Love marriage mother burnt alive daughter marrying without approval of family. The deceased came to visit her mother.
The victim Zeenat Rafiq,17 who set on fire for marrying without the approval of her family.
She died in Lahore on Wednesday at the local hospital of the Punjab province Pakistan, sources said.
The victim identified as Zeenat Rafiq,17, admitted to the hospital this week.
Where she told doctors that her mother Parveen Rafiq and brother Ahmar Rafi set her on fire for marrying against their will.
The incident took place in the Factory area police limits on Tuesday.
On the day of the incident, the deceased came to visit her mother, as she promised her a proper wedding reception.
Police have arrested Parveen Rafiq and started further investigation.
The preliminary investigation suggested that the case apparently looking for an honour killing, police said.
Hundreds of women are murdered in Pakistan each year in cases of domestic violence or on the grounds of defending family “honour”.
The Aurat Foundation, a campaign group that works to improve the lives of women in Pakistan’s conservative and patriarchal society.
Says more than 3,000 women have been killed in such attacks since 2008.
On the day of the incident, the deceased came to visit her mother, as she promised her a proper wedding reception.
Police have arrested Parveen Rafiq and started further investigation.
The preliminary investigation suggested that the case apparently looking for an honour killing, police said.
Love marriage mother burnt alive daughter marrying without approval of family.
Hundreds of women murdered in Pakistan each year in cases of domestic violence or on the grounds of defending family “honor”.
The Aurat Foundation, a campaign group that works to improve the lives of women in Pakistan’s conservative and patriarchal society.
Says more than 3,000 women killed in such attacks since 2008.
The preliminary investigation suggested that the case apparently looking for an honour killing, police said.
