Nine people have been detained in eastern Pakistan in connection with the death of the young woman, including the victim’s father and ex-husband.
Sidra Bibi, 18, was allegedly killed in Rawalpindi after marrying a man of her own choosing, according to police.
According to police official Aftab Hussain, her relatives laid her body to rest and flattened the land to remove any grave-related evidence. He continued, “The victim was suffocated using a pillow that was placed over her face.”
Authorities exhumed the body and performed an autopsy, which revealed that she had been tortured before being killed, following the arrests.
In a nation where killings continue to be carried out with such motives, the case has received a lot of negative feedback.
In these cases, according to the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, 405 women died in 2024, compared to 226 in 2023.
According to Sadia Bukhari, a member of the commission’s council, “the actual number is believed to be higher due to underreporting.”
More than 32, 000 cases of gender-based violence were reported nationwide last year, including 547 similar murders, according to the Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO), an independent organization based in Islamabad.
In recent years, more women have been killed by members of their families because their actions are perceived as a source of shame.
After a video that was posted online that appeared to show a young couple being shot dead for marrying without their families’ consent, police in southwest Balochistan province arrested 13 suspects last week.
The killings occurred in May near Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, according to police, who confirmed the footage’s authenticity.
Police detained a Pakistani man who is suspected of killing his 15-year-old daughter, who was born in the US because he refused to post videos on TikTok, a platform that has over 54 million users in the nation, in January.
Source: Aljazeera
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