Husband held for killing wife

ATTOCK, Feb 2: Police on Saturday arrested a man on charges of murdering his wife over a domestic dispute.

Police sources said the man in his early 50s opened fire on his 35-year-old killing him on the spot.

After postmortem, police handed over the body to her relatives.

Her husband was arrested by a team of Attock Khurd Police station in Dhaknair village on Saturday's evening, sources said.

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