Honour Killing over Hijab Gets Life Term in Canada

Just days after a Punjab man was jailed for life in honor killing of his daughter-in-law, a Pakistani father, along with his son, here too faces life behind bars for honour killing of his young girl for her refusal to wear the hijab.

In what was a first case of honour killing among Pakistanis in North America three yeas ago, 16-year-old Aqsa Parvez was strangulated by her father Muhammad Parvez, 57, in the family home in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga in December 2007, reports sify news.

Appearing in a court here on Tuesday, both Parvez and his son Waqas, 29, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of Aqsa.