Pakistan: Woman who rejected marriage offer burnt to death


A Pakistani woman who was set on fire for refusing a marriage proposal has died of her injuries. Maria Sadaqat, a young schoolteacher, was attacked in her home by a group of men on Sunday and died in hospital in Islamabad on Wednesday. Her family say she had turned down a marriage proposal from the son of the owner of a school she had taught at. Read more at BBC News...

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