The elders and
family Saima Bibi (17) decided, after a meeting of village council (panchayat), that the punishment for him for shaming the
family must be death.
'There are burn marks on the neck, back and hands, which most likely caused by electricity, "said police officer at the scene, Zahoor Rabbani, of the District of Bahawalpur, eastern Pakistan.
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani watched "sad incident, a
girl was killed by the flow of electricity on the orders of the panchayat it" and ordered police to immediately prepare a report, his office said.
Honor killings are common in rural Pakistan, where according to tribal custom which has hundreds of years old, married without the permission of male relatives or having sex outside marriage is considered a serious omission on the honor
family or tribe.
Hundreds of people, mostly
women, were killed in rural Pakistan for the sake of "honor" every year and the majority of victims come from poor
families. According to latest reports the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, about 650
women were killed in that way in 2009.
A woman branded as a "curry" or "black
woman" when he was accused of having sex outside of marriage.
Based on the indigenous tribes, his assassination is justified. "Karo" is a male.
Aunt
fell in love with his neighbor, Dilawar, and fled with her lover to Pakistan's biggest city, Karachi, this month, said Rabbani. Relatives persuaded him to come home with the promise that he would be allowed to marry him.
"His father, uncles and other relatives and then refused to grant his request because the man chosen to come from a lower caste," he said.
"Uncle, uncle and other important people to kill him when he refused to marry according to their wishes."
Police raided the village of Bibi based on information a villager. Rabbani said that Bibi's father, Abdul Majeed, and an uncle had been arrested.