Punjab police said on Thursday that a man suspected of murdering his week-old daughter by shooting her five times because he wanted his firstborn to be a boy was detained.
میانوالی پولیس نے نومولود بچی کو فائرنگ کر کے قتل کرنے والے درندہ صفت باپ کو گرفتار کر لیا ہے۔ آئی جی پنجاب نے ڈی پی او میانوالی کو تفتیش کی نگرانی خود کرنے اور ملزم کو عبرتناک سزا دلوانے کی ہدایت کی ہے۔وزیراعلی پنجاب اور آئی جی پنجاب نے اس واقعہ کا نوٹس لیا تھا۔@DPOMianwali https://t.co/5l5nI5O9G8 pic.twitter.com/wpnOIn12UP
— Punjab Police Official (@OfficialDPRPP) March 10, 2022
A male is typically seen to provide more financial stability to parents than a daughter in the extremely patriarchal culture, and girls and women endure pervasive assault.
Jannat Fatima, a newborn girl, was slain on Sunday in Mianwali, Punjab province’s capital city, prompting a search for her father, Shahzeb Khan, who was apprehended on Wednesday night after a series of raids, according to Punjab police.
“The complainants informed the police that the murderer had been moaning for three or four days that he wanted a son and that he was extremely furious,” Zarrar Khan, a Mianwali police spokeswoman, told AFP.
“His wife also acknowledged that he was enraged by the fact that he had a girl and desired a boy.”
The event occurred roughly a month after a pregnant lady was taken to the hospital with a nail pounded into her skull after a faith healer promised she would give birth to a son if she did so.
The mother of three girls revealed that she was expecting a fourth child.
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