Man slays wife, youth guns down mother for ‘honour’

BAHAWALPUR/SARGODHA/ATTOCK/HAFIZABAD
At least seven persons including two women were killed in different incidents of honour killing, enmity and mishaps over the past 24 hours.
According to details, in Bahawalpur, a man killed his wife for honour.
Imtiaz Hussain, a resident of resident of Tibi Laraan near Rahim Yar Khan suspected his wife Arifa Bibi of having illicit relationship with someone. The irate man attacked her with a knife and killed her on the spot.
On information, the police took the body to hospital for post-mortem while registered a case against Imtiaz Hussain.
In another incident occurred in Khatri Bangla, Nazar Ahmad, a resident of Mauza Raman Bahawalpur told the Head Rajkaan Police that his son Muhammad Ashiq worked at a bottle refilling unit at Adda Tera Hazaar. He said that he was informed that his son Muhammad Aashiq was shot in Chak 6DNB and his dead body was shifted to RHC Head Rajkaan.
The police registered a case against the unidentified persons.
A youth man with connivance of his cousin gunned down his mother from contracting second marriage after the death of his father.
According to details, Hanif husband of Sughra Bibi, a resident of Chistian had died 10 years ago. She had seven children from Hanif. In the meanwhile, her brother married off his widow sister to one Bashir Ahmad according to Islamic teachings which angered her sons.
Sughra Bibi was present at her brother’s house when her son Muhammad Nawaz along with his cousin Muhammad Mursleen entered the house and shot her dead.
The City Police registered a case against the accused.
Similarly in Sargodha, two labourers were killed when a hill torrent fell over them while crushing stones in hilly area of suburban village 127/NB. As per details, a group of workers were busy crushing stones underneath a hill. Meanwhile, all of sudden a big torrent from the hilltop down, burying nine workers underneath. Rescuers rushed to the spot and pulled out the workers, two whom breathed their last while the others were rushed to hospital.
In Attock, a young man crushed to death by a speeding truck. As per details, Muhammad Irfan, a resident of village Khaour was coming to Attock on his bike to invite his friends and relatives to his wedding ceremony which was scheduled for the coming week end. Unluckily near Kamra Gate Road a speeding truck hit his bike. Resultantly he was seriously injured and died on the spot.
In Hafizabad, a 20-year-old addict died of overdose of drugs in village Kolo Tarar on Monday.
According to his parents, Naveed was addict and he had taken excessive quantity of drugs as a result of which he fell unconscious and died before any medical aid could made available to him.

 

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