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  • Pakistani Describes Killing of Daughters

    12/28/2005 10:31:12 AM PST · by Freedom_no_exceptions · 43 replies · 3,050+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 12-28-2005 | Khalid Tanveer
    MULTAN, Pakistan - Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family's "honor" — a crime that shocked Pakistan. The 40-year old laborer, speaking to The Associated Press in police detention as he was being shifted to prison, confessed to just one regret — that he didn't murder the stepsister's alleged lover too. Hundreds of girls and women are murdered by male relatives each year in this conservative Islamic nation, and rights groups said Wednesday such "honor killings" will only stop...