{"id":2397877,"date":"2025-02-01T18:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T23:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-teen-murdered-by-her-pakistani-father-in-honor-killing-police\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T18:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T23:56:56","slug":"new-york-teen-murdered-by-her-pakistani-father-in-honor-killing-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-teen-murdered-by-her-pakistani-father-in-honor-killing-police\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Teen Murdered by Her Pakistani Father in &#8216;Honor Killing&#8217;: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-teen-murdered-by-her-pakistani-father-in-honor-killing-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397877&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u2062article \u200bdiscusses the tragic case of Hira Anwar, a 14-year-old girl from New York \u200bwho was murdered by her father and uncle in a so-called &#8220;honor\u2062 killing.&#8221; Hira, who was born to Pakistani immigrants, was described as a typical happy teenager but faced strict expectations from her traditional parents regarding her\u2064 behavior as a young\u2063 woman. Her father felt that her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-here-are-the-10-worst-colleges-for-free-speech\/\" title=\"Report: Here Are The 10 Worst Colleges For Free Speech\">social media activity<\/a> on platforms like TikTok brought shame to the family,prompting the fatal\u2063 incident during a supposed trip to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights\u200d the broader issue of honor killings,particularly within \u200bPakistani culture,citing a \u2064consistent number of\u2062 such murders over recent years. It\u2064 notes that while Pakistan has implemented harsh penalties for honor killings,\u2062 the practice continues, driven by patriarchal values and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-might-mandate-teachers-to-embrace-progressive-viewpoints\/\" title=\"Illinois Might Mandate Teachers To \u2018Embrace\u2019 Progressive Viewpoints\">cultural norms<\/a>. The piece \u200calso touches on the alarming presence of similar violence against women in other countries, including instances involving Pakistani men in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The commentary suggests that the persistence of such violence is linked to deeply rooted cultural beliefs\u2064 and intergenerational trauma rather than\u2062 being solely a\u2064 result of immigration. it calls attention to the\u2063 challenges of\u2063 integrating diverse cultural values \u2063into a different societal framework and raises concerns about immigration policies that may overlook such issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A New York-born 14-year-old girl was murdered by her Pakastani father and uncle in a so-called &ldquo;Honor Killing,&rdquo; in reality a horrible brutality.<\/p>\n<p>Hira Anwar lived in New York with her parents &ndash; both Pakistani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-us-founded-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigrants<\/a> who had emigrated two decades ago. Although the New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/world\/asia\/pakistan-new-york-honor-killing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tU4.ofrb.olxkY7812wTc&amp;smid=url-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> she was a normal, happy teenager when outside her home, her parents expected a strict and modest code of conduct for her as a young woman.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday night, her father and uncle felt she had brought shame to her family and shot her dead during what was portrayed as a vacation back to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>What did Anwar do to upset her father so badly that inspired her to kill? She was online, posting videos to TikTok like any of person her age. Her father thought the content was not appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>He later confessed to the murder in Quetta, the capital of the southwestern province of Balochistan, Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The Times reports this is not an aberration among Pakistanis, but an ongoing problem against women in that culture.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/human-rights-extend-liberals-not-ask\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Rights<\/a> Commission of Pakistan, the Times lists the number of these honor killings per year as remaining stable with 588 in Pakistan last year, 490 in 2023, and 590 for 2022.<\/p>\n<p>One woman was murdered by her brother for using a cell phone while another was poisoned by her parents for dating.<\/p>\n<p>Another honor killing took place in Italy when a woman resisted a forced marriage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-police-pakistan-gun-blasphemer-two-days-accused-insulting-muhammad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pakistan<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">introduced harsh punishment including<\/a> the death penalty in some cases for honor killings but the problem remains.<\/p>\n<p>The Times tries to tiptoe around the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-i-got-a-covid-test-four-times-in-one-day-two-came-back-negative-two-came-back-positive-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Elon Musk: I Got A COVID Test Four Times In One Day. \u2018Two Came Back Negative, Two Came Back Positive.\u2019 | The Daily Wire\">real issue<\/a> in quoting Kavita Mehra, executive director of Sakhi for South Asian Survivors, a nonprofit in New York who said these instances are explained by being, &ldquo;enmeshed in intergenerational trauma &mdash; cycles of pain, silence and patriarchal control, shaped by histories of colonialism, displacement and migration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear how trauma, pain, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/california-introduces-curriculum-teaches-capitalism-white-supremacy-patriarchy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the patriarchy<\/a>,&rdquo; or colonialism have anything to do with men murdering the women in their family.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom\/pakistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Department report<\/a> from 2021, 96 percent of the population are Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>Even where Muslims do not hold an overwhelming majority in a country, we see violence and brutality against women.<\/p>\n<p>Look no further than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/united-kingdom-releases-statement-faux-buckingham-palace-letterhead-proclaims-king-charles-passed-away-unexpectedly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Kingdom<\/a> where gangs of Pakistani men groom and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-talks-why-migrants-are-tagged-with-wristbands-horrors-of-rape-trees-after-southern-border-visit\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Talks Why Migrants Are Tagged With Wristbands, Horrors Of \u2018Rape Trees\u2019 After Southern Border Visit\">rape young women<\/a> while the government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/uk-police-investigating-400-unprecedented-rotherham-sex-abuse-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">downplays the abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anwar ul-Haq spent two decades in the United States before murdering his daughter. His customs and backwards values that inspired him to murder his own child remained with him.<\/p>\n<p>To put this in the context of the United States, there are unfortunately immigrants who come here with no intention of adopting our values. Although this murder happened in Pakistan, it was committed by a man living in the United States against his daughter, an American.<\/p>\n<p>If we kept what Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rPso1-N9O9s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D. Vance called<\/a>, &ldquo;the dumbest immigration policy in the world,&rdquo; courtesy of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-painful-video-bidens-dei-pick-lead-faa-unable-answer-aviation-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>, we might have seen more abhorrent stories like that of Hira Anwar or the numerous young women in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, common sense prevails as President Donald Trump makes real progress in upending those policies, but not before the tragic murders of so many innocent Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Hira lived with her parents, who immigrated from Pakistan two decades earlier. While she appeared to be a typical happy teenager outside the home, her parents imposed strict expectations on her behavior as a young woman. On Monday night, they believed she had shamed the family and fatally shot her during what was claimed to be a trip to Pakistan. Her father later admitted to the murder in Quetta after he deemed her TikTok videos inappropriate. The New York Times highlights that this issue is not isolated but part of a broader pattern of violence against women in Pakistani culture, with hundreds of honor killings reported annually. Despite severe penalties for such acts, including the death penalty in some cases, these incidents persist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2397878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture-8.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[45130,4349,32120,49653,49654],"class_list":["post-2397877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-honor-killing","tag-murder","tag-new-york","tag-pakistani-father","tag-teen-victim"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture-8.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397877"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397881,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397877\/revisions\/2397881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}