Tragic: Girl shot dead by father for ‘honour’

BAHAWALPUR: A 16-year old girl was killed for ‘honour’ by her father on Sunday night. Police said that last week, the girl eloped with her boyfriend. The matter was taken to the panchayat that decided that she should be married to the boy but her brother must also marry the boy’s sister.  On Sunday, the panchayat gathered to wed the two couples but the boy’s family did not arrive for the wedding. The members of the panchayat reportedly tried to contact the boy’s family but they could not be reached. The girl’s father Muhammad Bilal shot her. She was taken to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Bilal has been arrested by Cantonment police. The station house officer said that the suspect was mentally unstable.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 20^th, 2013.