Murder, Suicide: Youth kills wife, hangs himself

Youth kills wife over a domestic dispute and later commits suicide.

AWAN SHARIF: A youth killed his wife over a domestic dispute and later committed suicide. Moza Awan Sharif resident Muhammad Asif, 20, who wed his cousin was living with his in-laws for the past year. Asif shot his wife Afia on Friday, two days after she had given birth to a baby girl. Muhammad Asif later hung himself from a door hinge in his room the same day. The family has arranged the couple’s funeral on Sunday.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 02^nd, 2011.