Zilla Huma Usman

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Zilla Huma Usman (September 16, 1971 – February 20, 2007) was a Pakistani politician and activist for women's rights.

While serving as the provincial minister for social welfare in Punjab, she was shot and killed on February 20, 2007 in Gujranwala, a city in that province some 200 kilometres south-east of Islamabad, where she had gone to address a political rally. Her assassin, Mohammed Sarwar, was reported to have been motivated by her refusal to abide by the Islamic code of dress and a dislike for the involvement of women in political affairs. On March 20, he was sentenced to death.

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  • The Australian Pakistani minister killed for refusing to wear veil.
  • APP Zille Huma Usman assassinated.
  • The Times Female Pakistani minister shot dead for 'breaking Islamic dress code'.
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