Son, nephew kill woman for ‘honour’

Karachi 

As violence against women continues unabated in the country, skewed male notions of ‘honour’ claimed yet another life as a woman was killed by her son and nephew in the city’s Orangi Number 4 area, reported Geo News quoting city police officials. 

According to investigators, the son and nephew opened fire on the woman at close range, resulting her death on the spot. 

Police officials said they had made serious efforts and managed to track down and arrest the suspected murderers, who were identified as Qasim and Hussain. A man was also injured in the firing incident, police added.

Hundreds of women are murdered by their relatives in Pakistan each year on the pretext of defending what is seen as 'family honour'.

In June, 16-year-old Zeenat Bibi was killed in Lahore by her mother for marrying a man of her own choice in a case that sparked condemnation throughout the country.

It was swiftly followed by another killing, of a couple in Lahore who married without their family´s consent.

On May 30, two females were brutally murdered by their husbands in Karachi. 

The first murder was reported in Korangi police limits where 28-year-old Raeesa was strangled to death by her husband, Imran, at their Sector 33/F residence.  

The couple’s three children, police said, raised alarm which led to the on-spot arrest of the murderer, Imran. Officials maintained that the murder was driven by a domestic dispute but further details would emerge as the interrogation progresses. 

The other atrocious incident was reported in the 

Surjani police’s limits where 20-year-old Rukhsana was killed by her heartless husband, Sagheer, at their Sector 51/G residence. 

In this case, the perpetrator also managed to flee and police were yet to track him down. Investigators said the couple had recently married and that the murder was related to an argument that drastically escalated.

A film on honour killings in Pakistan won an Oscar for best documentary short in February.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed to eradicate the "evil" amid publicity for the film, "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness".

Also earlier in June, the Sunni Ittehad Council had issued a fatwa, or religious ruling, declaring ‘honour killing’ over perceived damage to a family’s reputation against the teaching of Islam, and anyone who carries out such an attack a heretic.