http://tribune.com.pk/story/1118917/teenage-girl-burned-alive-mother-lahore-marrying-man-choice/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/08/pakistani-mother-burns-daughter-to-death-in-latest-shocking-hono/
Perveen Bibi, tied her daughter, Zeenat, to a bed, doused her with fuel and then set fire to her in Lahore, police said.
Family members stopped neighbours from entering the house as the girl screamed for help, said Nighat Bibi, who lives nearby.
As her daughter burned, Perveen Bibi ran into the street shouting that she had killed the teen for bringing shame on her family.
Sheikh Hammad, a local police official, said Perveen Bibi had confessed to killing her daughter with the help of her son Ahmar. He quoted the woman as saying “I don’t have any regrets.”
Another police officer, Ibadat Nisar, said the body also showed signs of beating and strangulation.
Last week a schoolteacher, Maria Bibi, was set on fire for refusing to marry a man twice her age. The prime suspect in the case – the father of the man she refused to marry – and the other four are in custody.
A month earlier, police arrested 13 members of a local tribal council who allegedly strangled a girl and set her on fire for helping a friend elope. The charred body of 17-year-old Ambreen Riasat was found in a burned van.
Locals said after killing her daughter, Perveen went out on the street, took off her shawl and started beating herself on her chest. She shouted that she had killed her daughter for bringing shame to the family. However, the police did not confirm the statement.
On the directive of CM Shehbaz Sharif, a 3-member probe committee was formed. The committee will review every aspect of the incident and submit its report within 48 hours. Deputy Commandant Punjab Constabulary Abu Bakar will be the convener of the committee while Additional Secretary Judicial Home Department and an officer of Punjab Forensic Science Agency will be its members.
The Parliament of Pakistan passed the Anti-Honour Killing Laws (Amendment) Bill 2014 in March 2016. The laws bind the law enforcing agencies to treat the honour killing as heinous crime and the state would act against the killers in case they would be pardoned by the relatives of the victim.
According to Human rights Commission of Pakistan, at least 1276 incidents of honour killings were reported in the country from Feb 2014 to Feb 2016.
