Family dispute: Two killed, three injured over ‘honour’ in Bannu

Police say Farhad shot his in-laws after family pictures of his wife were leaked from a mobile phone.

KARAK/ BANNU: Two men were gunned down while three others, including two women, were injured reportedly over ‘honour’ late Thursday night in Mundan, Bannu.

According to Bannu police official Amir Rukhsar, a family from Metha Khel, Karak comprising brothers Taufeeq, Ijaz and Israr, their mother and sister were visiting another sister’s house in Bannu where their brother-in-law Farhad allegedly opened fire at them.



Taufeeq and Ijaz died on the spot while Israr, their mother and sister sustained injuries. They were rushed to a hospital in Karak while the accused managed to flee, said Rukhsar.

The official added no one from both families had registered an FIR of the incident.

According to a police official from Mundan, Farhad gunned down his in-laws in a case of honour killing. He said the matter surfaced after some family pictures of Farhad’s wife were leaked from a mobile phone’s memory card.



On January 2, a man and his two sons were gunned down in Majoki, Charsadda in a case of honour killing. The accused – Ali Haider, Mushtaq, Jalat, Janay and Ajab Khan, sons of Muhammad Nabi and Asfandyar – barged into a bakery where Gohar Ali was working and opened fire at Ali and his brothers Munsif and Asim. According to the police, Nabi’s daughter had eloped with Munsif.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 4^th, 2014.