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MULTAN: A young Pakistani woman died on Tuesday after a rejected suitor set her ablaze for refusing his marriage proposal, a doctor said.
Sonia Bibi, 20, was admitted to hospital last month, where she told police that her former lover Latif Ahmed had doused her with petrol and set her alight after she turned down his proposal.
Medical staff had originally said she would recover, but a doctor in Multan's Nishtar hospital told AFP that Bibi's injuries had become infected and that she died on Tuesday morning.
About 45 to 50 per cent of her body had been burned in the attack, doctor Naheed Chaudhry, the head of the hospital's burns department told AFP.
The incident took place in a remote village of Multan district in central Punjab province. Police have arrested the 24-year-old suspect.
Bibi had told police that she had fallen out of love with Ahmed, and preliminary investigations suggested he had set her on fire "after she refused to marry him".
Hundreds of women are murdered in Pakistan each year in cases of domestic violence or on the grounds of defending family "honour".
The Aurat Foundation, a campaign group that works to improve the lives of women in Pakistan, says more than 3,000 women have been killed in such attacks since 2008.
Also read: Woman 'set on fire for refusing marriage proposal' in Multan
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Nov 03, 2015 03:15pm
Its really, really sad!! RIP!
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Nov 03, 2015 03:20pm
RIP innocent soul.
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Nov 03, 2015 03:25pm
Really Tragic. Love comes in different faces.
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Nov 03, 2015 03:40pm
Now our over patriots will comment that it happens in all big countries and media should not make mountain of molehill. Please accept the flaws in our society and work to fix them rather than turning a blind eye.
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Nov 03, 2015 03:41pm
Really very sad news
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Nov 03, 2015 03:51pm
Well now time is to burn the man who burnt that poor soul
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Nov 03, 2015 03:52pm
I think the culprit should be given the same punishment... eye for an eye. this is the only language people understand sometimes...
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Nov 03, 2015 03:55pm
sadly this is typical of the sub continent
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Nov 03, 2015 04:07pm
Sad Very Bad. The world will inevitably see this as the TRUE FACE of those professing to belong to a certain religion. It is time that cruelty, cruelty to women and children, and cruelty to animals is widely accepted as a crime in law and culture. It is barbaric to hurt someone who declines a marriage proposal, even if they had been friends.
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Nov 03, 2015 04:08pm
The news report does not mention whether her ex-lover Mr Ahmed is arrested and charged for murder or not
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Nov 03, 2015 04:12pm
Very sad.
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Nov 03, 2015 04:19pm
It's quite common in certain cultures in Pakistan and India.Women in these society are treated worse than slaves.
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Nov 03, 2015 04:21pm
Sad indeed. Ppl should avoid taking such extreme steps on little petty issues life is precious then any wordy desire.
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Nov 03, 2015 04:26pm
Sad. And the police haven't found, charged and burnt the criminal yet?
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Nov 03, 2015 04:37pm
OMG whats happening here ,
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Nov 03, 2015 04:39pm
Government need to stop such atrocities!
Another black day for Pakistan...
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Nov 03, 2015 04:42pm
@Saad Razzaq
You can't fix every person living in this country. Do you even know the population of Pakistan? Please be realistic.
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Nov 03, 2015 04:45pm
What a shame..
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Nov 03, 2015 04:51pm
shame on punjab
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Nov 03, 2015 04:56pm
what a coward man!! having no mental ability to respect the girls decision... disgusting.
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Nov 03, 2015 05:09pm
Hope to see the culprit punished appropriately as we always have doubts on our institutions (specially our police and judiciary)
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Nov 03, 2015 05:12pm
Pakistani society has yet to enter the 20th (not 21st) century. It is shocking. Perpetrators should be given examplery punishment.
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Nov 03, 2015 05:18pm
its a shame to see india denying UN resolution in its entirety for Kashmir dispute and yet begging on the very door to grant him a UNSC seat.
only india can do this... for kashmir resolve denying UN as if it does not exist and in the next moment asking the same UN to grant him UNSC seat ?. they think world is blind.....
we are so unfortunate to have a neighbor like indians who show no respect for humanity but call themselves democratic land for hindus alone.... minorities are like pissants for them, so to say.
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Nov 03, 2015 05:21pm
Don't know why some people place their ego on top of everything, Sad to read this news. I don't get the mind set of these one sided lovers.
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Nov 03, 2015 05:26pm
rip, very sad indeed.
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Nov 03, 2015 05:28pm
Intolerance is rising
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Nov 03, 2015 05:53pm
@A. Ali .................... sorry friends, wrong sent.
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Nov 03, 2015 05:58pm
Former lover...says it all really.
