Lahore:
Three young women fell prey to "honour killing" in Punjab province of Pakistan, days after the stoning of a 25-year-old pregnant woman in Lahore.
A young woman was burnt alive while another strangled yesterday for marrying the man of their choice in Punjab.
In the third incident, a woman suffered serious bullet injuries over the same issue in Gujranwala district, some 80 kilometres from Lahore.
Nadia of Mandi Bahuddin district, some 200 kilometres from Lahore, had contracted love marriage with Dilawar Hussain of Gujranwala sometimes ago after running from her house.
However, of late when she contacted her parents, they told her that they had forgiven her. On Thursday she visited her parents in Phalia village of Mandi Bahauddin.
After a quarrel over the issue her father Shafi along with his son set her on fire. She was shifted to hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
A case has been registered against the accused with no arrest.
In the other incident, 20-year-old girl Allah Mafi of Sahiwal district, some 180 kilometres from Lahore, was strangled to death by her two brothers for marrying a person of her choice.
Police said Allah Mafi had married Anser of her village a few months ago. The couple returned to their village last week.
Mafi's family on the pretext of forgiving her called her at its home yesterday and her two elder brothers strangled her.
Police are raiding to arrest the culprits.
Another girl Saba of Hafizabad district made a love marriage with her relative Qaiser without the consent of her family members some five days ago.
Her parents and other family members called her after assuring that she would not be taken to task of love marriage.
When she visited them in Hafizabad her father and brother opened fire on her and later they picked her in a gunny pack and threw in a canal.
A passerby found a floating bag having a human body in it in the canal and he informed the police about it.
The police reached there and took it out. They shifted her in District Headquarters Hospital in critical condition.
A case has been registered against her father Maqsood and brother Faisal.
A young woman was burnt alive while another strangled yesterday for marrying the man of their choice in Punjab.
In the third incident, a woman suffered serious bullet injuries over the same issue in Gujranwala district, some 80 kilometres from Lahore.
Nadia of Mandi Bahuddin district, some 200 kilometres from Lahore, had contracted love marriage with Dilawar Hussain of Gujranwala sometimes ago after running from her house.
However, of late when she contacted her parents, they told her that they had forgiven her. On Thursday she visited her parents in Phalia village of Mandi Bahauddin.
After a quarrel over the issue her father Shafi along with his son set her on fire. She was shifted to hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
A case has been registered against the accused with no arrest.
In the other incident, 20-year-old girl Allah Mafi of Sahiwal district, some 180 kilometres from Lahore, was strangled to death by her two brothers for marrying a person of her choice.
Police said Allah Mafi had married Anser of her village a few months ago. The couple returned to their village last week.
Mafi's family on the pretext of forgiving her called her at its home yesterday and her two elder brothers strangled her.
Police are raiding to arrest the culprits.
Another girl Saba of Hafizabad district made a love marriage with her relative Qaiser without the consent of her family members some five days ago.
Her parents and other family members called her after assuring that she would not be taken to task of love marriage.
When she visited them in Hafizabad her father and brother opened fire on her and later they picked her in a gunny pack and threw in a canal.
A passerby found a floating bag having a human body in it in the canal and he informed the police about it.
The police reached there and took it out. They shifted her in District Headquarters Hospital in critical condition.
A case has been registered against her father Maqsood and brother Faisal.
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