An Islamabad judge on Tuesday
rejected a request to be released on bail by Shabbar Abbas, the
father of Saman Abbas, a 18-year-old woman murdered in Italy in
2021, allegedly by her family for refusing an arranged marriage.
The Italian authorities have requested that Abbas be extradited.
He is accused of killing Saman on the night between April 30 and
May 1, 2021, near the northern town of Novellara together with
four relatives, including his wife, Nazia Shaheen, the only
suspect who is still at large.
Abbas was arrested in Pakistan last November after he and the
other suspects fled Italy following the murder.
The trial into the murder of Saman began in February in Reggio
Emilia, with her uncle and two cousins are in the dock, while
Abbas and Shaheen have also been indicted.
The young woman's uncle recently took police to the site near
the family home, where they allegedly buried her.
The body had been buried so far down it had eluded even sniffer
dogs.
Saman's boyfriend is standing as civil plaintiff in the trial
and says he will use any compensation for her death to set up a
foundation for victims of arranged marriages and so-called
honour killings.
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