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Woman Dies After Being Set on Fire by Husband, Father-in-law in Islamabad
Sanya, a domestic abuse victim in Islamabad, succumbed to burn injuries after being set on fire by her husband and father-in-law. Advocate calls for death penalty under Anti-Terrorism Act.
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by News Desk
2025-07-10
Woman Dies After Being Set on Fire by Husband, Father-in-law in Islamabad

In a horrifying case of domestic violence, a young woman named Sanya succumbed to her injuries after being set on fire, allegedly by her husband and father-in-law, following a dispute at their residence in Islamabad on June 8.

According to Advocate Munir Ahmed, who is representing the victim’s family, Sanya was subjected to brutal abuse before being doused in petrol and set alight. “They kept her locked up and tortured her,” Ahmed told reporters, adding that when the violence could no longer be concealed, the family rushed her to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), falsely claiming a gas cylinder had exploded.

Based on the victim’s own statement, a first information report (FIR) was registered on June 9 at Kirpa Police Station. It named both the husband and father-in-law under Sections 34 (common intention), 324 (attempted murder), and 336-B (hurt by corrosive substance) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

“I fought with my husband and father-in-law around 11pm. Then, my father-in-law hit me on the head. I became dizzy. I don’t know who set me on fire, but I suspect my father-in-law,” the FIR quotes Sanya as saying.

The suspects are currently in judicial custody.

Advocate Ahmed is now calling for stricter charges, including the death penalty and application of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). “This wasn’t just domestic abuse — this was an act meant to spread fear and must be punished accordingly. Without justice, society cannot survive,” he stated.

He warned that leniency or judicial loopholes would embolden further such atrocities against women. “Silence in the face of such crimes is complicity,” he said.

This is not an isolated case. Similar acts of extreme violence have occurred in Bannu, Sahiwal, Mirpurkhas, and Karachi in recent months — from acid attacks to fatal burnings — raising urgent questions about the protection of women and the implementation of domestic violence laws in Pakistan.
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