Samia Shahid's uncle says his niece was not killed for honour

BRADFORD: Uncle of late British-Pakistani woman Samia Shahid said that his niece was not killed for honour but had died of natural causes. 

According to details, Samia Shahid's maternal uncle Imran Wahid spoke to Geo News in Bradford and said that his niece had died of natural causes and was not a victim of honour killing, as the media reports were suggesting. He also revealed that Samia's mother was still living in Jhelum. 

He disclosed that four days after Samia had arrived in Pakistan, he had received news that she suffered from a heart attack. Imran also questioned that if his niece had entered into Nikkah once, then how can a second one be conducted over it?

Meanwhile, Samia's husband Syed Mukhtar Kazam had stated a day earlier that he was in possession of all documents which clearly proved Samia was his wife and also had documents that proved she had obtained khula from her previous husband. 

Samia Shahid was a British-Pakistani national who had arrived in Pakistan to visit her family in July. However, a few days after her return, she was mysteriously found dead. Samia had married Syed Mukhtar Kazam in England which allegedly did not sit well with Samia's parents. Her husband claimed that he had been informed by her parents that Samia had passed away due to a heart attack. 

However, he alleged that Samia had been murdered by her family in a case of honour killing. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif announced the formation of a committee on Thursday which would present a report on the murder after 72 hours.