Karo kari: Man kills daughter and nephew

Father killed his daughter on Sunday morning while she slept.

SUKKUR: A 16-year-old girl and her cousin were shot dead by her father in Jafferabad Mohalla, said the Civil Lines police, Jacobabad. The girl’s father, Khadim Hussain Sarki, suspected his daughter, Kiran, was in a relationship with his nephew, Asif Ali Sarki. He killed her on Sunday morning while she slept. Then he went to Asif’s house and opened fire at him. Afterwards, he went to the police station and surrendered, but no case was registered.

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