Where life is so cheap.

[Ranb]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/29/world/meast/pakistani-honor-killing/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Parveen, 25, and Iqbal eloped and were married January 7 in a court ceremony.

The marriage enraged her family, Iqbal said, and they demanded he pay them 100,000 rupees (about $1,000) to let the couple stay alive. Iqbal, a farmer in the village in Jurranwala, Punjab, didn't have the money.

The family had challenged Parveen's marriage to Iqbal in the courts, accusing him of abducting her.

If this reporting is accurate, it turns out that Iqbal is another one of those murdering SOB's.

(Iqbal) told CNN he killed his first wife so he could marry Parveen. "I wanted to send a proposal to Farzana, so I killed my wife," Mohammad Iqbal said Thursday in an interview with CNN.

Zulfiqar Hameed, district inspector general for the Punjab police, said Iqbal's son from the first marriage alerted police to the slaying six years ago. Iqbal was arrested but later released on bail because his son forgave him, Hameed said."

Ranb

 

[theprestige]

Yeah, but is life really that cheap when Purchasing Power Parity is considered?

 

[bob_kark]

Didn't you read the part where his son forgave him? What else do you want? Geez. I'm assuming divorces are hard to come by in Pakistan, so this must be the proper protocol.

 

[Ziggurat]

Didn't you read the part where his son forgave him? What else do you want? Geez. I'm assuming divorces are hard to come by in Pakistan, so this must be the proper protocol.

Yup, it's terribly difficult. Not only must he declare to his wife that he is divorcing her, he must then send notice of that divorce by registered mail to the Union Council. Can you believe it? Registered mail! And then he has to wait 90 days for the divorce to finalize!

No wonder he killed her instead.

Just to be explicit, this is sarcasm directed at Pakistan and this foul murdering monster.

 

[Dr. Keith]

Love is blind.

Love is murderous.

Or something like that.

 

[tyr_13]

The life of women is cheap there because of how they are viewed something more akin to property than people. That's why the son forgiving the murdering bastard is given so much weight. It was his 'property rights' that were harmed.

 

[kid meatball]

Hmm. Does supply and demand apply?

 

[Jim_MDP]

Love is blind.

Love is murderous.

Or something like that.

Roses are red
My knife is too
Our love marriage is over
So, this is for you

Or something like that.
Imma go bang on the drums for a bit, today's int'l news is just so depressing.
(we've also got those two murdered girls in India)

 

[trustbutverify]

The life of women is cheap there because of how they are viewed something more akin to property than people. That's why the son forgiving the murdering bastard is given so much weight. It was his 'property rights' that were harmed.

You smug westerners are so judgmental. You just bring this up to avoid talking about drones.

 

[MontagK505]

You smug westerners are so judgmental. You just bring this up to avoid talking about drones.

That's only because it's hard to stone someone with a drone. But, never fear, we're working on it!

 

[MontagK505]

Hmm. Does supply and demand apply?

Considering the ratios of males to females in many Islamic countries, apparently not. China being the exception, although they kill their females in the womb.

 

[Information Analyst]

Considering the ratios of males to females in many Islamic countries, apparently not. China being the exception, although they kill their females in the womb.

China is "Islamic" now?!

 

[Caper]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/29/world/meast/pakistani-honor-killing/index.html?hpt=hp_t3



If this reporting is accurate, it turns out that Iqbal is another one of those murdering SOB's.


Ranb

... Yeah I was thinking about starting a similar topic. What a horrid place to live.

 

[Arcade22]

I can buy a hot-dog for about 1.5 $ so i guess this country is one of the life-is-cheap loser countries.