The Balochistan High Court on Monday granted bail to tribal elder Sardar Sherbaz Khan Satakzai in a shocking honour killing case. He was arrested in July after a man and woman were killed in Degari, Quetta. Justice Muhammad Iqbal Kasi, presiding over a single-judge bench, approved Satakzai’s release on Rs500,000 surety bonds. The bail came […]
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‘Honour’ killing strikes again in Balochistan
A couple was killed in Balochistan’s Mastung district in another so-called ‘honour’ killing, police reported on Wednesday. The victims, who had been married for seven years, were lured by the woman’s family under the guise of a visit and shot dead near Noshki Cross while traveling with their children. According to Wali Khan Station House […]
Man kills sister ‘for honour’
SARGODHA: A man killed his sister “for honour” in Ram Dawami village under the jurisdiction of Kot Momin police precincts, here on Sunday. According to police sources, Muhammad Mumtaz of Ram Dawami village had suspicions about the character of his sister, 18-year-old Ishrat Bibi. On the day of the incident, he shot her dead after […]
Youth kills sister over suspicion
FAISALABAD: A youth stabbed to death his sister over character suspicion in the area of Sadar Tandlianwala police station. Police spokesman said on Thursday that Mursaleen Sheikh resident of Chak 398-GB had suspicion that his sister Ansar Bibi had illicit relations with a youth of the same locality. Over this issue, an altercation occurred between […]
Pakistani girl missing, feared dead after refusing arrange marriage in Italy
ROME: Police in Italy are searching for the body of an 18-year-old girl suspected to have been killed by her Pakistani family after she refused to marriage on their choice. Identified as Saman Abbas, the teenager refused to abide by her parent’s demands to marry a cousin in Pakistan. The girl’s parents, an uncle and […]
Mukhtaran Mai case: SC grants attorney to the accused
Turning down excuse of accused persons of infamous Muktaranan Mai rape case that they are unable to pay fee of attorney, the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted an opportunity to defendants to render services of lawyer in the Matter by March 27. Taking up review plea in the matter, a three-member bench led by Justice […]
Man kills woman after being rejected
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A man killed a woman out in public in Rahim Yar Khan on Monday, after she refused his marriage proposal, a Daily Times correspondent reported. According to police, the suspect Muneer Ahmed is believed to be a relative of the deceased who wished to marry her. The deceased woman, Shamim, worked as a […]
Two people killed in the name of honour in Pano Akil
PANO AKIL: Authorities on Monday night registered a case of Karo Kari that left two people dead in Pano Akil’s Shahbazi Bullo village. According to the authorities, the deceased were identified as Amjad and Firdous, who were murdered in the name of honour. According to Senior Superintendant of Police (SSP) Amjad Ahmed Shaikh (Sukkur), the […]
Investigation finds initial case of homicide and suicide to be honour killing
KARACHI: A case of a teacher killing her student and later committing suicide in Karachi has in fact turned out to be another sordid case of ‘honour’ killing, an investigation revealed. The case pertains to a teacher Nasreen who killed her student Rabia for supposedly not marrying Nasreen’s brother. The charges of an honour killing […]
Family murders Italian-Pakistani woman in the name of honour
GUJRAT: An Italian-Pakistani woman was reportedly murdered on Tuesday by her father, brother and uncle for honour in West Mangowal area of District Gujrat. The police said that the woman’s family had termed their daughter’s death as an accident and had buried the body. District Police Officer (DPO) Gujrat initiated an investigation on claims of […]