Pakistani father arrested for publicly stoning pregnant daughter to death

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last updated 8 January 2015

On Tuesday, Farzana Parveen, 25 and pregnant, was on her way to the courthouse in Lahore, Pakistan, to contest a kidnapping charge her family had filed against her husband, Mohammad Iqbal, 45. She never made it inside. Some 20 members of Parveen's family, who objected to the marriage, beat her then stoned her to death outside the courthouse. Police arrested the father, and investigator Rana Mujahid said the police are going after everyone else who participated in the "heinous crime," The Associated Press reports.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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