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  • Police arrests father who murdered seven-day-old daughter

    Police arrests father who murdered seven-day-old daughter

    The Punjab Police has arrested the alleged murderer, Shahzaib Khan who killed his newborn daughter in Mianwali on Sunday because he wanted a son.

    The police confirmed the arrest on their official Twitter on March 10 by posting Shahzaib Khan’s image.

    The newborn girl, Jannat was murdered by her father on Sunday in Mianwali. He shot her four times and was taken immediately to a hospital but unfortunately, was pronounced dead.

    Punjab Chief Minister (CM), Usman Buzdar, and Punjab Inspector General (IG) of Police, Rao Sardar Ali Khan, took notice of the incident.

    Former Punjab CM, Shehbaz Sharif also tweeted after police arrested the accused.

    “I am unable to process the mind-numbing incident of the killing of a baby girl. Utterly grotesque and barbaric. How could a father do this to his own child? Wish we could learn how our beloved Prophet (PBUH) treated his daughter & women in general” he wrote.

    Spokesperson of Mianwali police, Zarrar Khan said, “The police were told by the complainants that the killer had been complaining for three or four days that he had wanted a son and he had been very angry.”

    The First Investigation Report (FIR) was filed in a police station by Shahzaib Khan’s cousin, Hidayatullah.

  • Father murders seven-day-old daughter in Mianwali because he wanted a boy

    Father to a seven-day-old daughter, Shahzaib Khan murdered his newborn in Mianwali on Sunday because he wished for a son.

    Shahzaib Khan and Mashal Fatima tied the knot two years ago. A week earlier, the couple welcomed their daughter who was named Jannat.

    On Sunday, the husband entered the house aggressively and snatched the baby girl from her mother’s arms. He shot her four times and escaped from the house. The daughter was immediately taken to a hospital but unfortunately, doctors pronounced her dead.

    According to autopsy reports, four bullets were found in her deceased body. The father’s cousin Hidayatullah filed the First Investigation Report (FIR) in a police station.

    According to Hidayatullah, Shahzaib Khan was disturbed when he become a father of a daughter.

    “He stayed out of the house ever since she was brought back home and refused to accept her,” Hidayatullah said.

    Punjab Inspector General of Police Rao Sardar Ali Khan also took notice of the incident. He assured that violence against women and children will not be tolerated.