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July 04, 2008	Friday	Jamadi-us-Sani 29, 1429

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NAWABSHAH, July 3: A woman and her daughter were axed to death by their relatives on the pretext of karo-kari in a village near Qazi Ahmed on Thursday.

Mumtaz Khatoon, 40, wife of Shahnawaz Malik, and her daughter, Saima 17, were axed to death by Shahnawaz’s nephews Barkat Malik and Yasin Malik at village Dr Ghulam Mustafa Punjabi.

The police arrested both the accused.—Correspondent