Mother gets death penalty for burning daughter in Pakistan
Monday - January 16, 2017 5:14 pm ,
Category : WORLD
Islamabad : An Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore on Monday sentenced a mother to death for burning her daughter alive in June 2016 after she contracted a 'free-will marriage'.
Zeenat Rafiq, 18, of Lahore's Factory Area was set on fire by her mother Parveen Bibi more than a week after the girl reportedly eloped with Hasan Khan to marry him in a court in Lahore, Dawn reported.
Parveen Bibi confessed she murdered her daughter for "bringing shame to the family".-Agency
Zeenat Rafiq, 18, of Lahore's Factory Area was set on fire by her mother Parveen Bibi more than a week after the girl reportedly eloped with Hasan Khan to marry him in a court in Lahore, Dawn reported.
Parveen Bibi confessed she murdered her daughter for "bringing shame to the family".-Agency
