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t yr economist suntribune news saturday feb 12 2000 parents in tugofwar over burial by kathleen griffin staff writer little farah khans mother touched down in toronto yesterday in a bid to prevent her daughters body being sent to pakistan for burial an exhausted shahida jabeen and her brother shaukat ali traveled 24 hours by plane yesterday after a five- hour road trip to get to an international airport from their small village in ghakar pakistan they were met by markham councillor khalid usman who with the help of a few friends paid for the two airline tickets shes absolutely exhausted and she hasnt said a word yet usman said yes terday usman said he hopes to keep media at bay at least for a day or two to give jabeen a chance to rest hes sure she has no idea how intense media scrutiny on this case has been shes tired and she shouldnt have to face all the cameras right away he said usman also will not say where jabeen will stay while in toronto the ward 7 councillor as a member of the international muslims organization has been working to get permission to bury farah here thats in keeping with muslim tradition which requires a body to be buried as soon as possible after death and where the death occurred farah was decapitated and dismem bered her partial remains discovered in several green garbage bags by a passer by dec 7 in an etobicoke park farah khan after a tip from the coroners office that the vic tim was of south asian descent farahs teacher came forward to say she had been told by the step mother earlier that month the family was moving back to pakistan shortly afterwards farahs stepmoth er kaneez fatima 45 and her father muhammad arsal khan 36 were arrest ed and charged with firstdegree mur der as farahs guardian khan retains the right to decide where shell be laid to rest the imo drafted a letter delivered to khan in his jail cell wednesday begging him to do the right thing so far he has refused usman said he is insisting the body be sent back a frustrated usman said the irony is we talk about the rights of the accused but what about the rights of the abused its very sad usman and other imo members will spend the weekend briefing jabeen on the situation and outlining options which include going to court for the right to bury farah here we will leave it to her he said well discuss everything with her and look at all her options and let her decidepersonally i dont think he has a moral right to send that body back please join us as we celebrate ourw anniversary 1 can you believe its been ten years since the milliken mills community centre library and mcdonalds first opened their doors q wi q at mddanabls monday february 141h 99c strawberry sundaes tours of mcdonalds 400pm 800pm tuesday february 15th 99c hamburger small fries aoopm 800pm dinner with hamburglar wednesday february i6th 990 big macwiih any drink and fries purchase 400pm 800pm dinner with birdie thursday february 171h 990 chicken mcnuggetswith any drink and fries purchase 400pm 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