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KHAIRPUR, Oct 25: Armed men gunned down a teenage girl and a man in the name of honour in Ramzan Ja Pirr village in the kutcha area near the Indus river, 65 kilometres from here, on Thursday evening.
According to villagers, the armed men first barged into a house and opened fire on Sobia Mallah, 18, then sought out Dilsher Mallah, 28, outside the village and killed him too.
The relatives of the slain girl and the man told journalists at the hospital that the couple were innocent and were falsely accused of having an affair. Police said that an FIR had been lodged on behalf of the state at the Phulloo police station against three unidentified men. — BoC
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Oct 26, 2013 02:49pm
The only way to stop these honour killings is to find the culprits and humiliate them publicly to show there is no honour in honour killing. Those convicted of honour killings should be put to death, as it is a preplanned murder.
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Oct 27, 2013 01:32am
Who has the right to murder someone based upon accusation alone, without evidence, a trial and a conviction? There is no honor in "honor killing," only dishonor.
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Oct 28, 2013 08:36am
If this couple had broken any laws, they should have been charged, given a fair trial, and then suitably punished. There is no honour in such meaningless murder.
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Oct 28, 2013 06:18pm
You can get away with any crime in the Land of the Pure except falling in love. How sad.
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Oct 29, 2013 08:21pm
Appalling, barbaric, inhumane & wanton killing of two innocent lives without trial & conviction.
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