Shafilea Ahmed: the murder that tore her family apart

Breakthrough in case against parents Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed came with robbery sister Alesha arranged at family home Shafilea Ahmed at a family wedding in Pakistan in a video still issued by the Crown Prosecution Service. The family video was shown in court. Photograph: PA By any standards, the murder of Shafilea Ahmed has torn her family apart. Ten years ago, the ultra-strict Pakistani couple Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed had five children – four girls and a boy. Now, one daughter is dead, one is estranged and a protected witness, and their youngest daughter is in local authority care....