Police in Pakistan charged the ex-husband and father of a British woman believed to have been the victim of an “honour killing” with her murder on Saturday.
Samia Shahid, a dual national, died in July during a visit to her family village in Punjab province. Her second husband, Mukhtar Kazam, claims she was murdered for bringing “dishonour” on her family.
Kazam has said his wife had angered her parents by converting to another religious sect, before their wedding.
“We have completed our investigation and concluded that her ex-husband Muhammad Shakeel and father Muhammad Shahid were involved in her killing,” said Abubakar Buksh, deputy inspector general of police in the region.
“Her ex-husband has also been charged with raping her,” he told the media.
“The abetment of Samia’s mother and sister in the crime has also been proved but they have fled to the UK. We have also arrested the chief of the local police station for helping them escape.”
Kazam and Shahid, both dual British-Pakistani citizens, had been married for two years and were living in Dubai.
Shahid’s father has denied the charges, claiming his daughter died of natural causes.
Hundreds of women are murdered by relatives in the conservative Muslim nation each year on the pretext of defending what is seen as family honour.
Rights groups and politicians have for years called for tougher laws to tackle perpetrators of violence against women in Pakistan.
Your comment…it is conditioned murder by help of police
I can’t understand the conservative thinking of people about Islam and about their so called honor. Islam allow penalty of death in case of sexual relations without marriage but this has some rules too……. but I never understand that each one of us said he is great Muslim and lover of Hazrat Muhammad(S.a.w)….. but
we forget the teaching of Islam .. Islam gives full freedom of Nikah to both male and female. as in this case she married so how should be her act became honor cilling due to these killings marriages are letting down and relations growing….
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