Eloped Couple Shot Dead in Sleep

Eloped couple shot dead in sleep

A young couple was shot dead in yet another honour killing in Machar Colony late Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday. Zainab, 21, and her 23-year-old husband Atiq had contracted a love marriage in Peshawar against the will of their families and later fled to Karachi fearing for their lives, police said. The couple was allegedly shot dead by Zainab’s father inside their home near Ayesha Primary School at Mauripur Chowk, within the jurisdictio…

Couple shot dead over ‘honour’ in Karachi’s Machar Colony

Victims had a four-month-old daughter; the suspect is the father of the female victim who fled after committing the crime.

Honour killing suspected as man shoots daughter, colleague dead

Police have arrested a man accused of killing his daughter and her colleague in what authorities believe to be a case of honour-related violence in Gujar Khan, a city in Rawalpindi district. According to police officials, the suspect, identified as Nadeem Sarwar, surrendered to law enforcement early Wednesday following the shooting. The victims were named as 22-year-old Shanail Zahra and her coworker Rehmanullah, also 22. Shanail was employed as…