Honour killing....

Lahore honour killing: Woman stoned to
death by her family 'for marrying a man
she loved'
Farzana Iqbal was killed by nearly 20
men in front of the High Court
Supporters of Tehrik-e-Minhaj ul Quran,
an Islamic Organisation protest against
'honour killings' of women in Lahore
By HEATHER SAUL
Tuesday 27 May 2014
A 25-year-old woman has been stoned to
death by her family in front of a Pakistan
high court for marrying a man she was in
love with, police in Lahore have said.
Police official Naseem Butt said 20
members of Farzana Iqbal’s family
attacked her and her husband with sticks
and bricks in broad daylight on Tuesday
before a crowd of onlookers.
Mr Butt said Ms Iqbal had married
Mohammad Iqbal while she was engaged
to her cousin. She had been waiting for
the High Court in the eastern city of
Lahore to open when the attack took
place.
Her lawyer, Mustafa Kharal, said her
father had filed an abduction case against
her husband, which the couple was
contesting.
Umer Cheema, a senior police officer, said
her father, two brothers and former fiancé
were involved in the so-called honour
killing, which left Ms Iqbal with severe
head injuries. She was later pronounced
dead in hospital.
All the suspects except her father
escaped. He admitted killing his daughter,
Mr Cheema said.
Around 1,000 Pakistani women are killed
every year by their families in honour
killings, according to Pakistani rights
group the Aurat Foundation, but the true
figure is probably even higher. The Aurat
Foundation only produces figures based
on newspaper reports and the
government does not compile national
statistics.
Cases that do result in a conviction can
still see the killer walk free, as Pakistani
law allows a victim's family to forgive
their killer. The killer is often a member
of the victim's family, allowing them to
nominate a person to commit the act who
would then be forgiven.
"This is a huge flaw in the law," Wasim
Wagha, a member of the Foundation told
Reuters . "We are really struggling on this
issue."