Hassan Khan, Rafiq’s husband, described his wife as his high school sweetheart in an interview with Newsweek Pakistan. The couple tried on other occasions to get the family’s permission to marry, Khan told Newsweek, but they were rejected. It took some coaxing, but a male relative guaranteed Rafiq’s safety, Khan told Newsweek. Khan said he learned about her death through one of her cousins, who called and said, “They have killed her.”“I couldn’t believe my ears,” Khan told Newsweek. He told Newsweek he refused to let her killing cloud his memory of her.

Source: Washington Post January 17, 2017 12:35 UTC