Muslim Father Slits 17-Year-Old Daughter�s Throat For �Marrying Without Permission�
Muslim Father Slits 17-Year-Old Daughter�s Throat For �Marrying Without Permission� A Pakistani man has been arrested for killing his daughter and
her husband because she married into a �less important tribe.�
Police say the 17-year-old victim and the 31-year-old man she
married without their families� consent were tied up and had
their throats slit with a scythe by the girl�s family.
The family had lured the couple to their home by promising to
give them their family blessing.
A police spokesperson said, �When the couple reached there, they
tied them with ropes. [The girl�s father] cut their throats.�
Police have arrested the family, who said they murdered the
couple because their daughter�s husband, Muafia Hussein, comes
from a �less important tribe.�
The Daily Mail reports that, �The Human Rights Commission of
Pakistan said 869 so-called �honor killings� were reported in
the media last year � several a day. But the true figure is
probably much higher since many cases are never reported.�
The practice is considered �tradition� in tribal regions of
Pakistan.
Earlier this month, a 19-year-old girl and her husband appealed
to the police for protection after her family denounced her
marriage. Instead, her family came to her husband�s home and
took their daughter, �swearing on the Koran they would not harm
her and would hold a proper wedding ceremony.�
The couple�s lawyer, Zia Kiyyani, said, �During this the girl
shouted, cried, and mourned for her life and her husband�s life
because she knew that they will kill them both.�
Kiyyani says the girl was shot by one of her relatives.
Because families can forgive the killer in an honor killing,
the girl�s father lodged a criminal complaint with the
intention of forgiving the killer.�That will end the case,� Kiyyani said.