Man kills American national wife in Lahore after torturing her

LAHORE: A Pakistani man killed his wife, who was an American national living in Lahore, after physically torturing her, police told Geo News on Sunday.

The incident came to light after the man was caught in the graveyard while he was trying to bury his wife. 

According to law enforcement officials, the suspect, identified as Kazim Khan, physically tortured and killed his wife Diana Cristo Khan. 

They also said that the suspect was in the cemetery trying to bury his wife when the grave digger called the police, adding that they also seized the murder weapon.

The body of the deceased has been shifted to the mortuary for post-mortem, the police added.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Cantt Owais Shafiq said that a case has been registered and the accused is being investigated.

Last year, Sarah Inam — who was a Pakistani-Canadian married to senior journalist Ayaz Amir's son Shahnawaz — was allegedly murdered by her husband just three months into their marriage.

Shahnawaz had allegedly killed his wife Sarah at home after a row over a family issue on September 23.

Shahnawaz — who was detained by the police from a farmhouse in Islamabad's Chak Shahzad area for being a suspect in his wife's murder — had confessed to committing the crime and said that he "thought" his spouse was having an affair with someone else. The couple was married for just three months.

The police had also registered a first information report (FIR) on the complaint of Station House Officer (SHO) Nawazish Ali Khan under Section 302 (punishment for murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).