Pak woman set on fire by husband's parents for remaining childless
May 16, 2017  21:28
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A woman in Pakistan has reportedly been set on fire by her husband's parents for failing to conceive after three years of marriage.

Aasia Bibi alleged to police that her husband, Ameer Islam, and his parents doused her in petrol and set her on fire in their house in Okara.

According to a local police report, the woman's neighbours heard her screaming and rushed to her house.

They then took her to the District Headquarters Hospital in Okara. 

Bibi is reportedly in a critical condition in hospital, which could have been worse were she not immediately taken to hospital by her neighbours.

Police have arrested Bibi's in-laws and two other accomplices in connection with the crime.
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