Death to love: The dark tale behind Farzana's 'honour killing' in Pakistan


Muhammad Iqbal, whose wife Farzana was bludgeoned to death by family members who disapproved of their marriage, fondly recalls the woman he fell in love with at first sight - but in Pakistan, nothing is ever that simple, not even love.

Farzana Iqbal (nee Parveen), 25, was murdered by a group of assailants including her father on May 27, witnesses and police said, because she fell in love with and married Muhammed Iqbal in January instead of a cousin they had selected for her.

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