Karo-kari: Father kills daughter for ‘honour’

SUKKUR: A woman was gunned down on Sunday morning by her father in a karo-kari incident in Rahuja village situated within the limits of the SITE police in Sukkur. Jawed Ali Lakhan, a resident of Rahuja village, suspected that his daughter Sumaira, wife of Abid Ali Lakhan, was having illicit relations with another villager. On Sunday, he went to his daughter’s house, opened fire and fled. The SITE police have arrested the accused but a case has yet to be registered.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 29^th, 2016.