Close X
Thursday, December 19, 2024
ADVT 
International

Girl, Fiance Gunned Down For Speaking Before Marriage In Pakistan

IANS, 05 Jan, 2018 01:43 PM
    A girl and her fiance were gunned down, allegedly by the girl's maternal uncle after spotting them chatting in Pakistan's Sindh province, in the latest case of honour killing, a media report said.
     
    The girl, identified as Nazeeran, was speaking with her husband-to-be Shahid in Nayi Wahi village in the suburbs of Ghotki town when her uncle spotted them.
     
    The uncle opened fire on them out of anger, Express News reported.
     
    According to police, the victims were each other's cousins and the incident was a case of 'honour killing'.
     
    Two suspects, both of whom happen to be the girl's uncles, have been arrested so far.
     
     
    Honour killings are pandemic in Pakistan, and women are its predominant victims.
     
    An angry Pakistani youth allegedly shot dead his sister and her husband in Rawalpindi last month for marrying without the family's consent.
     
    In November, a newly-wed couple in Sindh province who married without the consent of their elders were killed allegedly on the orders of a jirga (village elders).
     
    More Pakistani women are murdered at the hands of close family members for supposed immoral behaviour than Pakistani civilians are killed by terrorism, the report said.
     
    The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has reported an average of 650 honour killings annually over the past decade. But since most go unreported, the real number is likely to be much higher, the report said.

    MORE International ARTICLES

    Indian-Origin Wall Street Executive Rohina Bhandari Killed In Costa Rica Shark Attack

    Indian-Origin Wall Street Executive Rohina Bhandari Killed In Costa Rica Shark Attack
    She was dragged from the Pacific Ocean but could not be saved. Her 26-year-old diving instructor was also badly injured in last Thursday's attack.

    Indian-Origin Wall Street Executive Rohina Bhandari Killed In Costa Rica Shark Attack

    4 Charged In $3.5 Mn-Fraud 'Likely' Linked To India

    4 Charged In $3.5 Mn-Fraud 'Likely' Linked To India
    Four men of Indian descent have been charged in a $3.5 million-fraud in which they pretended to be tax officials and collected money by allegedly threatening over 7,300 people, a federal prosecutor has announced.

    4 Charged In $3.5 Mn-Fraud 'Likely' Linked To India

    Indian-American Child Sherin Mathews Showed Abuse Signs: Doctor

    The girl's body was found in the culvert under a road about one kilometre from her home in suburban Dallas on October 22. She was reported missing by her foster father Wesley Mathews on October 7.

    Indian-American Child Sherin Mathews Showed Abuse Signs: Doctor

    Republican Hindu Coalition-Backed Candidate To Challenge Indian American Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi

    Republican Hindu Coalition-Backed Candidate To Challenge Indian American Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi
    A candidate backed by the Republican Hindu Coalition (RHC) has announced she wants to challenge Indian American Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi when he is up for re-election in 2018.

    Republican Hindu Coalition-Backed Candidate To Challenge Indian American Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi

    Democrats Back Trump For Stronger India Ties: Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi

    Democrats Back Trump For Stronger India Ties: Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi
    Although there is an ideological chasm between US President Donald Trump and the Democratic Party, India-US relation "transcends partisanship" and the party supports his initiatives to strengthen it further

    Democrats Back Trump For Stronger India Ties: Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi

    Indian Corporates, NRIs Commit $5 Billion For Development Of Ghats, Parks Along Ganga

    Indian corporates, Non-Resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin have committed more than $5 billion for the development of ghats, fronts, crematoria and parks along the banks of River Ganga.

    Indian Corporates, NRIs Commit $5 Billion For Development Of Ghats, Parks Along Ganga