Police in Pakistan Arrest Father, Son for Burning Wife Alive in Honor Killing

Police in Pakistan are reporting the recent arrest of a man and his father after the two suspects set the man's wife in fire as a method of "honor killing," after she allegedly left her husband's home without his permission.

25-year-old Shabana Bibi reportedly suffered burns to 80 percent of her body last Friday when her husband, Muhammad Siddique, and her father-in-law doused her in gasoline in the Muzaffargarh district of Central Pakistan and lit her on fire as punishment for visiting her sister's home with her husband's permission.

Rai Zameer-ul-Haq, police chief for Muzaffargarh, told the AFP over the weekend that the two suspects involved in Friday's attack have been apprehended.

"We have arrested the husband and father-in-law of the deceased woman and charged them for murder and terrorism," Zameer-ul-Haq told the media outlet, noting that suspects are often charged with "terrorism" in such cases.

According to RT.com, honor killing is a form of domestic abuse against women in which men murder their wives and daughters in order to maintain honor in their family.

Last year, Pakistani newlyweds were beheaded as part of an honor killing by the bride's family, who objected to the couple's marriage.

A 2014 report from CNN indicates that the United Nations has cited 5,000 women murdered by their family members in honor killings every year.

Pakistan's Human Rights Commission also reported in 2013 that 869 women were victims of honor killings in that year alone.