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Four arrested in Pakistani woman bludgeoning case

Pakistan’s regular courts are notoriously slow, with many cases dragging on for years with little progress.

The country’s Supreme Court has demanded a police report on the incident within 48 hours.

The United States branded Parveen’s killing as “heinous”, with a State Department spokeswoman denouncing “violence that occurs in the name of tradition and honour, such as so-called honour killings”.

In a macabre twist to the case, on Thursday Parveen’s husband Mohammad Iqbal admitted to AFP that he had strangled his first wife – but was spared prison because he was forgiven for the act by his son.

“I was in love with Farzana and killed my first wife because of this love,” Iqbal said.

When she was killed, Parveen was arriving at court to testify in Iqbal’s defence after he was accused by her relatives of kidnapping her and forcing her into marriage.

Iqbal, a farmer, said Parveen’s family initially agreed to their marriage before turning against it because they were unhappy with the dowry he offered.

Last year, 869 women died in so-called “honour killings”, according to the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

Conviction rates are very low due to Pakistan’s blood-money laws, which allow relatives to forgive perpetrators, who are usually family members in such cases.

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