Woman, daughter publicly tortured in Muzaffargarh

[Spring Onion]

CJ please take up this issue as well.

Man sets wife ablaze for giving birth to daughter
Updated at: 1508 PST, Tuesday, July 06, 2010

SARGODHA: A man killed his wife by setting her on fire for giving birth to a female child, Geo News reported Tuesday.

A case has been registered against the accused, who has been arrested.

According to police sources, Saima Parveen, 24, a resident of Zahoor Hayat Colony, was married to the accused Irfan 13 months ago.

According to police, Saima gave birth a baby girl three months ago, which Irfan resented. He set his wife on fire yesterday after dousing her with kerosene oil.

She was being rushed to CMH Hospital Sargodha when she succumbed to her over 90 percent burn injuries.

The husband of the burnt woman said it was not him who burned his wife down; instead, she died of the fire caused by gas leakage in the kitchen.

The SHO Bhalwal police station said the accused has been arrested and a case has been registered against him.

Saima’s daughter is under her grand mother’s care.

 

[sparklingway]

Jana this is a daily issue. I didn't post this one but if you go through the city news of The News or local papers it's filled with dozens of daily reports of women being burnt/murdered/butchered/acid thrown on face etc.

An inhumane society.

 

[peacekeeper]

Enforcement by the local authorities is a requisite for prevention of such obscene crime.
We have law in place but people don't abide them till we have proper enforcement mechanism to force people.
And authorities should also be made responsible for such crime then only this type of crime could be kept in check