Suspected eloping: Honour killing claims life

In an apparent case of honour killing, man gunned down his brother-in-law and shot his sister.

MARDAN: In an apparent case of honour killing, a man gunned down his brother-in-law and shot his sister. City police official Lal Nawaz said that Raishma Bibi and her husband Sherwali were at Yousafzai bus stand when the accused Pervaiz shot Sherwali thrice, killing him on the spot. Raishma was shot in the abdomen. She was taken to the District Headquarters Hospital where she told the police that she married without the consent of her family. Her family had given the couple several death threats.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 30^th, 2012.