{"id":220760,"date":"2016-06-08T13:34:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T13:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=220760"},"modified":"2016-06-08T13:34:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T13:34:56","slug":"mother-burnt-her-daughter-to-death-over-marriage-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/mother-burnt-her-daughter-to-death-over-marriage-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother ‘burnt her daughter to death’ over marriage in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
Police in the Pakistani city of Lahore have arrested a woman suspected of murdering her daughter for marrying without family consent.<\/p>\n
Police say the body of Zeenat Rafiq shows signs of torture. She was tied to a bed, doused with fuel and set alight.<\/p>\n
Her mother Parveen is accused of luring her back from her in-laws.<\/p>\n
It is the third such case in a month in Pakistan, where attacks on women who go against conservative rules on love and marriage are common.<\/p>\n
Last week a young school teacher, Maria Sadaqat, was set on fire in Murree near Islamabad for refusing a marriage proposal. She died of her injuries.<\/p>\n