Zil-e-Huma Usman

Zil-e-Huma Usman (September 16, 1971 – February 20, 2007) was a Pakistani politician and activist for women's rights.

While serving as the provincial minister for social welfare in Punjab, she was shot and killed on February 20, 2007 in Gujranwala, a city in that province some 200 kilometres south-east of Islamabad, where she had gone to address a political rally.Her assassin, Mohammed Sarwar, was reported to have been motivated by her refusal to abide by the Islamic code of dress and a dislike for the involvement of women in political affairs. The killer had previously been jailed in connection with the killing and mutilation of four prostitutes and told a television channel “I will kill all those women who do not follow the right path, if I am freed again”. [Devika Bhat and Zahid Hussain: [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1414137.ece Female Pakistani minister shot dead for 'breaking Islamic dress code'] , "The Times", February 20, 2007] On March 20 2007, he was sentenced to death.

ee also

*Islamic feminism

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* [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21262240-2703,00.html The Australian] Pakistani minister killed for refusing to wear veil.
* [http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4273&Itemid=2 APP] Zille Huma Usman assassinated.