Woman sentenced to death for burning daughter alive in Pakistan

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    A woman in Pakistan has been sentenced to death for burning her daughter alive in what she describes as “honor killing”.

    Parveen
    Bibi told a court in Punjab that she killed her daughter “for
    bringing shame to her family,” police spokeswoman Nabila Ghazanfar confirms to
    CNN. Parveen’s son Ahmer Rafique was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the crime.

    The late Rafique had been living with her new
    husband for a month before she visited her home in Lahore in the hopes
    of a reconciliation with her family.


    But when Rafique arrived, her mother and brother tied her to a bed,…



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