Farzana Parveen's father sent on week-long physical remand

LAHORE: An anti-terrorist court in Lahore sent Mohammad Azeem, father of Farzana Parveen, who was bludgeoned to death outside the Lahore High Court, on a seven-day-long physical remand, DawnNews reported. Twenty-five-year-old Farzana was beaten to death with bricks on Tuesday outside the high court building by over a dozen attackers, including her own father and brother, because she had married a man against her family’s wishes. The union was unacceptable to the family, who had filed an abduction case against her husband Mohammad Iqbal. Farzana was attacked when she went to the court to record a statement in favour of her husband. Azeem was produced before the ATC today, following which he was sent into physical remand for a period of one week. During today’s proceedings, the court had stated that the judiciary was tasked with the administration of justice, adding that no one could be allowed to take the law into their own hands. Iqbal, who was at the ATC’s premises today, said he hoped that the court would administer justice in the case, adding that his wife was “unfairly murdered”. Earlier on Friday, police teams in Lahore investigating the murder took another four suspects into custody — Mohammad Atta, Nasir (driver), Alam Sher and Jahan Khan (brother). However, four nominated accused — her two brothers, former husband and a sister-in-law — are yet to be arrested. There are six nominated and over 20 unidentified accused in the case. The brutal incident drew sharp criticism and widespread condemnation from inside and outside the country.