Pakistani woman stoned to death by family for marrying the man she loved
 

A 25-year-old woman was stoned to death and killed by her family outside a high court in the Pakistani city of Lahore, for marrying the man she fell in love with, according to police and a lawyer. Police said about 20 members of the family started attacking Farzana Parveen, and her husband Mohammad Iqbal, with sticks and bricks as they waited for the high court to open on Tuesday afternoon.

The photo below, taken by Mohammad Tahir of Reuters, shows Pakistani police officers trying to gather evidence on the killing, as Parveen's body lies on the ground, with people surrounding the scene. The Associated Press said family members attacked the couple before a crowd of onlookers in front of the court.

According to the police, everyone who was involved in the killing escaped except the girl's father, who admitted killing his daughter and said he did it for honor. Pakistani families who have been involved in such killings say a woman marrying a man without their permission is seen as a breach of honor of the family. To many, that translates as the reason to seek revenge, by killing their own children.

Although the Pakistani government itself does not collect any data — and it is illegal to carry out such killings — several hundred women are said to be killed in honor killings every year in Pakistan. In the latest annual report released (PDF) by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, 869 women were killed in the name of honor in 2013.

Earlier this year, the BBC traveled to a village in northwestern Pakistan to tell the story of a young woman who survived an honor killing and has been publicly speaking about it since. As the story notes, such killings are difficult to prove or to prosecute because of two reasons: first, the lack of witnesses to the crime, and second, lack of motivation for the police to pursue the suspects, regardless of the evidence.

But what happened in Lahore on Tuesday seems different. It wasn't in a remote village in Pakistan, neither was it in the middle of the night. Parveen was killed in broad daylight, in the presence of several bystanders, in front of the top court in the second largest city in Pakistan.



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Hard to believe there are people like this in the world.

Nothing like killing your own daughter with rocks.

There are at least 15 rapes a day in Pakistan that the woman is blamed by their own family for tempting the man to rape her. They disown her, kick her out of the town, without any money or support.

I'm sure the # is higher in other countries, aka India.

Not hard to believe, honor killings happen with Muslims in the US as well.

Those sluts know what they're doing showing so much eyebrow. A man can only take so much temptation.

Justice served

Pakistani woman stoned... 05-27-2014 08:13 PM saphojunkie not funny. not creative. not even original.


Neg rep message from saphojunkie. I hope nobody was offended by my obviously unfunny joke.

Thanks for keeping me in line Saphojunkie. I owe you one.

There are a lot of beautiful women in Pakistan...that said these honor killings are ****ing stupid and disgusting...I'm shocked this happend in Lahore. Seems to happen to the most uneducated families going wack...police are worthless

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This entire story is not news. not creative. not even original.

In Pakistan, a woman being stoned to death = 'dog bites man'

Those people are closer to dogs than humans, based on my multiple numerous deployments in that area of the world. Plus, stateside doing contract work for mi