In-laws shave woman’s head over dowry

E-Paper | June 08, 2026

KASUR: In-laws of a newly-wed woman allegedly shaved her head for not bringing the dowry according to their expectations at Mallahwala village on Saturday in the limits of Pattoki police station.

Iqra Bibi of Bonga Balocha village was married to Muhammad Riaz some 20 days back.

According to Iqra, soon after the marriage her in-laws, particularly her mother-in-law Rani Bibi started taunting her over not bringing costly items in dowry and even subjected her to torture.

On Saturday, her in-laws allegedly tied Iqra’s hands and legs with ropes and shaved her head. Later they expelled her from their house.

Police are looking into the matter.

Published in Dawn, March 13th, 2016

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Jahaalatmaar

Mar 13, 2016 09:44am

Shame on all those who marry for money. What can be more expensive than a girl who leaves everything to spend her whole life with someone and then is treated like this. That is why education and especially educating people about everything including the un-Islamic dowry demands shoul be our priority number one.

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SDA

Mar 13, 2016 10:31am

Interior Punjab is the worst and very ill and sick people. Yes, interior regions are also ill educated and sick in their mind.

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Mehboob Chabriwala

Mar 13, 2016 10:38am

This is barbaric inhuman behavior this was a warning and if those fiends don't get their money they would probably go to stage 2 of their anticipated barbarity douse the victim in petrol and set her alight the poor girls parent's need to make a difficult choice bring their daughter back and keep her alive or leave her to be burnt alive shame of divorce is only a preception programmed by social norms death is a reality if society fights back and stop feeding their daughters into the furnaces thoses criminals would be bred out of society like they deserve to be.

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Philosopher (from Japan)

Mar 13, 2016 12:02pm

Punjab is full of such hate crimes against women. Why molvis are silent on this who were protesting against women protection bill????

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khazoor khan

Mar 13, 2016 05:30pm

A mother-in-law badly treating the daughter-in-law, woman is an enemy to another women.

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Mohsin Kazmi

Mar 13, 2016 09:01pm

Government should give hard punishment that will message to those who behave like this.