KARACHI: A woman was murdered allegedly by her former husband in the name of so-called ‘honour’ in Baldia Town on Saturday.

Saeedabad SHO Shakir Husain said that Aneela, 40, was stabbed to death near Ahmed Raza Masjid.

The police arrested the suspect, identified as Khanzada, and recovered a knife used in the murder. The officer said the victim had been divorced by the suspect around eight months ago. The suspect told the police that he killed his former wife because she had “relationship with others”.

She was mother of two children. The body was taken to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

Source: Dawn