June 23, 2006
The Story of Samaira Nazir
Samaira’s parents had chosen a husband for her in Pakistan, but she had fallen in love with an Afghan. According to her parents, this man was from a lower caste, and anyhow what did love have to do with it? The family honor was at stake. “Strong-willed” was the adjective they chose for this young woman who thought to fulfil herself in her own way. So they took her back to Pakistan, and there her father, her brother, and a cousin used four knives to stab her and cut her throat. When she fought for her life, her father told anxious neighbors that she was having a fit. Her mother watched and it seems that Samaira’s nieces, aged four and two, were also obliged to witness this murder, to warn them what they could expect one day. As she was dying, Samaira was heard to shout to her mother, “You aren’t my mother any more.”Posted by Ithildin at June 23, 2006 8:00 PM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE
what a sad sad story
that poor girl
Samaira was taken to Pakistan initially to be introduced to potential suitors, however the murder took place at her home in Southall, West London.
Posted by: at June 27, 2006 4:42 AM