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SUKKUR: A peasant gunned down his sister-in-law (brother’s wife) and the feudal lord of his village for ‘honour’ on Tuesday, officials at the Mauladad police station of Jacobabad said. The suspect, Koro Khan Lashari, was said to be suspicious of ...

LAHORE: Inspector General Punjab Police Arif Nawaz Khan has directed officials to prepare a feasibility report to establish special units to control gender-based crimes across the province and provide the affected women timely help in the cases of rape, acid ...

Peshawar: Newly-married Zoha, 18, was allegedly poisoned to death by her in-laws in Gandaf village in district Swabi on June 28. After registering an initial report, the police are still waiting for the postmortem report to formally launch investigation into ...

Lahore: A combination of the loopholes in the law, police incompetence and poor prosecution have led to only 2% of the people involved in honour killing being punished over the last one year. According to statistics obtained by Express News from across ...

Multan: Police claimed to have arrested the prime suspect and his accomplice father who allegedly killed nine of his in-laws, including his wife and children, over ‘honour’ on Sunday night. Ali Raza, a resident of Hasanabad, in the FIR (No523/19) ...