SHEIKHUPURA: A woman succumbed to her burn injuries in hospital after her husband set her on fire on the pretext of honour in Sekhum village on Saturday. Sumaira Bibi, a school teacher by profession, had contracted a court marriage with ...
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In yet another murder for so-called honour, a man stabbed his wife to death at their home in Surjani Town’s Nasiri Goth on Wednesday. The woman was identified as 35-year-old Samina and her killer, her husband, as Javed. The police ...
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QUETTA: The Aurat Foundation will commence a 16-day awareness campaign from November 25 to December 10 in Baluchistan, aiming to reduce violence against women in different fields. Every year the campaign starts on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination ...
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JACOBABAD – A mother-of-two-kids was allegedly gunned down by her brother-in-law on suspicion of having illicit relations with her relative namely Roshan Ali Jakhrani at village Azeem Jakhrani, in the precinct of Mouladad Police Station, some 35 kilometers off, here ...
Read More »Teen girl, cousin shot dead for ‘honour’ in Shangla
SWAT: A 15-year-old girl and her 27-year-old cousin were allegedly killed by the girl’s father and brother on Friday in Shangla district. The incident took place in Laray area of Martung. Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Puran area, Zerab Gul told The Express Tribune Qasia father ...
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