Aqsa Pervez: Father and brother confess killing her while mother blames Aqsa for her own honour killing

 

 

This is a sad situation how ones own will galdly lie in the name of religion..... No different than the "Stoning of Soraya"  true movie  

 

 

 

The judge was told [Aqsa] Parvez feared for her life in the months leading up to her death, as her father and other family members became increasingly enraged over her desire for more freedom. She wanted to wear "western clothes" and didn't want to wear her hijab ... Aqsa explained how she wanted to dress like the other kids at school and have the same freedoms. She explained that she had no freedom at home and no privacy. She explained that she didn't have a door on her bedroom... School counsellors arranged family meetings with Parvez, her parents and social workers to try to resolve the issues. During one of those meetings, her father said that he was "in control of his house, he made all the decisions and his children do as he says," court heard. In another meeting in the fall of 2007, Muhammad Parvez told a family counsellor "women are able to open their mouths because they have rights, but if the same woman was in Pakistan, she don't dare open her mouth."

In a police interview after her daughter's murder, Anwar Jan said her husband told her afterward he killed his daughter because "this is my insult. My community will say you have not been able to control your daughter. This is my insult. She is making me naked." Jan added that, in Pakistan, it's normal to kill a girl or disown her if she doesn't obey her parents.

June 15, 2010

"Aqsa, you should have listened": Mother

Louie Rosella
Mississauga News

Aqsa Parvez's father and brother believed she was an "insult" to her family and her religion and vowed to silence her. Tragically, they made good on that promise, killing the 16-year-old girl in the family's Longhorn Trail home on Dec. 10, 2007, a Brampton court was told today. 

Muhammad Parvez, 59, and Waqas Parvez, 29, pleaded guilty this afternoon to second-degree murder in the death of the Applewood Heights Secondary School student.

It remains unclear which man actually strangled the teen to death in the so-called honour killing.

According to a shocking police interview with the dead girl's mother on the day of the murder, Anwar Jan said her daughter would still be alive if she had only listened to her family.

"You made my life into hell. Oh my Aqsa, you should have listened. Everyone tried to make you understand," Jan said, according to a transcript of the police interview. "Everyone begged you, but you didn't listen."

Prior to the murder, Parvez's father swore on the Koran "he would kill her" if she ran away again and her older brother told his friend he had intentions of killing his teen sister, and that his father would take all the blame.

The father told police and family members that fateful day that he committed the murder. He placed a 9-1-1 call that morning, saying he "killed his daughter using his hands," Crown prosecutor Sandra Caponecchia told the court in a lengthy agreed statement of facts read into the record today.

However, Peel Regional Police secretly caught Waqas Parvez, on tape months after the murder, admitting to his friend Steve Warda he had choked his youngest sister "until she died," Caponecchia said.

"Waqas explained to Mr. Warda that his sister was causing the family embarassment and that he had to do it," Caponecchia said.

Forensic tests showed Aqsa's father had her blood on his hands, and Waqas Parvez's DNA was found under his dead sister's fingernails.

The surprise guilty pleas sent shockwaves through Brampton court. Parvez's mother and some of her siblings were in the courtroom.

Both men will receive an automatic life sentence under the Criminal Code with no parole for a minimum 10 years. The parole ineligibility period has yet to be decided.

The pair were charged with first-degree murder and were scheduled to go to trial next year, prior to appearing in court today before Justice Bruce Durno.

Today's appearance was originally scheduled to hear a pre-trial motion. The plea agreement came together only recently.

Parvez was killed in her basement bedroom inside the Hurontario St. and Bristol Rd. E. area home. An autopsy revealed she died of "neck compressions." Police found her lying face-up on her bed.

"She was fully clothed and had her jacket on," Caponecchia said. "She had no vital signs. There was blood coming from her nose." She remained on life support for several hours, but died in hospital.

The judge was told Parvez feared for her life in the months leading up to her death, as her father and other family members became increasingly enraged over her desire for more freedom. She wanted to wear "western clothes" and didn't want to wear her hijab, a traditional headscarf worn by devout Muslim women.

She confided in friends and school counsellors in the months before she died.

"Aqsa explained how she wanted to dress like the other kids at school and have the same freedoms," Caponecchia said. "She explained that she had no freedom at home and no privacy. She explained that she didn't have a door on her bedroom, her freedom to talk on the phone with friends was restricted, she was required to come straight home after school and expected to spend her evenings and weekends at home, as well."

School counsellors arranged family meetings with Parvez, her parents and social workers to try to resolve the issues. During one of those meetings, her father said that he was "in control of his house, he made all the decisions and his children do as he says," court heard.

In another meeting in the fall of 2007, Muhammad Parvez told a family counsellor "women are able to open their mouths because they have rights, but if the same woman was in Pakistan, she don't dare open her mouth."

Aqsa Parvez told her friends and counsellors she was afraid to go home, court heard. She was being followed by her father and older siblings, including sister Irim.

Arrangements were made for her to stay in a shelter for a few nights and she was staying with a friend in the last days of her life, going home only when she knew it was safe, court heard.

She also went to the movies for the first time and was looking for a part-time job — things her parents didn't approve of. "During this week Aqsa appeared happy and determined to start a new life for herself," Caponecchia said.

Parvez's father offered her an allowance and some lenience to return home, but she refused, court heard.

Muhammad Parvez told a family friend that his youngest daughter "was making his life miserable and that he had given her more than he had given any of his other children."

On the morning she was attacked, Parvez was waiting at a bus with a friend when Waqas Parvez showed up in his van and picked up his younger sister.

The 9-1-1 call to police was made by the father about 30 minutes later.

In a police interview after her daughter's murder, Anwar Jan said her husband told her afterward he killed his daughter because "this is my insult. My community will say you have not been able to control your daughter. This is my insult. She is making me naked."

Jan added that, in Pakistan, it's normal to kill a girl or disown her if she doesn't obey her parents.

The siblings and other family members who were in the home when Parvez was strangled, told police they didn't see who killed the girl, they didn't hear anything and that Waqas Parvez wasn't home.

Aqsa's sister, Shasma Parvez, told police that Aqsa was disrespecting her father and her Muslim religion "by running away ... it made her dad and brother mad."
She added, "Whoever did this to her sister shouldn't go to jail."

Waqas Parvez, a tow truck driver, was initially charged with obstructing justice for lying to police. But when Warda, a good friend and fellow tow truck driver, came to police with new information six months after the murder, police placed a recording device on Warda and caught Waqas admitting to his role in the killing.