Suicide and murders: Two tribesmen slain over row

Naeema had married Ali without her parents approval 7 months ago and had allegedly planned the attack on her house.

KHAIRPUR: Naeema Depar and Muhammad Nawaz Sahto were shot dead while Rabnawaz Sahto was injured when nine men attacked their house in Gambat Town. According to sources, Naeema had married Ali Nawaz Sahto without her parents approval seven months ago and had allegedly planned the attack on her house. The bodies were taken to a hospital nearby. In an unrelated incident, a girl from the ninth grade committed suicide by drowning in a canal near Tharimirwah on Sunday. Her parents are still looking for the body. In another unrelated incident a second year student at the Quaid-e-Azam Engineering University in Nawabshah was electrocuted.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 10^th, 2011.