Daughter killed for marrying! Indo-Asian News Service Islamabad, December 26, 2005 A man slit throats of his four daughters in Pakistan's Punjab province when his eldest daughter married of her own choice, a news report said on Sunday. The Daily Times said Nazeer Ahmed, a resident of Burewala town, killed his daughters late Saturday while they were sleeping at home. "He brought his married daughter Muqaddas Bibi, 25, home from her in-laws. They had dinner and when all girls slept, he butchered them with sharp knife," senior police officer Mukhtar Iqbal Tikka told the newspaper. Tikka said the man killed his unmarried daughters who were 6, 10 and 12 years old fearing that they would follow their elder sister. Ahmed, a labourer, told police that his eldest daughter tarnished the family's honour by marrying on her own choice. There have been many incidents where females were killed by their male relatives for allegedly disgracing their family's honour by marrying on own choice. Even though President Pervez Musharraf declared "honour killing" a crime, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says more than 750 such murders occurred within last 18 months. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7242_1582460,00180008.htm