#JusticeForZahra: The Girl Who Used To Educate Others On Domestic Violence Was Tortured To Death By Husband



Sadaf Zahra Naqvi, wife of journalist Ali Salman Alvi, was found dead at her house on 29th June and her family thinks she was tortured to death.

Mother to a one year old baby girl, Sadaf Zahra Naqvi’s untimely death has raised questions on women suffering domestic violence in Pakistan. As told by her friend, here’s how her story unfolds:

Her friend shares how intelligent and smart of a girl Sadaf was:

She met her husband, Ali Salman Alvi, a journalist by profession through twitter:

And got married to him despite family’s resistance:

With only 7 months into the marriage, Sadaf caught her husband cheating:

Like many other woman, she chose to let it go!

But 5 months later, she found him cheating again:

As she gives birth to a beautiful baby girl, she thinks it might change her husband:

But it all goes in vain:

Thinking of her daughter, she gives the man another chance:

But soon finds him cheating again:

On confronting her husband, Sadaf gets beaten up, shocked and broken, she leaves his house:

Her husband begs for forgiveness and promises never to touch her again:

On 20th June, she celebrates her daughter’s first birthday and 9 days later is found dead:

During the 3 years of her marriage, Sadaf caught her husband red handed multiple times:

But it was only in January that she started sharing her findings with her family:

And her friend thinks the guy’s family will spin it off as suicide.