Farzana Iqbal

A Pakistani man whose pregnant wife was bludgeoned to death by angry family members who did not approve of the marriage fondly recalled a brief life together with the woman he fell in love with at first sight.

The husband of a pregnant Pakistani woman bludgeoned to death outside a courthouse murdered his first wife, he told AFP on Thursday, in a twist to a story that has shocked rights activists.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has demanded to know why police apparently stood by while a pregnant woman was stoned and beaten to death by her family in front of one of the country's top courts, his spokesman said on Thursday.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has demanded to know why police apparently stood by while a pregnant woman was stoned and beaten to death by her family.

Farzana Iqbal, 25, was attacked outside Lahore's grand high court building by more than two dozen brick-wielding assailants including her brother and father.

In an apparent honour killing, a 25-year-old pregnant woman was today brutally beaten and stoned to death outside the High Court on Lahore by her father and brothers for marrying the man of her choice.

A Pakistani man whose pregnant wife was bludgeoned to death by angry family members who did not approve of the marriage fondly recalled a brief life together with the woman he fell in love with at first sight.

The husband of a pregnant Pakistani woman bludgeoned to death outside a courthouse murdered his first wife, he told AFP on Thursday, in a twist to a story that has shocked rights activists.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has demanded to know why police apparently stood by while a pregnant woman was stoned and beaten to death by her family in front of one of the country's top courts, his spokesman said on Thursday.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has demanded to know why police apparently stood by while a pregnant woman was stoned and beaten to death by her family.

Farzana Iqbal, 25, was attacked outside Lahore's grand high court building by more than two dozen brick-wielding assailants including her brother and father.

In an apparent honour killing, a 25-year-old pregnant woman was today brutally beaten and stoned to death outside the High Court on Lahore by her father and brothers for marrying the man of her choice.