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Shocking “honour” killing of Pakistani teenager by in-laws
by Scott Gilbreath ~ October 28th, 2008
A horrific story of an “honour” killing in Pakistan has emerged. Seventeen-year-old Tasleem Solangi was murdered last March in a shockingly brutal and cruel fashion.
On March 7, 2008, Tasleem was killed with shocking ferocity: first, dogs were released on her, biting her legs repeatedly, until she fell to the ground. The dogs continued to maul her until her uncle, Zameer Solangi, shot her to death with a pistol. Tasleem’s father had to watch helplessly as the massacre took place. He had been expected to sell some land to the uncle and his associates. The killing was also supported by a tribal judge in the area, Karim Bux, who exerted pressure on law enforcement to keep them from opening an investigation. In May, Karim gathered a jirga – tribal assembly – to judge the case, which “exonerated” the killers and “guaranteed them impunity.”
Gul Sher, the girl’s father, held a press conference in Karachi on Monday, October 27, denouncing the killing and calling for justice: he insisted that problems related to “a land dispute” were at the basis of the action, denying the charge of “immoral behavior” or infidelity on the part of his daughter. He also denounced the “false accusations” made against the young woman. Security forces have arrested her husband, Ibrahim Solangi, who has volunteered to confess to the crime.
Another Pakistani news source reports more gruesome details: Her baby was delivered and killed before she died.
There is more to the bone-chilling account of the 17-year-old Taslim Solangi of Khairpur who was thrown to dogs — she was 8-month pregnant and was forced to give birth to her baby prematurely.
The baby was immediately thrown into the nearby Ubhal Wah canal after her killer father-in-law passed a judgement that the child was illegitimate and did not deserve to be allowed to live.
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But, once the decision to eliminate her was taken by her father-in-law Zamir Solangi, she was taken to a local midwife Mrs Badshaan alias Baashi for forced delivery of the child. Soon after the delivery, the baby was thrown into the nearby canal and later the mother was put to death.
Both news reports identify Zameer Solangi as the murderer (although they differ on whether he is Tasleem’s uncle or father-in-law), but her husband has confessed and been taken into custody. Zameer Solangi is still at large.
Now that the news has reached officials in Islamabad, the government is in an uproar. Federal minister for women’s development Sherry Rehman has denounced the atrocity and pledged to bring the guilty to justice. Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari has appointed a prominent female MNA to conduct a complete investigation. Opposition politicians stormed out of the Senate yesterday to protest the killing and “the barbaric treatment being meted out” to Pakistani women.
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October 30th, 2008 at 02:39 PM
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