KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan police yesterday said that they will probe allegations that a young newlywed was mauled by dogs and shot to death in front of her father in the latest so-called “honor killing” to prompt outrage in Pakistan.
According to police and rights activists, 17-year-old Tasleem Solangi was killed back in March in a rural area of Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh. The girl was falsely accused of immorality and had dogs set on her as a punishment before she was shot dead, the girl’s parents said yesterday.
Gul Sher, father of the girl, demanded justice for the killing of his daughter after he said a council in their village in the southern province of Sindh falsely accused her of having sex with a man. “They made dogs run after her and bite her then she was shot dead,” Sher told reporters in Karachi.
Now since other details have emerged, no civilized person could even think of this happening in a feudal society in this era of human development and human rights. Tasleem, according to her neighbors was subjected to one of the most heinous crimes in history.
According to another report, she and her father were asked by powerful feudal lords to hand over her property including six acres of land. On her refusal Tasleem and her father were abducted and detained. Tasleem was pregnant.
A local landlord and local tribal chief headed a local “Jirga” and Sain Allah Dad heard the case from both sides, but the tribal chief openly supported abductors. Tasleem was awarded a punishment unthinkable even in dark ages’ traditions. Hungry and ferocious dogs were unleashed at her. She tried to run for cover and, finally, an exhausted girl fell to the mercy of dogs. One Zamir Solangi shot her dead in the presence of her father.
