A 19-year-old teen has been sentenced to death by village elders in Pakistan’s Punjab province for allegedly having an illicit relationship with her cousin after she accused him of raping her at gunpoint.

According to Hindustimes, the incident happened on Friday in Rajanpur, a rural district about 400 kilometres from provincial capital Lahore. Shumaila was said to have escaped from the village after she came to know of the panchayat’s decision and reported the matter to police.

The woman has denied having any illicit relationship with her cousin Khalil Ahmed and alleged that he raped her at gunpoint when she was sleeping at her house.

“I could not raise an alarm as Ahmed was holding a gun. But the panchayat refused to accept my statement and declared that I wilfully slept with him,” she told the police. The panchayat did not take action against Ahmed. Fearing for her life, she approached the police on Saturday. “We have registered a FIR against the panchayat members and will take them into custody for declaring her kaari (liable to death either by stoning or else),” Hasnain said.

The SHO of Fazilpur Police Station, Qaisar Hasnain, said Shumaila’s father said in a statement that he was forced to accept the panchayat’s decision.

“Since the panchayat declared her liable to be killed he had to accept the decision as it was the tradition of his village,” he said. The police have sent Shumaila to a government safe house for women in Rajanpur.

“Honour” killings and death sentences are usually sanctioned through the panchayat system in Pakistani villages, but they have no legal standing.


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And..........ladies and Gentlemen, thatbis how societies suppirt rapists world wide. Niw his next victim will never cry out and he has perfected his art. How can they kill her when she reported a crime to them. This is why many rapes go unreported in myslim countries. The women dare not because they will be dragged through the mud and their families disgraced. When next a muslim tries to show islam protects women hence you hardly hear of rape..... tell him dem no borm islamic woman well to go and report that she was raped Without withnesses esp males. Plus her husband may leave her and it will be difficult to find a man who would marry her.