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Nov 03, 2015 06:11pm
Can the person who did be out in ATC and given same punishment. Unless Justice is not dispensed and implemented, many will die needlessly.
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Nov 03, 2015 06:22pm
Well as an Indian I hope strict action is taken against the criminal.
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Nov 03, 2015 06:30pm
RIP
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Nov 03, 2015 06:31pm
Still ignorance... Very sad.
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Nov 03, 2015 06:33pm
why no Rangers operation against criminals in Punjab?
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Nov 03, 2015 06:40pm
@Kashif I like the way you defined justice. Burn that coward man live in public. Set a good example to many others who might be planing such kind of crimes.
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Nov 03, 2015 06:42pm
90% of south asian people are still living in stone age
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Nov 03, 2015 06:46pm
These criminals are worst than terrorists so they must be punished severely
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Nov 03, 2015 06:54pm
The gov't needs to take an unprecedented action ,make a point once and for all that this barbaric behavior will not be tolerated at all. Too many women have been disfigured or died in this fashion. Wake up people and make your voice heard.
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Nov 03, 2015 07:42pm
It seems no one fears the law anymore.
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Nov 03, 2015 07:49pm
Heartfelt condolences from India. Women our countries face the same challenges. Solidarity with Pakistan.
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Nov 03, 2015 07:52pm
Education, compassion, humanity, moral values, ethics, peace, forgiving attitude, acceptance rather than tolerance, productive citizens contributing to all the above is what we need at the moment to solve every single problem we face.
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Nov 03, 2015 08:01pm
@Saad Razzaq Agree 100%. Also both Pakistanis and Indians trolls will start bringing out similar incidents of each other country to state that nothing is different and you are one step behind me etc instead of focusing on issues on hand. The sad part is a life has been unnecessary lost. it does not make sense to finger point at each other.
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Nov 03, 2015 08:10pm
Nothing more sinful in this world than taking an innocent human life. May the person who did this rot in hell.
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Nov 03, 2015 08:14pm
Pleasantly surprised that the attacker has been arrested. Curious to find out if he will be awarded an exemplary and deserving punishment. Dawn, do cover the news, in case he gets sentenced.
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Nov 03, 2015 10:11pm
Where is this Latif Ahmed? Can he be doused and put out of his misery too?
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Nov 03, 2015 10:12pm
RIP! Trial & Punishment to the murderer should be speedy. Hope new CJ will pay attention to crimes against helpless women of Pakistan
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Nov 03, 2015 10:30pm
The problem is what can the government do here?
Say like for rape in India, it has been so widely publicized that the punishment will be very harsh and severe, still rapes happens.
Here in Pakistan, women are nothing more than a commodity, used to settle disputes, create new relations etc., etc.,
What all are missing the point it that we "men" have to change. We have to look at women in our society from different angles. We have to learn to listen to different view points of our women folks and give them the due respect that they command.
Till we men change, nothing will change and incidents like this will go on happening.
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Nov 03, 2015 10:52pm
Men should learn to respect women and their views. No is a no and should not be taken as an insult. Hope she rests in peace and this murderer goes to jail
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Nov 03, 2015 11:23pm
@Indian guy
"this murderer goes to jail"
no, I hope he is executed - through court process of course.
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Nov 03, 2015 11:24pm
Is there any way that all this may stop and these people take senses...
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Nov 03, 2015 11:38pm
"Shocking" The culprit should face the "consequences of his actions"
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Nov 03, 2015 11:52pm
They killed her and she is dead for once,but those who did it will feel the heat,the pain and agony of death every day of the rest of there life! Its not over
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Nov 04, 2015 12:38am
We need to know that love is temporary affection. Every love story comes to an end. We also need to stop hating the criminals. We instead should learn to hate their crimes only, otherwise, we'll become murderers like them.
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Nov 04, 2015 01:17am
@zeenat how .........this is common every where people kill lover of x-lover
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Nov 04, 2015 01:55am
Hahaha ...former "lover" douses his lover and burns her alive? Is that what you call "love"?? hahahah these boys are mentally insane
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Nov 04, 2015 03:35am
When can our women folks have freedom?
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Nov 04, 2015 04:02am
@A truthful Muslim ... This is not love it's called evil cruelty.
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Nov 04, 2015 04:05am
Poor woman dies and this macho roams around free. What a great justice system we have.
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Nov 04, 2015 06:42am
This tragic incidence should be deplored. The perpetrator(s) should be arrested and punished to maximum that law permits.
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Nov 04, 2015 06:55am
Barbaric act.
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Nov 04, 2015 08:23am
Are these men truly so insecure that they cannot handle rejection. If she doesn't want to marry you, get over it and move on. Imagine if she had said yes - what would it have been like married to such a nasty, violent man?
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