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Youth guns down sister, nephew for ‘honour’
RAWALPINDI – A youth gunned down his sister and nephew over suspicion of illicit relationship between them in the village of Dhera Syedan, within the precincts of Mandra Police Station here on Tuesday. Police apprehended the killer and recovered weapon used in the gory incident of double murder. Those who killed included Farhat Batool, 25, .. read more
Oct
Honour killing: Three killed, one injured
HANGU: In an apparent case of honour killing, three people were gunned down while another person was injured in Badama area of central Kurram Agency on Thursday. An official of the political administration said that a dispute occurred between the families of Sher Ali and Zarmat Khan. Zarmat refused to give his daughter in marriage .. read more
Oct
‘Honour’ crime: 10th class girl, 11th class boy found killed
MULTAN: A boy and a girl were found killed on Wednesday in Jahanian, a sub district of Khanewal. The two were accused of having eloped on Tuesday night. Police have arrested the girl’s brother, Waqas, and her uncle, Mulazim Hussain, on a complaint by the boy’s brother, Khalid. Some other members of the girl’s family, .. read more
Jul
‘Honour’ killing?: Mysterious death of a teenage girl baffles police, rights activist
The death of a teenage girl by her six-year-old sisterin Bhonja village raised quite a few questions by human rights activists on Tuesday. While the 14-year-old girl’s father claims that she was shot dead by her sister who was cleaning her father’s 12-bore licensed shotgun”by accident,” human rights activists say they are not ready to .. read more
May
‘Honour’ killing: Woman murdered by in-laws
SWAT: Another woman became victim of honour killing crime in Swat. According to the police, Shirin Gul was killed by her in-laws for allegedly having an illicit relationship with a man in Kabal tehsil’s Asharey village. “We heard the sound of a struggle which continued for 20 minutes before everything went quiet. In the morning, .. read more
May
Trial begins for 'honour killing' of teen daughter
A 53-year-old Pakistani man known as Scheragha R goes on trial on Tuesday for the vicious murder in 2010 of his 16-year-old daughter, Swera. Almost exactly two years have passed since Scheragha R killed his teenage daughter in their family apartment in Zurich Höngg. At first, it was assumed that the murder was a so-called honour .. read more
May
Deaf and dumb girl killed for honour
Lucknow, Apr 17, 2012, DHNS : When Sha-rif told his 20-year-old daughter Rehana that he was taking her to her aunt’s home a few miles away, in last July, the deaf and dumb girl had no idea that it was going to be her last journey and that her father would turn her killer. Rehana’s .. read more
May
