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