A girl was burnt alive by her family for wanting to marry of her own free will in Jhang’s Basti Dabwala, Garh Maharaja area in Punjab.
The girl recorded her statement with the police before breathing her last at a hospital and said she wanted to marry a man of her own choice and had left home with him. However, she was brought back by her parents.
When she returned home, the girl’s father, brothers, and three relative women sprinkled petrol on he and burned her. She received critical burns. She was brought to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
Earlier, a schoolteacher was killed by her family in the name of ‘honour’ in Sehwan.
The bullet-riddled body of the woman was found at home with her family claiming she committed suicide over some domestic issue. However, after investigation, it was found that she was killed by her family for ‘honour’.
Pakistan is often ranked among the worst countries for women’s security.
According to the global gender gap index 2022, out of 146 countries, Pakistan ranked 145th, with a growth of only 0.008 since 2021, and due to the lack of a support system, financial dependency, and victim blaming, one out of two Pakistani women do not report violence committed against them.
