A 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot five times and left in a roadside ditch has died following an abdominal infection, doctors say.
Noor Jehan was allegedly shot by relatives after being declared guilty of adultery under an ancient tribal tradition in southern Pakistan.
She managed to crawl for help after being left in the ditch last month.
Officials say the girl, from Karachi, was an "honour killing" victim. No one has claimed her body.
'Complications'
Noor was shot in both legs, the left arm and the stomach before being dumped in the ditch.
Doctors at the government-run Jinnah Hospital in Karachi said initially her condition was stable.
But they say she developed complications in the last few days and succumbed to her injuries.
Last month the teenager regained consciousness in hospital and told the BBC News website her cousins had tried to kill her after her father had refused to let her be married to one of them.
"They beat up my parents and took me away with them in their car," she said.
Noor said she was driven to the suburb of Gadap and shot five times.
"They threw me into a ditch and left thinking I was dead. But I crawled out of the ditch and managed to alert the guard of a nearby house," she said.
Violence record
Noor's body has now been moved to the morgue of a charitable association, the Edhi Foundation, where sources say no one has arrived to claim it.
Police say they have been unable to trace her parents.
The BBC's Aamer Ahmed Khan in Karachi says hundreds of women are killed every year in Pakistan in the name of "honour", usually related to marriages.
In recent years Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has defended his government's record on violence against women and says he has done more for women's empowerment than any previous administration.
But human rights groups in Pakistan say the president's claims are not backed by adequate legislation.
This is heartbreaking, keep up the great work and thank you for sharing these stories with us, we all need to learn from these
God Bless
Michelle!
Reviewed by Crystal Silver Angel (Reader)
Reviewed on May 23, 2006
Peter,
this breaks my heart. I had heard before about honor killings before and I know I should be called now since you are bringing forth it in attention to keep interceding specific things that must be cleared, cleansed. I guess I am still so naïve when it comes to this kind of practice. Naïve I can no longer be…We have to remember that (not all but many countries) have dysfunctional religions that demand these dysfunctional rigid rules that no one can possible honor. It is darkness at it’s grip on a people on this planet and now I am called never to ignore these issues again.. Saint Michael Archangel I will call today, Peter to these regions with God’s armies… The time is right in the universe to bring forth more compassion and healing world wide…I am so happy you are bringing these social causes to light for all of us at the Den. I will now keep these kinds of countries in prayer. I know in China they force women to have an abortion if she is carrying a girl child. They check with an ultrasound. I tell you, the Archangels are doing double time on earth to stamp these demonic spirits out but as I have stressed many times before, it is we the healers we must not let a day go by that we don't intercede for the world's darkness to be over thrown. This week I am taking one full day to stay in constant intercession for the world and it’s people…We must continue to be less carnal and more spiritual…This is yet another wake up call for all of us to participate in the power of love, to envision it, to claim it by the power of the beloved Lamb. Thank you for this powerful article. As you bring forth these causes, it is changing the universe because we then pray powerful about it. I always say that the Holy Spirit goodness and light of all creation works through you to be a candle in dark places in the world. And I always say that indeed there is beautiful and precious light in this world too. Peter, I will pray today. Thank you precious man for changing this world by the social causes you bring to light…
You can't legislate morality and empathy for our fellow human beings. This kind of crap, as Jerry calls it , is just that. It happens in many different traditional ways every day. I just read where a 13 year old girl, died in a Chicago, hospital; after a botched surgery, to remove her clitoris. Sick and sicker our world shows itself to be. Art
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Michelle!
this breaks my heart. I had heard before about honor killings before and I know I should be called now since you are bringing forth it in attention to keep interceding specific things that must be cleared, cleansed. I guess I am still so naïve when it comes to this kind of practice. Naïve I can no longer be…We have to remember that (not all but many countries) have dysfunctional religions that demand these dysfunctional rigid rules that no one can possible honor. It is darkness at it’s grip on a people on this planet and now I am called never to ignore these issues again.. Saint Michael Archangel I will call today, Peter to these regions with God’s armies… The time is right in the universe to bring forth more compassion and healing world wide…I am so happy you are bringing these social causes to light for all of us at the Den. I will now keep these kinds of countries in prayer. I know in China they force women to have an abortion if she is carrying a girl child. They check with an ultrasound. I tell you, the Archangels are doing double time on earth to stamp these demonic spirits out but as I have stressed many times before, it is we the healers we must not let a day go by that we don't intercede for the world's darkness to be over thrown. This week I am taking one full day to stay in constant intercession for the world and it’s people…We must continue to be less carnal and more spiritual…This is yet another wake up call for all of us to participate in the power of love, to envision it, to claim it by the power of the beloved Lamb. Thank you for this powerful article. As you bring forth these causes, it is changing the universe because we then pray powerful about it. I always say that the Holy Spirit goodness and light of all creation works through you to be a candle in dark places in the world. And I always say that indeed there is beautiful and precious light in this world too. Peter, I will pray today. Thank you precious man for changing this world by the social causes you bring to light…
(((Prayers And Love, Dove )))