Pregnant woman, husband killed for 'honour' in Pakistan
June 18, 2016 23:01
A heavily pregnant woman and her husband have become latest victims of suspected honour killing in Pakistan, just a day after another pregnant woman was killed by her own mother in the same Punjab province for
contracting marriage against parents' will.
Muhammad Shakil, 30, and his wife Aqsa, 26, were allegedly killed for 'honour' by the latter's brother who had recently returned from Saudi Arabia.
Shakil, who worked at a government school in Faisalabad, had been married four years with Aqsa, who worked as a lady health visitor in Rural Health Centre.
Three days ago Aqsa's brother along with her mother, maternal uncle and another accomplice barged into the couple's house, mercilessly beating them and afterwards took the couple to an unidentified location and shot them, the Express Tribune reported.
There bodies were recovered from Gujra-Jang Branch canal on Thursday night.
Thikriwala Police Station has registered a case in this regard after a complaint by Shakil's father, Khushi Muhammad.
An autopsy revealed that the deceased were killed by gun fires on their head. Visible marks of injuries were also found on their bodies.
The postmortem report also showed that Aqsa was pregnant and was to deliver a baby in four days, the report said.
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