Many people on social media were shocked by the gruesome murder of a Pakistani-American photographer. According to US media, Sania Khan was fatally shot by her ex-husband in Chicago. Police officers who had arrived at the scene around 4:30 p.m. to check on the welfare of the 29-year-old discovered her shot in her condominium.
Georgian police had earlier asked for the check after Raheel Ahmad, Khan’s husband, was reported missing by his family. The ex-couple was going through a divorce, and Khan had been outspoken about domestic violence on her social media platforms.
As soon as the news of her murder spread, many people took to social media to express their outrage. Celebrities and Twitterati expressed their sorrow over Khan’s death online. Sania Khan
Ayesha Omar posted on Instagram, saying, “A dead daughter is preferable to a divorced one. Right? Or is she not? Ask yourself if you would accept the divorce of your daughter from her parents.”
According to Durefishan Saleem, “Make leaving an abusive relationship commonplace. be it mental or physical.”
Tweeted Samina Peerzada, “Keep your daughters safe. Allow them to live at home.”
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Many others posted their sorrow on social media.Sania Khan
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According to zahra noor
When you think about how her family and community failed her, how she probably moved to get away from her ex-husband, and all the ways in which she tried to reach out for help and protect herself, it still wasn’t enough.
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Back history of Sania khan
According to a police report cited by the Chicago Tribune, when officers arrived on the scene, they first heard a gunshot followed by what seemed to be a man groaning in pain.
When police arrived, they discovered Khan dead and their ex-spouse in the bedroom suffering from a single gunshot wound to the head. US media also reported that a gun and a suicide note were found close to the alleged shooter.Sania Khan
Ahmad was then transported to Northwestern Hospital, where medical staff immediately declared him dead. On social media, Khan was outspoken about her ongoing divorce and bemoaned the difficulties she had to face as a divorcée.Sania Khan
The victim wrote on her TikTok account that going through a divorce “feels like you failed at life sometimes as a South Asian Woman. It isolating to be categorised by the community, to not have emotional support, and to feel compelled to stick with someone because of “what people will think.” Women find it more difficult to leave marriages that they shouldn’t have entered in the first place.
“Walking away from someone you once loved is painful. But loving someone who abuses your heart is even more painful.”
Police officers arrived at the scene to the sound of a gunshot and what appeared to be a man groaning in pain, according to a police report cited by the Chicago Tribune.
When police arrived, they discovered Khan dead and her ex-husband wounded in the head with a single gunshot in the bedroom. According to US media, a suicide note and a gun were found close to the alleged shooter.
After that, Ahmad was taken to Northwestern Hospital, where doctors there immediately declared him dead.
On social media, Khan was outspoken about her ongoing divorce and bemoaned the difficulties she had to face as a divorcée.
The victim wrote on her TikTok account that going through a divorce “feels like you failed at life sometimes as a South Asian Woman. It isolating to be categorised by the community, to not have emotional support, and to feel compelled to stick with someone because of “what people will think.” Women find it more difficult to leave marriages that they shouldn’t have entered in the first place.Sania Khan
“Walking away from someone you once loved is painful. But loving someone who abuses your heart is even more painful.”
According to The Sun-Times, Khan double majored in psychology and women’s studies and began her photography career on the side.
A friend of Khan told the Chicago-based editorial that “she could make a friend out of anyone and would always be there for them during their moments.” “You would be hard pressed to find anyone who would say something bad about Sania because just knowing Sania added so much light to your life.”
Sania Khan, a 29-year-old Pakistani American woman, was open on TikTok about her painful divorce process in the months before she was fatally shot by her estranged husband on Monday. She discussed the backlash she received from her community and family members not only for her decision to leave her marriage, but also for sharing her experience so openly.
“Going through a divorce as a South Asian woman sometimes feels like you failed at life.” “The way the community labels you, the lack of emotional support you receive, and the pressure to stay with someone because ‘what will people say’ is isolating,” Khan wrote on TikTok in June. “It makes it more difficult for women to leave marriages they shouldn’t have been in.”
