DERA MURAD JAMALI: A man killed his wife and her alleged paramour in the name of honour in Baba Kot area of Nasirabad district on Thursday.

In another incident, two people were killed and another was injured in a road accident near Dhadar area of Kachhi district.

Police said Mohammad Babul allegedly opened fire on his wife and her alleged paramour Rafiq Ahmed in Baba Kot village in Nasirabad district.

Police said the victims received multiple bullet injuries and died on the spot.

Mohammad Babul escaped after the crime.

Police termed it a case of honour killing, but said investigation was under way to ascertain the exact cause of the attack.

Bodies were taken to the district hospital in Dera Murad Jamali and later handed over to heirs.

Meanwhile, two people were killed and another person was injured in a road accident on the Quetta-Sibi highway near Dhadar.

Police said three people were going to Sibi on a motorcycle when the bike went of control because of over-speeding and rammed against a roadside wall.

The deceased were identified as Mohammad Zakir Rind and Naseer Ahmed Rind.

The injured, Sajid Ali Rind, was taken to the district hospital in Sibi.

Published in Dawn, October 10th, 2014

Opinion

Editorial

Digital growth
Updated 25 Apr, 2024

Digital growth

Democratising digital development will catalyse a rapid, if not immediate, improvement in human development indicators for the underserved segments of the Pakistani citizenry.
Nikah rights
25 Apr, 2024

Nikah rights

THE Supreme Court recently delivered a judgement championing the rights of women within a marriage. The ruling...
Campus crackdowns
25 Apr, 2024

Campus crackdowns

WHILE most Western governments have either been gladly facilitating Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, or meekly...
Ties with Tehran
Updated 24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...