"A Pakistani man demanding justice after his pregnant wife was murdered outside Lahore's high court this week admitted yesterday to strangling his first wife...
Muhammad Iqbal, the 45-year-old husband of Farzana Parveen, who was beaten to death by 20 male relatives on Tuesday, said he strangled his first wife in order to marry Parveen.
He avoided a prison sentence after his family used Islamic provisions of Pakistan's legal system to forgive him – precisely those he has insisted should not be available to his second wife's killers...Police confirmed the killing happened six years ago and he was released after a 'compromise' with his family."
May 29, 2014
Pakistan: "Not so important when one woman is killed by one husband."
Muhammad Iqbal strangled first wife and escaped jail term using legal provisions he says should not be open to second wife’s killers
Date
May 29, 2014
Title
Pakistani 'honour killing': husband strangled first wife, Irish Times
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