Mysterious killing: Body of a missing woman found

She had been living with her brother for more than two years after the death of her husband Muhammad Ismail.

ABBOTABAD: The body of a woman who went missing four days back was found near her village, said police on Monday. Muhammad Niaz of Misar Kothiala village, told police that his sister Sabira Bibi had gone missing four days back. She had been living them for more than two years after the death of her husband Muhammad Ismail. Ismail’s brothers Wazir Muhammad and Irshad had been pressing her for the transfer of the agricultural land that she received as a present from her husband at the time of their marriage. On Sunday, some villagers found her mutilated body at the back of the Government High School for Boys Kohiala. According to autopsy reports, her throat was slit before subjecting her to severe torture.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 24^th, 2012.