Youth killed for ‘honour’

Published December 20, 2014
— Reuters/File
— Reuters/File

SHEIKHUPURA: A man killed a youth on Friday for contracting court marriage with his sister in Wandiala Nasir, Ferozewala, police said.

Ruqia Kausar had eloped with Mohsin and contracted court marriage three weeks ago. When they came back to home, Ruqia’s brother Adnan along with his accomplice kidnapped Mohsin and shot him dead.

Ferozewala police are looking into the mater.

DEMO: The Punjab Teachers Union held a demonstration outside the press club in protest at the abduction of a female teacher from Khanqah Dogran two weeks ago.

The protesters, led by union office bearers Ghulam Mustafa, Iqbal and Fiaz, told reporters teacher Lubna along with her sister-in-law was traveling in a rickshaw on Khanqah Dhaban Road when six people in a vehicle abducted both of them.

No whereabouts of both women have not been ascertained since then. They said police had arrested any suspect so far. They demanded the police officials recover both women.

Published in Dawn December 20th , 2014

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