Property dispute: Woman shot by neighbours

FAISALABAD: A young woman was shot and killed over a property dispute in the Rajoa Syeeda police station on Saturday. According to police officials, Chak 134-JB resident Khursheed Bibi was engaged in a longstanding property dispute with her neighbour Zafar Ashraf. On Saturday, Ashraf along with accomplices Arshad, Aamir and others allegedly opened fire and killed Naseema Bibi in her father’s house and fled the scene. Police officials have registered a case under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code against the eight accused and started an investigation. No arrests have been reported so far.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 28^th, 2011.