Boy arrested for injuring sister for honor in Lahore
The victim was shifted to the hospital for medical assistance.
LAHORE (Daily Dunya) – Police officers have arrested an implacable boy for badly injuring his sister in the name of honor in Lahore’s Shahdara Town.
Senior Superintendent in Police (SSP) Adil Memon said that Bilal opened firing at his sister Iram that severely wounded her however, the victim was shifted to the hospital for medical assistance.
The officer said that the suspect has also been detained.
Some 500 women are killed each year in Pakistan at the hands of family members over perceived damage to "honor" that can involve eloping, fraternizing with men or any other infraction against conservative values relating to women.
In most cases, the victim is a woman and the killer is a relative who escapes punishment by seeking forgiveness for the crime from family members.
Under the new law, relatives can forgive convicts in the case of a death sentence, but they would still have to face a mandatory life sentence.
