In the name of honour: Family allegedly kills couple over love marriage

Dead bodies of the couple were then ruthlessly thrown to the streets

A newly wed couple was murdered in cold blood for marrying out of their own will on Saturday in Abbottabad.

According to Express News, the couple, hailing from Pawa region in Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa, named Nasir and Fizza got married a few weeks ago against the will of their family members.

The duo was called in by Fizza's family to reconcile matters, which turned out to be a trap for the two. Members of Fizza's family then allegedly killed her and her husband in the name of honour. Their dead bodies were then thrown ruthlessly to the streets.

The police informed that a case has been registered and that culprits will be held accountable under the light of evidences.

Earlier in January, a girl and her fiancé were gunned down, allegedly by the girl’s maternal uncle after spotting the couple chatting with each other in Sindh’s Ghotki.



The girl, identified as Nazeeran, was speaking with her husband-to-be Shahid in Nayi Wahi village in the suburbs of Ghotki when seen by her uncle, who opened fire on them out of anger, Express News reported. According to police, the victims were each other’s cousins and the incident was a case of ‘honour killing’. Their bodies were handed over to the family.

Illegal “honour” killings are pandemic in the country, and women are its predominant victims. More Pakistani women are murdered at the hands of close family members for supposed immoral behaviour than Pakistani civilians are killed by terrorism.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) hasreported an average of 650 “honour” killings annually over the past decade. But since most go unreported, the real number is likely to be much higher.