A young Pakistani woman is by her mother and brother after they fired against their wish was married to a man who the family is not accepted. The 18-year-old Zeenat Rafiq survived the attack.
Zeenat was to run away from home with her great love Hassan Khan to marry. Eventually, she returned to her family home in the Pakisaanse city of Lahore because they thought there was a reconciliation with her family was possible, according to CNN. Once arrived home, however, heavy handed her brother tied her on the bed. Together with his mother he showered his sister with gasoline and lit her on fire. Zeenat died on the spot.
Fugitive later gave her mother, Parveen Bibi, himself in to the police. They still stands behind her act and has no regret, let the police know. Her son and accomplice K R is still on the run.
Last year, more than 1,100 women murdered in Pakistan by family members. That allows an independent human rights organization in the country. Such killings are often committed after the woman in question would have shown that ' behavior the honor of the family or the village would damage '.
By Editorial AD Photo: REUTERS
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